Job Board

Job Description

The Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver invites all eligible candidates to apply for a full-time, tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date no earlier than July 1st, 2025.

We are specifically looking for a new colleague working in one of the following areas:

• Discrete Mathematics
• Probability
• Exceptional candidates in other areas of mathematics may also be considered.

Candidates must hold a PhD or equivalent in mathematics or a related discipline. Postdoctoral experience is normally expected. Candidates should be creative, innovative scientists, with demonstrated research accomplishments and evidence of commitment to effective teaching. Candidates will be expected to maintain a dynamic externally funded research program, and to take active roles in teaching and service, as well as supervision of trainees (graduate, undergraduate and postdoctoral researchers). Candidates will have a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, to create a welcoming community for all, particularly those who are historically, persistently or systemically marginalized.

The Department of Mathematics at UBC is recognized as one of the largest and strongest in Canada, with research strengths across many fields of pure and applied mathematics. We have close connections with many other units in the Faculties of Science, Engineering, Medicine, and others on campus, through our extensive teaching and research activities. UBC hosts the headquarters of the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Science (pims.math.ca) which supports mathematical research activities locally and across Western Canada.

UBC’s campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples and of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Stó:lō and Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil Waututh) Nations.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted through MathJobs and include the following:

• Cover letter (typically 1-2 pages) briefly describing your expertise and experience, and interest in UBC.
• Curriculum vitae including a list of publications.
• Research statement (typically 3-5 pages) describing your work to date and future plans.
• Teaching statement (typically 1-2 pages) describing teaching experience, innovation and future plans.
• Diversity statement (1 page) describing your lived background experience (if comfortable), and your past experience and future plans regarding working with a diverse student body, and contributing to a culture of equity and inclusion.
• Four confidential letters of reference (signed and dated, on letterhead, with at least one addressing your teaching), submitted directly by the referees.

The expected starting salary range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000.

The closing date for this position is November 20, 2024.

UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. Inclusion is built by individual and institutional responsibility through continuous engagement with diversity to inspire people, ideas, and actions for a better world. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuk, or Indigenous person. UBC acknowledges that certain circumstances may cause career interruptions that legitimately affect an applicant’s record of research or educational leadership achievement. We encourage applicants to note in their applications whether they would like consideration given to the impact of any circumstances, such as those due to health or family reasons, in order to allow for a fair assessment of their research productivity. UBC Mathematics does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, sex, gender identification, sexual orientation, national origin, native language, religion, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other personal characteristic.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority, and members of historically marginalized groups will be given special consideration.

If you have any needs or questions regarding accommodations or accessibility during the job application, recruitment and hiring process or for more information and support, please visit UBC’s Centre for Workplace Accessibility website at https://hr.ubc.ca/health-andwellbeing/working-injury-illness-or-disability/centre-workplace-accessibility or contact the Centre at workplace.accessibility@ubc.ca.

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible work environment for all members of its workforce. Within this hiring process we will make efforts to create an accessible process for all candidates (including but not limited to people with disabilities).