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Senior lecturers in Statistics

The department of Statistics at the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE), is recruiting one or more full-time senior university lecturers in Statistics. It is important to have a strong engagement in research and education.

Duties
The position involves teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels in statistics. The position also includes research to an extent determined by available resources. Therefore, you are expected to apply for external research funding. Apart from teaching and research responsibilities, you are also expected to participate in administrative tasks within the department and at the faculty of social science. The position involves teaching and administrative tasks that require understanding and use of the Swedish language. Applicants who do not have sufficient knowledge of Swedish at the beginning of the employment, have the possibility to participate in Swedish courses.

Eligibility requirements
According to Chapter 4, Section 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance, a person shall qualify for appointment as senior lecturer if he or she has demonstrated educational expertise and holds a doctorate or has attained equivalent academic competence or other professional skills relevant with regards to the subject area of the appointment. The subject area for this position is statistics.

Assessment criteria
The degree of scientific and pedagogical expertise, administrative activities, and other expertise relevant to the subject area and responsibilities of the position, represent the evaluation criteria in the selection of the candidate. When weighing the various criteria, equal weights will be given to scientific skills and pedagogical skills. Thereafter comes the degree of administrative skills, and other skills of relevance to the position.

A general assessment criterion for all teacher categories at Umeå University is good interpersonal skills, as well as the competence and suitability otherwise required to carry out the work duties successfully.

Scientific competence should be demonstrated within the field of statistics. Particular importance will be given to statistical method development, and to applications of advanced statistical methods in empirical research. The degree of competence will primarily be assessed by the scientific work published in peer-reviewed international journals. Secondary, scientific competence will be assessed based on a 2-year research plan. Emphasis will be placed on proven ability to attract research funding from national and international research funding agencies

Pedagogic competence should be demonstrated in the field of statistics. Particular importance will be given to demonstrated expertise of teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, supervision of degree thesis, and pedagogical development work. Supervision of PhD students is also of importance. Particular importance will be given to ability to teach in Swedish and/or English. Administrative competence should be the ability to independently develop and lead pedagogical activities and staff at a university. This involves development and improvement work within education, and research within the field of statistics.

When assessing other expertise, the individual suitability of the candidate is important. This includes good communication skills, flexibility, and ability to take own initiatives and to work independently. It also includes taking full responsibility of work duties, and contributing to a good teaching and research environment. Demonstrated ability to collaborate and interact both within the university and with the wider society, and ability to contribute to financial research resources is important.

Application
Qualification requirements and assessment criteria can be found in the Appointments Procedure for Teachers at Umeå University, here. Guidelines on how to formulate the application are given in the Faculty of Social Sciences’ instructions, here.

The recruitment process may involve an interview, trial lectures and references.

More information about USBE and the department of Statistics
The vision of Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE) is to be a University-based Business School firmly rooted in the region, nationally influential and internationally respected. We create knowledge in interaction with stakeholders, to develop responsible leaders with a sustainability orientation for a local and global society.

The Department of Statistics, the Department of Business Administration, and the Department of Economics and The USBE office form USBE, with about 150 employees. About 3000 students study in our programs every year and we offer education from the undergraduate to the doctoral program level in all of our main disciplines – Business Administration, Economics and Statistics. USBE is an AACSB and ISO 14001 accredited business school. Read more about USBE here: https://www.umu.se/en/usbe/

The Department of Statistics has about 30 members of staff. Our faculty members conduct both theoretical and applied research in statistics. Read more about the department of Statistics here: https: //www.umu.se/en/usbe/about-us/statistics/