Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Mathematical Finance and Statistics
Job summary
Imperial College’s Department of Mathematics aims to recruit a Senior Lecturer, Reader, or Chair associated with its Mathematical Finance and Statistics Sections starting in October 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The Mathematical Finance and Statistics Sections at Imperial conduct internationally excellent research across a broad range of areas of stochastic analysis, applied probability, statistics, machine learning, optimal...
Job listing information
- Reference NAT01346
- Date posted 24 November 2022
- Closing date 23 January 2023
Job description
Job summary
Imperial College’s Department of Mathematics aims to recruit a Senior Lecturer, Reader, or Chair associated with its Mathematical Finance and Statistics Sections starting in October 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The Mathematical Finance and Statistics Sections at Imperial conduct internationally excellent research across a broad range of areas of stochastic analysis, applied probability, statistics, machine learning, optimal control, and applications to finance. Applicants with strong track records of excellence in research and teaching are encouraged to apply.
Duties and responsibilities
You will conduct internationally excellent research in Mathematical Finance, Statistical Finance, Machine Learning, Probability related to finance, or a related field. It is expected that you will be able to credibly contribute to the Department’s leading MSc programmes in Mathematical Finance and Statistics, supervise high-quality PhD students and manage staff such as Research Associates. You will also promote the reputation of the Department of Mathematics through scientific meetings, scholarship, and other outwardly-facing activities. There are opportunities to participate in Imperial’s exciting IX initiative.
Full information on duties, responsibilities and criteria can be found in the Job Description.
Essential requirements
Essential Requirements (Commensurate with the level of appointment)
- A PhD (or equivalent) in Mathematics, Statistics or a closely related field
- Research interests in Mathematical or Statistical Finance.
- Proven abilities to conduct a personal research programme at the highest level and to attract competitive research funding
- Strong leadership potential
- Experience of collaborative research (desirable)
- Experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels
Further information
Salary: Senior Lecturer: £68,313 - £71,264; Minimum starting salary for a Reader is £73,806; Minimum starting salary for a Professor is £84,491
These are full-time roles but part-time may be considered for exceptional candidates. The Department of Mathematics is firmly committed to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion. Imperial is a Disability Confident Leader and is committed to encouraging applications from people with a disability and interviewing all applicants with a disability that meet the minimum essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification. Imperial offers wide range of employee benefits (see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/human-resources/benefits/). For example, Imperial is committed to supporting employees and their families through offering a range of family leave options, special leave and includes opportunities such as the generous Elsie Widdowson Fellowship Award, which permits academic staff to concentrate on their research upon returning from maternity, adoption, surrogacy and/or shared parental leave, for up to 12 months.
Please see our Further Particulars for more information about the College and the benefits available to staff.
For informal discussions about this position, please contact Professors Johannes Muhle-Karbe, Head of the Mathematical Finance Section, j.muhle-karbe@imperial.ac.uk and/or Guy Nason, Head of the Statistics Section, g.nason@imperial.ac.uk
Queries relating to the application process should be directed to: Mrs Maria Monteiro, Senior Appointments Manager, email: m.monteiro@imperial.ac.uk
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About Imperial College London
Imperial College London is the UK’s only university focussed entirely on science, engineering, medicine and business and we are consistently rated in the top 10 universities in the world.
You will find our main London campus in South Kensington, with our hospital campuses located nearby in West and North London. We also have Silwood Park in Berkshire and state-of-the-art facilities in development at our major new campus in White City.
We work in a multidisciplinary and diverse community for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle the big global challenges our complex world faces.
It’s our mission to achieve enduring excellence in all that we do for the benefit of society – and we are looking for the most talented people to help us get there.
Additional information
Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All employees are expected to follow the Imperial Values & Behaviours framework. Our values are:
- Respect
- Collaboration
- Excellence
- Integrity
- Innovation
In addition to the above, employees are required to observe and comply with all College policies and regulations.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
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