JOE - April 2012

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Financial Risk Management; two year fixed-term appointment. Salary in the range GBP36,194 to GBP47,459 per annum incl.

The University of East London is a dynamic and rapidly expanding university at the heart of Europe's largest regeneration area and adjacent to the site of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. In the 2008 RAE UEL is in the top 10 of modern (post-1992) universities in the UK for research.

The Royal Docks Business School (RDBS) has doubled its income in the last five years and we are seeking a number of new business-facing and research-active colleagues to help us to achieve our strategic goals of enhancing our students' academic experience and future employability prospects and supporting our business community through research-informed teaching and knowledge exchange activity.

You will teach graduate and undergraduate modules in Financial, Strategic and Operational Risk Management. You will also contribute to development and delivery of our Executive Risk Management programme.

Candidates will have a PhD (or completion by September 2012) in a relevant field with demonstrated research potential and/or record, ideally in one of the three key research areas in RDBS: Entrepreneurship, Diversity and Business Studies and/or Islamic Finance and Banking. A strong background in Econometrics and previous teaching experience are highly desirable and a commitment to the quality of our students' experience in a highly diverse and multicultural environment is essential. The School invests heavily in the development of its staff and will significantly support the postholder's research and knowledge exchange activity.

To obtain further details about this vacancy please visit our website at http://jobs.uel.ac.uk/ (reference number:019a2012).The closing date for applications is 16 April 2012. CVs without completed application forms will not be accepted. We are working actively to improve the diversity of our staff.