Lecturer in Actuarial Science

Interview Date

21 Jan 2026

Informal Enquiries

• Professor Gibin Powathil g.g.powathil@swansea.ac.uk
• Professor Elaine Crooks e.c.m.crooks@swansea.ac.uk

About The University

Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.

Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.

About The Role

We are seeking to appoint a motivated individual to contribute to teaching and further development of our Actuarial Science programmes and module portfolios, which are based in the Department of Mathematics, and to pursue an excellent research agenda.

The position will also entail advising students, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate projects and playing an administrative role in the running of the Department.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a strong track record of internationally leading research in actuarial science, statistics, statistical data science, or financial mathematics
• Have skills and experience to engage in teaching delivery and further development of our specialised Actuarial Science modules and relevant Financial Mathematics or Statistics modules
• Contribute to the day-to-day management and continual improvement of our Actuarial Science programmes, maintain the alignment between the programme structure and the IFoA Core Principles syllabus.
• Engage with the actuarial professional community and lead the promotion of the ‘Year in Industry’ variant of the BSc Actuarial Science programme.

The Department of Mathematics at Swansea University is highly rated for both teaching and research: it was ranked 3^rd in the UK for Student Satisfaction in the Complete University Guide 2025, 13^th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2026, and in REF 2021, it was ranked joint 16th in the UK for the overall quality of its research and joint top for impact, with 100% of impact cases rated as world leading and 100% of the department’s publications rated as world-leading and internationally excellent. The department is home to five research groups: Algebra, Geometry and Topology, Analysis and Nonlinear PDEs, Biomathematics, Computational Mathematics, and Probability. The department is based on the Bay Campus in the £31M purpose-built Computational Foundry, home of the School of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.

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