UE07 - £37,099 - £44,263

School of Mathematics

College of Science and Engineering

Fixed term for 3 years

Full time at 35 hours per week

Applications are invited for the WILLIAM GORDON SEGGIE BROWN Research Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences, tenable at the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. The Fellowship will commence September 2024 or other agreed date.

The successful candidate should show very considerable promise in research, and would normally have relevant qualifications for the role by the time of taking up the fellowship. The Fellow will pursue world-class research throughout the fellowship, as well as contributing to the teaching activity of the School of Mathematics. In the application, applicants must explain their current research interests and the research planned for the period of the fellowship.

The Fellow will be associated to one of our existing research themes and will be supported by an academic mentor.

The starting salary will be in the range of £37,099 - £44,263, depending on experience.

Please include with your application:-

a CV with publication list a five word descriptor of your research area an outline of proposed research programme In addition, please ask three referees to send letters of recommendation directly to references@maths.ed.ac.uk quoting ref 8666 by the closing date of 10th November 2023

If potential candidates have any academic questions they are encouraged to make contact with Professor José Figueroa-O’Farrill, who is chairing the Seggie Brown Committee, by email: j.m.figueroa@ed.ac.uk. Any questions of an administrative nature should be directed to hr@maths.ed.ac.uk.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

The School of Mathematics is dedicated to valuing and celebrating diversity and ensuring equality of opportunity for all its members. Therefore, we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages. The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa. Key dates to note:

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

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