Junior Faculty Positions in Economics

Job reference: HUM-026848

Salary: Starting at Grade 7 £46,735 -£62,728 per annum

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Permanent

Division/Team: Department of Economics

Hours Per Week: Full time, 35 hours per week (1FTE)

Closing date: 23:59GMT 29/11/2024.

Contract Duration: Permanent

School/Directorate: School of Social Sciences

Lectureship in Economics

The Department of Economics at the University of Manchester invites applications for at least one junior position at the level of Lecturer (equivalent to tenure track Assistant Professor).

The Department of Economics is seeking candidates with background in the field of economics, candidates with background in econometrics and macroeconomics are particularly encouraged to apply. The appointment is expected to begin on the 1st of September 2025. Successful applicants must have a PhD in Economics or a related field by the beginning of employment on 1st September 2025 and are expected to be committed to research and teaching of the highest quality. In addition to publishing in leading international journals, successful candidates will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses.

The teaching duties will include lecturing and/or tutoring in one or more of the core areas of econometrics, data science, applied microeconomics and macroeconomics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Applicants should have experience of delivering research-informed teaching at an institution of higher learning or should be able to demonstrate the clear potential to do so.

The successful applicant will have some pastoral and administrative responsibilities, and above all commit to the ideas of collegiality and academic integrity.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT: Information about the Department of Economics at the University of Manchester can be found at:

https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/economics/

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

The deadline for applications is 23:59 (GMT) 29 November 2024

Apply online via http://www.econjobmarket.org/ by submitting the required documents (cv, job market paper, additional written research papers if any, evidence of teaching effectiveness, letters of reference).

Materials must be uploaded via http://www.econjobmarket.org, emailed documents will not be accepted.

The University of Manchester offers an ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme for prospective disabled applicants who meet the criteria

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/connect/jobs/disabled-applicants/.

If you wish to be considered for an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme of the University of Manchester, please answer the question about the scheme in the additional information section of your submission.

Essential criteria for disabled applicants who wish to be considered for an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme are

• Possession, or near completion (by the start date of employment), of a PhD in Econometrics/ Economics or related field
• For near, or recent, PhD candidates: a developing record of research with evidence of a clear potential to publish in leading peer-reviewed journals.
• For other candidates: commensurate with experience, a consistent record of high-quality research with publications in leading peer-reviewed journals in econometrics or in macroeconomics.
• A strategy for future research in econometrics or in macroeconomics and related fields as appropriate to your research.
• Experience and record of, or evidence of a clear potential to deliver, undergraduate and/or postgraduate research-informed teaching.
• Ability, or potential, to supervise research students.
• Ability to pursue own teaching and research agenda and collaborate with others on research-led teaching and related activities, and to undertake administrative duties as required.
• Excellent presentational and interpersonal skills.

Queries about the application process should be sent to Akos Valentinyi, Head of Recruitment at [email protected].

The recruiter will conduct preliminary, first round interviews via zoom during European Job Market for Economists, 16-19 December 2024.

The final interviews (flyouts) are scheduled to take place in Manchester between mid-January and beginning of February 2024.