Florence Nightingale Bicentenary Fellow  

The Department of Statistics is recruiting for two Florence Nightingale Bicentenary Fellows in Statistics. These are career development positions intended to carry around half the teaching load of an ordinary Oxford faculty position. The successful candidates would be expected to take up their role by 1 September 2025 at the latest. Funding for research costs of £2,000 per year will be available. 

The successful candidates will hold a doctorate in the field of statistics or a related subject. The Department seeks candidates with interests in any field of Statistical research, which integrate well with research by current members of the department. We aim to hire two candidates who can teach computational statistics and advanced simulation topics or other mainstream topics in statistics. All successful candidates will be outstanding individuals who have the potential to become leaders in their field. They will have the skills and enthusiasm to teach at undergraduate and graduate level within the Department of Statistics, to provide pastoral care to students, and to supervise MSc student projects. They will carry out and publish original research. 

If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about joining the academic community in Oxford, please contact Christl Donnelly (christl.donnelly@stats.ox.ac.uk) or Frank Windmeijer (frank.windmeijer@stats.ox.ac.uk). All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision. 

Vacancy Reference: 176627 

Contract: Full time, fixed term for 3 years. 2 posts are available. 

Salary: Standard Grade 8, £48,235 - £57, 255 per annum, with a discretionary range to £62,407. 

Deadline: 6th January 2025, 12pm UK time. 

Interview date: 27th January 2025 

For more information about the role and how to apply, please visit the  dedicated page on jobs.ox.ac.uk. 

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join a research project funded by Oxford Martin School and led by Professors Christl Donnelly and Moritz Kraemer.

The successful candidate will be a member of a research group with responsibility for carrying out research on the analysis of digitally collected data for epidemiological inference and monitoring of transmission during epidemic, reporting to Professors Christl Donnelly and Moritz Kraemer. The post holder will provide guidance to junior members of the research group including research assistants and DPhil students.

Applicants will have, or be close to completing a PhD in in a relevant field such as statistics, biostatistics, infectious disease epidemiology, epidemic modelling. They will have excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings.

Vacancy Reference: 174960

Contract: Full time, fixed-term basis until 30 September 2027, with a maximum duration of 33 months.

Salary: Research Grade 8, £40,855 - £46,913 per annum.

Deadline:  7th January 2025, 12pm

For more information about the role and how to apply, please visit the dedicated page on jobs.ox.ac.uk.

Glasstone Research Fellowship in Statistics

This prestigious post is a three-year postdoctoral fellowship and is supported by the Glasstone Bequest, which was set up to encourage scientists at an early stage of their career to follow their research interests at Oxford, one of the world’s leading science universities. Preference will be given to candidates who are at an early stage in their research career and who have not already held an independent fellowship.

Applications are especially welcome from women and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts at Oxford.

Applicants must hold a PhD/DPhil in statistics or a related subject awarded by the closing date for applications. Preference will be given to candidates at an early stage in their research career and who have not already held a substantive independent fellowship.

If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about joining the academic community in Oxford, please contact Professor Christl Donnelly ( christl.donnelly@stats.ox.ac.uk). All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.

Vacancy Reference: 176762

Contract: Full time, 3 years - expected start date  from 1st October 2025.

Salary: Research Grade 7, £40,855 - £46,913 per annum (with a discretionary range to £51,059 per annum (pro-rata)).

How to apply: through the University of Oxford job portal. 
You will need to upload (i) your CV, (ii) a supporting statement explaining how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience (iii) a research proposal, not exceeding two pages of A4 in length, setting out what you aim to achieve during the fellowship.

Candidates must also arrange for three supporting reference letters to be sent by email to hr@stats.ox.ac.uk by the application deadline.

Deadline:  8th January 2025, 12pm

Expected interview date: 3rd February, 2025

For more information about the role and how to apply, please visit the dedicated page on jobs.ox.ac.uk.

As a department, we offer paid summer research internships. If you would like to learn more about our internships, we have a dedicated page for them.

Applications for 2025 summer internships will open in January 2025.

Vacancies for the wider University can be found on either the staff HR self-service page HR Self-Service | Staff Gateway (ox.ac.uk) or on the Oxford University Jobs page.

The University also has its own Temporary Employment Service which provides temporary assignments throughout the University.