[Forum SIS] Reader/Professor in Statistics at Queen Mary University of London

[Silvia Liverani]

*Reader/Professor in Statistics at Queen Mary University of London*

We invite applications for a Reader or Professor in Statistics to lead 
the School’s Statistics Group. As part of the University’s collaboration 
with the Alan Turing Institute, the successful candidate will have the 
opportunity to become a member of the Institute of Applied Data Science 
at QMUL and a Turing Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. Further 
information on Statistics in the School is available at 
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/maths/research/statistics/.

As the successful candidate, you will have strong leadership qualities 
and an interest in pursuing excellence in teaching and supervising 
graduate students, as well as having the ability and flexibility to 
teach across a range of topics in statistics and its applications at 
undergraduate and postgraduate level. At Reader level, you will have an 
excellent research profile as demonstrated by obtaining research 
funding, as well as a record of successful PhD supervision. At 
Professorial level, you will have a substantial and internationally 
recognised research profile, a track record of securing significant 
research funding, postdoctoral mentoring and PhD supervision, as well as 
demonstrable leadership qualities.

We value diversity and we celebrate and thrive on the contributions of 
all our employees. The School holds a departmental Bronze Athena SWAN 
Award and is a registered supporter of the LMS Good Practice scheme. As 
part of the School’s commitment to Athena SWAN and the LMS Good Practice 
principles, we strongly encourage applications from women and we are 
committed to advancing women’s careers. We have policies to support 
staff returning from long-term absence, flexible arrangements for staff 
with caring responsibilities and for child-care support for the 
attendance of conferences.

The post is full-time permanent. Salary at Reader level will be in the 
range of £54,840 - £62,415 per annum inclusive of London Allowance. 
Salary at Professorial level will be negotiable starting from £68,391. 
Benefits include 30 days annual leave and USS pension scheme.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Boris Khoruzhenko, Head of 
School at b.khoruzhenko a qmul.ac.uk , or Dr Silvia Liverani at 
s.liverani a qmul.ac.uk

*The closing date for applications is 27 October 2019*

To apply, and for more information, see: 
https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4174
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Silvia Liverani
Senior Lecturer in Statistics
Queen Mary University of London
www.silvialiverani.com