Whitehead Lecturer

We are currently inviting applications for a Whitehead Lecturer to join the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford with effect from 01 September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. This post is part-funded by the Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) and Balliol College and the successful candidate will carry out teaching duties for the college.

The development of exceptional talent in mathematics is critically important for the future of the subject at Oxford and beyond. The Mathematical Institute's programme of outreach and communication of mathematics already involves key individuals including Professor Jon Keating, the Institute's Director of External Relations, Professor Marcus du Sautoy, the Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, and Professor Dominic Vella, Academic Lead (Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach), and is supported by the Schools Liaison and Admissions Coordinator and Outreach Administrator.

The Whitehead Lecturer will expand the academic leadership of this team, with a particular focus on encouraging and developing exceptionally talented young mathematicians from the UK and overseas. The Whitehead Lecturer will serve as Executive Director of and a primary lecturer on the PROMYS Europe Summer School, a programme designed to bring competitively selected pre-university students from around Europe to come to Oxford for a six-week residential summer school.

The Whitehead Lecturer will be expected to communicate mathematics effectively to audiences at all levels, and to be able to provide stimulating projects involving mathematical research to outstanding young mathematicians including school and undergraduate students. The postholder will also be expected to have the ability to teach over a wide range of topics in the undergraduate mathematics syllabus at Oxford, in tutorials, classes and lectures. The postholder will be expected to maintain contact and familiarity with current mathematical research.

We proudly hold a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award and an institutional Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, which guide our progress toward advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our strategic aim to improve staff equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications from women and BME candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type within the department.

Please direct informal enquiries to the contact details below, quoting vacancy reference 169541.

Applicants will be selected for interview purely based on their ability to satisfy the selection criteria as outlined in full in the job description. You will be required to upload a curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, to include a description of teaching and other relevant experience.

We will require three reference letters for this application. Applicants are responsible for contacting their referees and making sure that reference letters are received by the closing date (reference letters should be sent to

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Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this vacancy and for further information, including a job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below.

Only applications received before 12.00 noon UK time on Monday 05 February 2024 can be considered.