- Teaching and developing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Financial Risk Management.
- Participating and taking a leading role in the Department's research activities in Financial Risk Management.
- Supervision of postgraduate students.
- Administration of the Financial Risk Management programme.
- Assisting the Department with liaising with the financial industry and enhancing and expanding industry ties and collaboration.
For appointment as Senior Lecturer :
- Teaching and developing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Financial Risk Management.
- Participating in the Department's research activities in Financial Risk Management.
- Supervision of postgraduate students.
- Administration of the Financial Risk Management programme.
- Assisting the Department with liaising with the financial industry and enhancing and expanding industry ties and collaboration.
For appointment as Lecturer :
- Teaching and developing undergraduate courses in Financial Risk Management.
- Participating in the Department's research activities in Financial Risk Management.
- Supervision of honour's students.
The Associate Professor incumbent must meet at least requirements (1), (2) and (3) below :
- A PhD in the Mathematical Sciences (Financial Risk Management, Mathematical Statistics, Financial Mathematics or related fields).
- An established research career, including publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Suitable experience supervising postgraduate students, including, but not limited to, master's students and full theses or dissertations.
- Any candidate fulfilling (1), (2) and (3) must have proven practical experience in, inter alia, discrete-time processes ("P quant") and proven technical research output within the quantitative Financial Risk Management / Analysis field. This position is not for continuous risk-neutral processes ("Q quant") specialists.
- For any candidate fulfilling (1), (2) and (3), kindly note that the selection process includes a mock lecture to assess candidates' pedagogical approach, subject mastery, and engagement techniques. Shortlisted candidates will be required to present such a mock lecture to a representative academic audience, enabling assessment of their teaching style and instructional clarity.
The Senior Lecturer incumbent must fulfil any of requirements (1), (2) or (3) below :
1. A master's degree in the Mathematical Sciences (Financial Risk Management, Mathematical Statistics, Financial Mathematics or a related field) :
- Including at least five years' experience and engagement with public or private organisations, consulting activities, or policy that demonstrates management, leadership, expertise and / or thought leadership in the field of Quantitative Financial Risk Management / Analysis; and
A commitment to commence with a PhD in Mathematical Sciences (Financial Risk Management, Mathematical Statistics, or Financial Mathematics) within 18 months of appointment.
OR has a PhD in the Mathematical Sciences (Financial Risk Management, Mathematical Statistics, or Financial Mathematics).
OR is a recognised fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa with at least a master's degree.
Any candidate fulfilling (1), (2), or (3) must have proven practical experience in, inter alia, discrete-time processes ("P quant") and proven technical research output within the quantitative Financial Risk Management / Analysis field. This position is not for continuous risk-neutral processes ("Q quant") specialists.
- For any candidate fulfilling (1), (2), or (3), kindly note that the selection process includes a mock lecture to assess candidates' pedagogical approach, subject mastery, and engagement techniques. Final-stage candidates will be required to conduct such a mock lecture to a representative academic audience, enabling assessment of their teaching style and instructional clarity.
For appointment as Lecturer :
- Completed / submitted for examination (by the time of appointment) of at least a Master's degree in Mathematical Sciences (Financial Risk Management, Mathematical Statistics, Financial Mathematics or a related field).
- The ability to teach Financial Risk Management at undergraduate level.
- Proven experience in discrete-time processes ("P quant"), including computer programming competencies in the same.
For appointment as Associate Professor :
- Teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- A reasonable history of publications in accredited journals, some international.
- Computing skills in at least VBA, MATLAB, R, Python or SAS.
- The ability to function effectively in a multilingual environment where Afrikaans and English are the dominant languages.
For appointment as Senior Lecturer :
- Teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- An early career history of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Computing skills in at least VBA, MATLAB, R, Python or SAS.
- The ability to function effectively in a multilingual environment where Afrikaans and English are the dominant languages.
For appointment as Lecturer :
- Teaching experience at undergraduate level.
- Computing skills in at least VBA, MATLAB, R, Python or SAS.
- The ability to function effectively in a multilingual environment where Afrikaans and English are the dominant languages.
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