University of Macau

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The University of Macau is the leading higher education institution in Macao, with English as its working language. In recent years, the University has been making great progress towards becoming internationally recognised for its excellence in teaching, research and service. With the beautiful new campus (20 times larger than the old one) becoming fully operational recently, the launch of Asia’s largest residential college system, the establishment of new schools, and the increasing numbers of students and faculty members recruited from around the world, UM provides great potential and exciting new possibilities for growth and development.

The Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences invites applications for 2 positions. Position one is for appointment of a Full Professor who will also serve as Department Head. Position two is for appointment of a staff member at the rank of Full/Associate Professor.

Qualifications
The field of expertise for both positions is open. We hope to appoint the most qualified candidates who will be best able to lead the department and contribute to its development. Minimum qualifications include: i) a relevant PhD degree with a distinguished record of scholarly research that qualifies the applicant for senior-level appointment; ii) demonstrated leadership ability; iii) teaching and thesis supervision experience at the postgraduate level.

The Department of Economics is currently comprised of 9 full-time staff and offers programmes leading to Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees. Faculty members actively engage in research with particular focus on Microeconomic Theory, Public Economics, Financial Economics, the Chinese Economy and Economic Growth. Based on quantity of recent publications in SSCI journals, the Department is relatively highly ranked among universities in China. More Information about the Department is available at the UM website: http://www.umac.mo/fss/economics.

The selected candidates are expected to assume duty in August 2015.

Position and Remuneration
Remuneration and appointment rank offered will be competitive and commensurate with the successful applicants’ academic qualification, current position and professional experience. The current local maximum income tax rate is 12% but is effectively around 5% - 7% after various discretionary exemptions.

Application Procedure
Applicants should visit http://www.umac.mo/vacancy for more details, and apply ONLINE at Jobs@UM (https://isw.umac.mo/recruitment) (Ref. No.: FSS/DECO/FDH/09/2015). Review of applications will commence on 1 December 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants may consider their applications not successful if they were not invited for an interview within 3 months of application.

Human Resources Office
University of Macau, Av. da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China
Website: https://isw.umac.mo/recruitment; Email: vacancy@umac.mo
Tel: +853 8822 8593; Fax: +853 8822 2412

The effective position and salary index are subject to the Personnel Statute of the University of Macau in force. The University of Macau reserves the right not to appoint a candidate. Applicants with less qualification and experience can be offered lower positions under special circumstances.

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