The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.800 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position as soon as possible of a

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Statistics and Operations Research

Reference number: 11979

The Department of Statistics and Operations Research is offering a PhD position in the areas of Statistics/Machine Learning/Time-Series Analysis. A small teaching load (2 hours) is attached.

Duration of employment: 3 year/s

Extent of Employment: 30 hours/week
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Job Description:
Participation in research, teaching and administration:

• Participation in research projects / research studies
• Participation in publications / academic articles / presentations
• We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within 12-18 months.
• Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
• Supervision of students
• Involvement in the organisation of meetings, conferences, symposiums
• Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration

Profile:

• Degree in Mathematics
• Knowledge in the areas of Statistics/Machine Learning/Time-Series Analysis/(Applied) Probability

Desirable qualifications are

• Teaching experience / experience of working with e-learning
• Knowledge of university processes and structures
• Experience abroad
• Basic experience in research methods and academic writing

Application documents

• Curriculum vitae
• List of publications, evidence of teaching experience (if available)
• Degree certificates

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 05.05.2021, mentioning reference number 11979.

For further information please contact Sobotka-Tompits, Sabine +43-1-4277-38631, Jirak, Johannes Moritz +43-1-4277-38630.

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.