UNSW Sydney

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The School of Banking and Finance at the UNSW Business School is seeking to recruit outstanding applicants for tenure-track Assistant Professors positions and tenured Associate Professors, across all areas of finance and banking.

CRITERIA:
Applicants for Assistant Professor positions should be near completion or have completed a PhD in Finance, Financial Economics or a related field. Selection for Assistant Professors will be based on potential for publications in top journals and for effective teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to new PhDs, we are also seeking seasoned Assistant Professors with a strong research pipeline.

Applicants for Associate Professor positions must have a PhD and established record of high quality research with evidence of sustained scholarship and publications in top tier finance journals. Candidates are expected to mentor junior faculty members, contribute to the School’s research culture and provide evidence of effective teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels (with opportunities to teach in the MBA and executive education programs).

DETAILS OF THE POSITION:
Assistant Professor positions are full-time, for an initial fixed-term period of 5 years, with conversion to a continuing position subject to satisfactory performance. Associate Professor positions are full-time continuing positions. An attractive salary package will be negotiated with successful applicants. Teaching loads are competitive, and new faculty members are provided with a reduced teaching load in their first year.
Subject to satisfactory performance, all faculty may apply for fully funded six-month sabbatical leave after three years of service.

ABOUT US:
The School of Banking and Finance, UNSW Business School is a large and diverse school with over 40 full-time faculty working across all areas of finance research. Faculty graduated from many schools including University of Chicago, UT Austin, NYU, UCLA, INSEAD, Swiss Finance Institute and the National University of Singapore.

The School has a strong research culture and our faculty have strong links with industry and global researchers. The School provides support for research through an extensive suite of databases and generous conference travel funding. The School has strong ties with international business schools facilitated by vibrant seminar and brown-bag series and a well-established program of prominent international visiting academics. The School also hosts the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference in December which is now in its 31st year.

UNSW is located in Sydney, Australia’s largest city and business capital. Sydney is a cosmopolitan and multicultural city with a great climate and rich arts and sports scenes. The campus is located 6km from the Sydney Central Business District and is even closer to Sydney’s iconic beaches. Successful applicants will be provided with a generous relocation allowance and support from relocation experts within the faculty, ensuring a seamless move to Sydney.

UNSW recognises the role of employees in driving a high-performance culture. The five behavioural expectations are: Demonstrates Excellence, Drives Innovation, Builds Collaboration, Embraces Diversity, and Displays Respect. Details at: https://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/peopleandculture/UNSWbehaviours.pdf

UNSW aspires to be the exemplar Australian university and employer of choice for people from diverse backgrounds. UNSW aims to ensure equality in recruitment, development, retention and promotion of staff, and that no-one is disadvantaged on the basis of their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity. We encourage everyone who meets the selection criteria to apply.

HOW TO APPLY:
The School’s recruiting team will be attending the forthcoming AFA meeting in Atlanta to meet with applicants.
The first stage of our recruitment process for new Assistant Professors involves an anonymous review of job market papers. Therefore, these applicants are asked to provide an anonymous version of their job market paper. If the job market paper is not solo-authored, this should be clearly indicated on the candidate’s CV.

Assistant Professor applicants should upload a cover letter, a current CV, an anonymous version of the job market paper and other working papers, teaching evaluations (if applicable) and three reference letters from individuals familiar with the work of the applicant to https://econjobmarket.org/positions/5263.

Associate Professor applicants should upload a cover letter, a current CV and a statement of candidate's contributions to research, teaching and service and contact details for four referees to https://econjobmarket.org/positions/5263.
Local applicants, or applicants attending the AFBC Conference on December 13-15 can be interviewed at this time. If you wish to be interviewed at this time, please note this in your cover letter, and ensure your application is submitted by 9 November.

Please email Sarah Jo Steinhoff (s.steinhoff@unsw.edu.au) if assistance is required.

Applications should be submitted by: 21 November 2018

The University reserves the right to fill the positions by invitation or leave the positions unfilled.