Associate Professor of Computer Science

Four Associate Professorships or Professorships of Computer Science (with Tutorial Fellowships)  

Full-time, Permanent contract upon completion of a successful review. The review is conducted during the first 5 years

Salary: Minimum £52,815 p.a., plus substantial benefits including accommodation in the College or College housing allowance and access to a housing loan scheme. An Allowance of £2,931 p.a. would be payable upon award of Full Professor title

As part of our expansion, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford is seeking to appoint four full-time Associate Professors or Professors of Computer Science to start on 2 September 2024.

Each post is associated with a Tutorial Fellowship at either Exeter College, Mansfield College, Merton College, or St Catherine's College. Duties will include undertaking original research in Computer Science,  securing funding to support the Department’s research activities, together with teaching and supervision responsibilities for the Department of Computer Science and the College, and Trustee duties (as a member of the Governing Body) at the College.

Applicants should hold a doctoral degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline, have the ability to teach across a range of Computer Science subjects, and will also have a proven research track record of internationally high quality in Computer Science. Applicants should be able to demonstrate a high standard of research potential and achievement depending on experience, and the ability to enthuse and inspire students at both undergraduate and graduate level through tutorials, classes, lectures, and supervision

The University of Oxford uses the grade of Associate Professor for most of its academic appointments.  Appointments to Associate can include those at the start of their careers directly from PhD, as well as more established researchers.

The Department and colleges offer an exciting research and teaching environment, and an attractive financial package to the successful applicants. Please refer to the Further Particulars for details of the wider benefits package offered by the University and by each of the four colleges.

If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about joining the academic community at Oxford, please contact Jo Francis, HR Manager at jo.francis@cs.ox.ac.uk , enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.

Demonstrating a commitment to provide equality of opportunity, we would particularly welcome applications from women and black and minority ethnic applicants who are currently under-represented within the Computer Science Department. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 13^th December 2023

Shortlisted candidates will give:

Research talks online 13^th - 16^th February 2024

Teaching presentations online 20^th - 23^rd February 2024

Interviews in person, at the Department in Oxford:

Mansfield College – 11^th March 2024

Exeter College – 12^th March 2024

Merton College – 13^th March

St Catherine’s College – 14^th March 2024

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