From Greg Taylor, Chairman of the Australian Mathematics Trust

Peter Taylor will be retiring at the end of 2012, completing more than 18 years of dedicated and distinguished service as Executive Director of the Trust.

Accordingly, we are looking for an enthusiastic person who is passionate about mathematics and who sees that learning can be both enjoyable and challenging – a person who also engages readily with people.

The Trust and its many supporters feel deeply about the importance of mathematics and informatics as disciplines, and their significance to Australian society and the Australian economy. The Trust’s main underlying aim is to enrich the teaching and learning of mathematics for students of all levels of interest and aptitude.

The role of the Executive Director is central to the AMT’s mission. The Executive Director is accountable to the Chair of the Board for the overall running of the AMT, with operational responsibilities for management, administration and financial well-being, and strategic responsibilities for the organisation’s profile and maintenance and growth of its activities.

The Executive Director provides high level advice to the Board, and leadership to volunteers, staff and associated partners of the AMT in developing and delivering the AMT’s wide range of competitions, training activities and educational publications.

This is an exciting and demanding role, as the Board looks forward to capitalising on the AMT’s strengths in the evolving Australian educational environment.

The following advertisement has appeared in the press and internationally on the websites of mathematical societies.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Australian Mathematics Trust

The Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT) is seeking a new Executive Director to continue and build on the excellent work of Professor Peter Taylor who will retire at the end of 2012.

The Trust is a highly successful national not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to enrich the teaching and learning of mathematics for students of all levels of interest and aptitude. It conducts the Australian Mathematics Competition, and incorporates the Australian Mathematics Olympiad and the Australian Informatics Olympiad Committees. It also administers mathematical enrichment activities for Australian and international students and publishes books and digitised materials to support mathematical enrichment.

The incoming Executive Director will be enthusiastic about mathematics and informatics, an able administrator and leader, strategic and forward-looking in approach, collegial and inclusive, with excellent communication skills, and keen to engage with volunteers, teachers, government agencies, partners of the AMT, and the many participants in its national and international competitions. The AMT is located in Canberra, within the University of Canberra precinct.

The successful candidate will have strategic thinking skills, the ability to manage a business undertaking, good communication skills, and a sound academic record in teaching and research sufficient to merit appointment at Professorial level at the University of Canberra.

For a confidential discussion and an e-information book concerning this role, telephone the Consultant assisting the AMT:

Dr Jim Sait
T: +61 2 8904 1532
E: EDAMT@bspes.com

CLOSING DATE: 16 December 2011