Lecturer: Statistics and Mathematical Statistics / Lektoraat: Statistiek en Wiskundige Statistiek

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science offers both undergraduate and postgraduate training in Statistics, Actuarial Science and Financial Risk Management.  Members of the Department are also actively engaged in research and consulting in these fields. Two positions are vacant in the Department, one at the Lecturer level and the other at the Junior Lecturer level.

Further information is available on the Department's website at www.sun.ac.za/statistics.

• Teaching and developing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Statistics and Mathematical Statistics in the Department;

• Developing and expanding Data Science as focus area within the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes;

• Participating in the Department's research activities;

• Supervising Honours and Master's students.
   

• A course-work Master's degree (at least 50% of the course work completed as part of the Master's degree) in Statistics or Mathematical Statistics;

• Ability to teach Statistics and Mathematical Statistics at under- and postgraduate level;

• Ability to develop and present Statistics and Mathematical Statistics modules at under- and postgraduate level;

• Ability and experience to network with role players within and outside the University to address especially the Department's focus on developing Data Science and Statistical Learning theory environments;

• The ability to function effectively in a multilingual environment where English and Afrikaans are the dominant languages.
   

• Experience in at least one recognised programming language and one recognised Statistics software package;

• A PhD in Statistics or Mathematical Statistics, or already registered for the PhD in Statistics or Mathematical Statistics;

• Experience in lecturing large groups;

• Interest and involvement to expand the Department's focus on Data Science and the alignment thereof with existing initiatives of the Department.