Senior Teaching Associate (Fixed Term, Part Time 25%)

The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) is one of the largest and strongest of its kind in Europe. The Department currently hosts nearly 250 Academic and Research Staff and around 200 PhD students at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, a purpose-built complex in Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

You will serve as a Senior Teaching Associate in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. As a Senior Teaching Associate in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, you will be asked to deliver one course in the in the Michaelmas Term and one course in the Lent Term, as well as serve as Examiner. The courses and examining duties will be determined by consultation with the Head of Department. These duties will be selected as appropriate from any part of the Mathematical Tripos conventionally lectured by DAMTP (i.e. the undergraduate Parts IA, IB and II, or the Masters level Part III) or Parts IA and IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos. You will also be responsible for organising appropriate example sheets, and for a Part III course, example classes as needed. Full support concerning course content consistent with the schedules will be given. Although the duties will principally arise only during the three teaching terms of the academic year, the role will be remunerated as an annualised 25% part-time position.

Limit of tenure: 2 years in the first instance, with a start date of 1 September 2025.

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Please indicate the contact details of two academic referees on the online application form and upload a full curriculum vitae and a description of your teaching and lecturing experience. Please ensure that at least one of your referees is contactable at any time during the selection process and is made aware that they will be contacted by the Mathematics HR Office Administrator to request that they upload a reference for you to our Web Recruitment System; and please encourage them to do so promptly.

Interviews will be held in person in Cambridge in the week commencing 7 July 2025.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Professor Colm-cille P. Caulfield at cpc12@cam.ac.uk.

For enquiries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please email LE45387@maths.cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference LE45387 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our Department.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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