JKU LINZ - Tenure Track Stelle für Frauen Statistical Modeling and Inference for Transformative Change

The Institute of Applied Statistics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Business & Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz announces a six-year, full-time tenure-track position for female candidates holding a doctorate/Ph.D. in accordance with the collective agreement for university employees and the UG (Austrian Universities Act).

In accordance with the concept to support the advancement of women (the JKU Plan for the Advancement of Women), the position is open solely to female applicants.

The university welcomes applications by highly qualified junior female scientists holding a doctorate/Ph.D. in statistics or a related field (such as mathematics, computer science). An optional qualification agreement can be signed and following a positive decision, a permanent position as an associate professor can be offered (§ 99 (5) and (6) UG).

The candidate should demonstrate academic/scientific activities following the completion of her doctorate/Ph.D., as well as outstanding publications. The completion of a doctorate/Ph.D. program should no longer than 8 years. Teaching experience, international experience, as well as proficient language skills in English are an advantage.

Detailed information about the position is available at: www.jku.at/tenuretrack. The job description contains information about the position’s strategic positioning in the field of research, administrative responsibilities, the type of research expected, expected contributions to our educational program, main qualification objectives to be attained as part of the position, key information about the existing research infrastructure, and other job-specific requirements.

The minimum annual salary in accordance with the collective agreement is EUR 60,926.60net. Once a qualification agreement has been signed, the minimum annual gross salary will be EUR 71,738.80. Overpayment is possible.

For additional information, please contact: Univ. Prof. Dr. Andreas Futschik, T +43 732 2468 6822, E-Mail: andreas.futschik@jku.at.

When assessing the candidates’ accomplishments, performance, and future potential, the JKU will take the candidates’ individual background and personal history into account by acknowledging that academic and professional success and accomplishments can happen at different stages in life (and can include periods of reduced employment, or career interruption on account of having to provide care, childcare, etc.). In this regard, qualifications are assessed and evaluated in terms of equal opportunity, taking life-course factors, such as academic age, into account.

The Johannes Kepler University wishes to increase the proportion of academic female faculty and therefore, this position is open explicitly to female applications in support of the Development Plan. The university welcomes applications from qualified applicants who have disabilities. These applications will be given special consideration.

Prospective applicants interested in the position are requested to electronically send a complete application to the Rector of the Johannes Kepler University by July 5, 2023, observing the five-week application deadline. The application must be submitted electronically, in English, to: https://forms.jku.at/pm/tenuretrack, opens an external URL in a new window.

Please enclose the following documents with your application: A letter of application (which includes a letter of intent and addresses suitability for the position, in particular, a current curriculum vitae, a list of publications (including a ranking of the three publications you consider to be the most important), a description of prior activities in education and lecturing, including student any student evaluations, a description research projects, studies, and collaboration efforts, a description of prior real-world practices and activities related in content to the activities in research and teaching, a description of prior activities in the healthcare field, an exposé about prospective projects, studies, and objectives in the field of research and teaching, particularly over the upcoming three years.