Lecturer in Social Statistics (Teaching & Scholarship) 1 year maternity cover

Job reference: HUM-026862
Salary: £36,924-56,921 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Social Statistics
Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/10/2024
Contract Duration: 12 months
School/Directorate: School of Social Sciences

Social Statistics at the University of Manchester is a leading research and teaching department. Together, with the Department of Sociology, we are consistently highly ranked for research, coming first in the UK for the percentage of our research outputs that are judged as ‘world-leading’, and second nationally based on our research power. An opportunity has arisen to join this internationally recognised department.

The person will convene and deliver lectures & tutorials on undergraduate modules in Social Statistics/Data Analytics pathway, on our Master’s programme in Social Research Methods & Statistics as well as contribute to the development of the new Master’s in Data Analytics and Social Statistics by distance learning. The modules will include topics related to social statistics, survey analysis, demography and social research methods. Duties will include marking, providing student feedback and supervising dissertations in the Social Statistics department. Teaching-related administrative work as well as the peer review of teaching of Graduate Teaching Assistants also falls into the responsibility of this role.

The lecturer will also have time to pursue their own scholarship interests and related academic publications. The lecturer will be encouraged to join the active research groups in the department and to contribute to the research seminar series.

This is a 1 year maternity cover post. 

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.           

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

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Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Prof Arkadiusz Wiśniowski

Email: a.wisniowski@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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