Jobs at University of Kent, England

Position: Lecturer in Finance

About the University of Kent

The University of Kent is a semi-collegiate public research university in Kent, United Kingdom. The university consists of three faculties, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, which are further sub-divided into 20 schools. Furthermore, the university is a research-led university with 24 schools and 40 specialist research centers spanning the sciences, technology, medical studies, the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Moreover, the university has scores of 90% or higher for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey. Above all, the university is in 355th position in the QS World University Rankings 2019.

Roles and responsibilities

The successful will deliver the modules and courses to both graduates as well as undergraduate students under the Departement of Finance. Other than teaching and lecturing, the position holder will be accountable for creating different research topics and conducting and supervising researches. Some of the major responsibilities of Senior Lecturer in Finance are as follows:

• Undertake research and scholarship, independently and collaboratively, and at Senior Lecturer level.
• Provide leadership to more junior academic colleagues within the group and the School as required
• Prepare articles of world-leading and internationally excellent quality for submission to refereed academic journals and grant applications. Also, participate in scholarship at the forefront of the discipline.
• Engage in the School’s student enterprise and employability activities. Similarly, engage in or lead efforts to attract contract research or consultancy funding.

Minimum qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent qualifications in relevant area.
• In addition to that, teaching experience in the area finance and investment
• Evidence of successful publication activity in relevant 3* or 4* rated journals
• Experience in delivering technology-enabled learning and teaching.