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Research Fellow in Statistical Data Science

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Closing date
2 May 2019

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Job Details

Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Science
Department/School: School of Mathematics and Statistics
Salary: $70,600 - $95,800 (Level A)
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 9.5% superannuation

The School for Mathematics and Statistics, and its partner the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) are seeking a qualified and enthusiastic Research Fellow to lead cutting-edge research in method development, implementation and analysis of regulatory data.

The position offers a rare opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary environment amongst statisticians, economists and biologists, while also allowing the development of an individual research agenda. The successful applicant will be exposed to exciting and relevant problems in the area of biosecurity risk analysis, and have the opportunity to not only work on the applied side of these problems, but also be able to use these as motivation for branching out to new areas of methodological development.

To be considered for the position you will have a PhD, or equivalent research higher degree in statistics, or interdisciplinary computational statistics research in ecology or a related area. You will have strong computer programming skills in R and experience in statistical analysis. For further details regarding the selection criteria please see the position description.

This is a full-time fixed-term position for 2 years.

Position Description

Advertised: 04 Apr 2019 12:00 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 02 May 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time

Company

The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.

Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.

Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.

Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.

The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.

In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.

More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.

For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au

*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015

Company info
Telephone
+61 (3) 8344 4000
Location

Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia

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