Company: Rhodes University
Industry: Education / Teaching
Posted: Sep 5, 2025
Deadline: Sep 18, 2025
Job Type: Full Time
Experience:
Location: Eastern Cape
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Field: Data, Business Analysis and AIĀ , Education / TeachingĀ , ICT / Computer
Main Objectives
All academics are responsible for disseminating knowledge (teaching and learning), creating knowledge (research), and engaging in community engagement, recognising differences in executing these responsibilities within the various departments and faculties.Ā
Academics are also expected to assume administrative, management, and/or leadership duties at the departmental, faculty, and/or university levels. In addition, they are expected to be actively involved in the development and advancement of their discipline through professional service.
The RequirementsĀ
Lecturer:Ā
At least a Masterās in the Mathematical Statistical Sciences, but not in Operations Research / Applied Statistics / Decision Science / Analytics / Applied Mathematics.
The Department of Statistics teaches mathematical statistics with emphasis on the development of the statistical theory and the subsequent application thereof, and not necessarily the application of statistics.
Tutoring and facilitation are required, as well as conference presentations and some teaching experience, which are added advantages.
Ability to teach in one or more of the following disciplinary areas of Mathematical Statistics at undergraduate levels: Distribution theory; Multivariate Analysis; General Linear Models, Generalised Linear Models; Classification/Statistical Learning; Bayesian Statistics; Financial Statistics; Stochastic Processes; Time Series Analysis; Bootstrap.
Some research supervision of postgraduate degrees is an added advantage.
Some administrative experience, albeit in informal contexts, e.g., student or sports clubs, and work experience.
Senior Lecturer:Ā
At least a PhD in the Mathematical Statistical Sciences, but not in Operations Research / Applied Statistics / Decision Science / Analytics / Applied Mathematics.Ā The Department of Statistics teaches mathematical statistics with emphasis on the development of the statistical theory and the subsequent application thereof, and not necessarily the application of statistics.
Teaching, facilitation, and conference presentation experience required.
Experience in teaching in one or more of the following disciplinary areas of Mathematical Statistics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels: Distribution theory; Multivariate Analysis; General Linear Models, Generalised Linear Models; Classification/Statistical Learning; Bayesian Statistics; Financial Statistics; Stochastic Processes; Time Series Analysis; Bootstrap.
Research supervision of Master’s to completion and preferably PhD degrees required.
Track record of research publications.
Emerging national profile in the discipline.
Track record of administration, management, and/or leadership roles (leadership roles may be informal).
Closing DateĀ 15Ā September 2025
