DEAN, SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT Ref: SMS4959

The Dean is responsible for academic leadership and the management of the School of Mathematical Sciences, operation and future development. The University is seeking an intellectual leader of international distinction with demonstrated capacity to manage an academic organisation. The successful applicant will be of outstanding international scholarly standing in the mathematical sciences and have outstanding research leadership skills. In addition, the person will have a record of effective general management. The successful applicant will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the University, with other universities and research institutions in Australia and overseas, and with government and industry. She/he will have the ability to promote the School and the University, and be a catalyst for attracting research funds to the School. The School of Mathematical Sciences unifies activities in the mathematical sciences across the University. Its purpose is to promote and develop research, teaching and consulting in the mathematical sciences (including mathematics, statistics, mathematical physics and mathematical computation) and to provide a structure for collaboration in these fields between the Institute of Advanced Studies and The Faculties.

The School comprises the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications and the Department of Mathematics. Both divisions have responsibility for research and postgraduate education. The Centre for Mathematics and its Applications has the primary function of a research institute in the mathematical sciences, fulfilling both national and international roles in this capacity.

The Department of Mathematics has responsibility for undergraduate and honours teaching in mathematics in The Faculties. Conditions of employment: The successful applicant will be offered a standard appointment as a Professor of the University or a fixed-term contract for the period of the Deanship. Normally the term of office as Dean is for a period of five years.

Salary: An attractive salary package, which will include a fully maintained University vehicle, will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Further information: For information about the University and the conditions of appointment please contact the Chair, Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Professor Frank Jackson; email: Frank.Jackson@anu.edu.au or telephone: (02) 6249 8487

For further information about the School of Mathematical Sciences please contact Professor Sue Wilson; email: Sue.Wilson@anu.edu.au or telephone: (02) 6249 4460;

Selection documentation and information on how to apply is available on the internet at: http://www.anu.edu.au/hr/jobs/academic/sms4959.html or email: jobs@anu.edu.au, telephone: (02) 6249 3346, or fax: (02) 6249 5011

Closing date: 9 February 2001