Job Posting: Co-Director, Careers at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

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Applications are invited for the position of Co-Director, Careers at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) for a term of up to five years. The start date is negotiable, but must be on or before July 1, 2026.

Applications may be submitted via this MathJobs post until May 24th, 2025.

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About the position

The PIMS Board of Directors appoints two faculty members at PIMS Member Universities as Co-Directors as a result of a competitive search process. The PIMS Co-Directors will report to the PIMS Director, serve for up to 5 years and may be reappointed for at most one additional term of up to 5 years.

Application instructions

Applications should include:

  • A cover letter 
  • A detailed CV 
  • At least three letters of recommendation 
  • A Letter of support from your Department Head, confirming their support for your participation and their willingness to work with you to negotiate an appropriate workload, including a teaching release (specific terms to be negotiated). N.B. This item will be requested directly using the mathjobs Institutional Authorization feature.

Applications may be submitted via the MathJobs post or via email to co-director-search@pims.math.ca (applicants applying by email should instruct their references to send recommendation letters directly to the same address).

Co-Director, Careers

The Co-Director, Careers is responsible for running career-related PIMS activities and industrial research activities. In particular, the portfolio of Co-Director, Careers:

  1. Has primary responsibility for industry and non-academic research partner relations. 
  2. Contributes to all strategic decisions for PIMS and is primarily responsible for strategic decisions for PIMS that are related to industrial collaboration or career pathways in the mathematical sciences. 
  3. Recruits and provides guidance and feedback for industry and career-related proposals. Primarily responsible for providing guidance/feedback for summer schools and HQP-facing activities. 
  4. Is responsible for structuring partnerships or MOUs to support industry collaboration and career development for HQP. 
  5. Is primarily responsible for industrial/government grant proposals to support PIMS industry and career-related activities, and serves as PI on such proposals when appropriate. 
  6. Has primary responsibility for career development for PIMS PDFs, in coordination with the rest of the Directorate. Manages PDF Orientation, PDF Summit, and Emergent Research seminar series. 
  7. Has primary responsibility for career development for graduate students. Manages the Network-wide Courses. 
  8. Has responsibility for management of any additional PIMS staff at the Member Institution where they are employed. 
  9. Is responsible for EDI policy for PIMS, in coordination with the Director and other Co-Director(s). Has primary responsibility for delivering EDI-related training activities to the PIMS network. Funding opportunities for thematic and international research activities.

 

The successful candidate will work closely with the PIMS Director (Ozgur Yilmaz) and the PIMS Co-Director, Programs. Applications are open now until May 24th, 2025 via MathJobs.

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