This position is situated within the Operations Research group of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The Department has recently appointed its first Professor of Operations Research (Professor Peter Taylor) and is committed to fostering the discipline. The successful applicant will promote the growth of the Operations Research group through teaching, reserach, service to the profession and service to the community. You will make contributions to teaching, research and administration in a large department with specialist and service teaching at undergraduate level, as well as a broad postgraduate program.

You will have a PhD in an Operations Research discipline, a record of research and significant publications. You will have demonstrated expertise as a successful teacher and will have the capacity and commitment to apply their expertise to teaching, researching and consulting in Operations Research. Consulting experience is desirable, as is evidence of the ability to attract research funding in Operations Research and/or its applications. It would be an advantage if the applicant's research interests complemented those of the current members of the group (integer programming, dynamic programming, stochastic modelling).

Salary $54,249 $64,420 (Lecturer, Level B), plus 17 percent employer superannuation contributions. Salary packaging is available.

This is a full time (continuing) position available from 1 January 2003.

Contact: www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/r/ for a position description or further information contact Professor Peter Taylor, tel + 61 3 8344 7886; Fax +61 3 8344 4599,
email p.taylor@ms.unimelb.edu.au

Applications To:
Deputy Principal,
Human Resources,
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, 3010
fax +61 3 8344 6080
email hr-applications@unimelb.edu.au

Applicants must address the selection criteria and provide a detailed curriculum vitae by the closing date. Please quote the position number Y0011848 and include the names, phone, facsimile numbers and email addresses of three referees in your application.

Closing date 11 October 2002
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