Senior Lecturer in Applied Statistics - Stirling, United Kingdom - University of Stirling

University of Stirling
University of Stirling
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Post Details
Full time
Open ended

Interviews are expected to take place on w/c 04 September 2023.

There is an expectation that work will be undertaken in the UK.

For the purposes of sponsorship, this is a postdoctoral role under SOC code 2311.


The Post

The Division of Computing Science and Mathematics at the University of Stirling is seeking to appoint a grade 9 teaching and research senior lecturer with expertise in applied statistics and statistical modelling.


You must have a proven research track record and you will be expected to generate high quality research outputs and grant income, working within our existing research teams.

You will have a clear vision for your own research career, a strategy for achieving that vision, and a desire to collaborate with researchers at Stirling and from around the world.

As a senior lecturer, you will provide research and teaching leadership.

In your role as a research leader, you will help colleagues form collaborations, develop their personal research strategy and maximise their potential for gaining funding.

You will manage cohorts of students from around the world, providing support both online and face to face.

You will support our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and help run other offerings such as micro-credentials and our graduate apprenticeship programme.

You will help to develop teaching materials, support students using a variety of communication channels, create and mark assessments, and provide quality feedback.

You will also explore and develop new ways of improving the experience for online students in terms of learning, cohort building, and delivering fair effective assessment.

You should have experience of teaching statistics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and an enthusiasm for innovative teaching practices using new technology and new patterns of delivery.


Description of Duties

  • Engage in individual and collaborative research of international standard, which aligns to the strategic direction of the University, establish a distinctive programme of research and disseminate results through regular publication in high impact journals, books and conference proceedings
  • Identify appropriate sources of funding, prepare research proposals for funding bodies and manage grants awarded
  • Supervise research students as required, providing direction, support and guidance
  • Design, teach and assess a range of teaching and learning, supervision and assessment activities across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including online/digital programmes where required
  • Contribute to curriculum review and enhancement, in a manner that supports a researchled approach to student learning
  • Mentor, support and advise colleagues, as appropriate, to assist in their academic career development in teaching and learning and research
  • Participate in the Faculty's international engagement activities e.g. delivery of teaching, contribution to joint programmes and recruitment of students
  • Lead, participate in, and develop networks and collaborations both internally and externally to the Division/Faculty/University
  • Carry out administrative processes of the Division/Faculty/University including committee membership, quality assurance procedures and recruitment and admission of students
  • Any other duties, commensurate with the grade of the post

Essential Criteria

Qualifications:


  • PhD in relevant discipline
Knowledge, Skills & Experience

  • Established track record of high quality published research
  • Evidence of success in attracting research grants/external funding and delivering on externally funded research projects
  • Experience of supervising dissertation projects across the range of undergraduate/ postgraduate and of supervising doctoral students
  • Experience of providing high quality teaching across a range of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level preferably including online/digital programmes
  • Proven experience of programme leadership including experience of designing and delivering course modules
  • Experience of providing academic leadership and of successful coordination, support, supervision, management and/or mentoring of others
  • Evidence or knowledge to support international activities

Desirable Criteria

Qualifications:


  • Higher Education teaching qualification or equivalent.
  • Hold Fellowship or Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Knowledge, Skills & Experience

  • Evidence of collaborative research with other institutions and interdisciplinary work
  • Demonstrates a thorough understanding of effective approaches to teaching and learning support as a key contribution to high quality student learning
  • Evidence of knowledge of the Higher Education context and regulatory framework

Behaviours and Competencies
The role holder will be required to evidence that they can meet the qualities associated with the following behavioural competencies, as detailed wit
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