FEN Jobs: The University of Melbourne - Faculty Positions in Finance

                      THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

                   Faculty of Economics and Commerce

                         Department of Finance

             Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor


      The Department of Finance is seeking to appoint suitable
      candidates to the position of lecturer, senior lecturer
      and/or associate professor. (The terminology "lecturer" and
      "senior lecturer" is used in Australian Universities to
      describe an assistant professor position.) The
      appointment(s) would be continuing and is a combined
      research and teaching appointment(s). (The terminology
      "continuing: is used in Australia to describe a tenure-
      track position.)


      JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

      The successful candidate(s) for a lecturer position will be
      near completion or have completed a PhD in finance or
      financial economics and have a strong research agenda
      indicating the ability to publish in high quality finance
      journals. The successful candidate(s) for a senior lecturer
      position will have a PhD in finance or financial economics
      and a track record of research publications in high quality
      finance journals demonstrating the ability to publish in
      top tier finance journals. The successful candidate(s) for
      an Associate Professor position will have a PhD in finance
      or financial economics and a track record of research
      publications in top tier finance journals. All research
      areas of finance are welcome. Teaching evaluations are
      highly desirable for the lecturer position, and necessary
      for the senior lecturer and associate professor position.
      The appointment(s) involves teaching at the undergraduate
      and/or the graduate level.


      BENEFITS:

      Salary:
      Lecturer - A$$72,414 to A$85,990 p.a.;
      Senior Lecturer - A$88,705 to A$102,283 p.a.;
      Associate Professor - A$106,809 to A$117,671,
      plus employer superannuation contributions of 17 percent,
      salary packaging options and staff training and development
      opportunities. Non-superannuable loadings guaranteed for a
      period of three years will be negotiated depending on
      experience and qualifications.

      These are full time continuing positions.


      ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:

      The Department of Finance has over 1250 full-time
      equivalent students. The Department has a prestigious
      undergraduate and honours program and an equally
      prestigious and well-recognized suite of postgraduate
      programs, ranging from the practitioner-oriented Master of
      Applied Finance to the specialised Master of Commerce in
      Finance and the PhD in Finance. The Department is actively
      involved in executive education and has strong professional
      links with practitioners and financial institutions.

      Current research interests of our academic faculty span the
      field of finance and include asset pricing, corporate
      finance, market microstructure, financial institutions,
      real estate finance, international finance, and a
      particular focus on derivatives research. The Department
      hosts the Melbourne Derivatives Research Group, a research
      network focused on derivatives-related research (including
      pricing, risk management, and regulation). The Department
      is a founding member of the Melbourne Centre for Financial
      Studies, a cooperative research venture of three Melbourne
      universities and the Financial Services Institute of
      Australasia, which acts as a 'research clearing house,'
      bridging the gap between the finance industry and finance
      academia. To support its many research activities, the
      Department subscribes to a large number of financial
      databases, including WRDS, SDC, Datastream, Bloomberg and
      IRESS. Twenty-six full-time academic staff are currently
      employed in the Department and there is an ongoing program
      of prominent international academics visiting the
      Department.

      High quality research publications are a primary
      Departmental goal. Funding for both international
      conference travel and to facilitate work with overseas co-
      authors is comparable to that at leading research intensive
      universities. Teaching loads are competitive with those at
      leading research intensive universities and a reduced
      teaching load is provided to new hires in their first year
      to further encourage research.

      For further information on the Department of Finance,
      please visit:

                http://www.finance.unimelb.edu.au/


      APPLICATIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION:

      A departmental representative will be attending the
      American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting in San
      Francisco, CA, in January 2009.

      CONTACT:       Professor Bruce D. Grundy
      Email:         MAILTO:bruceg@unimelb.edu.au

      See:

         http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/jobSearch.asp?stp=AW

      for a position description.

      For further information contact:

      CONTACT:       Professor Paul Kofman
      Tel:           +61 3 8344 3794
      Fax:           +61 3 8344 6914
      Email:         MAILTO:fin-hod@unimelb.edu.au

      Applicants should submit online via the link above by 1
      December 2008. Applicants must explicitly address the
      selection criteria in their application. Applicants must
      provide a detailed curriculum vitae, copies of publications
      and current working papers, description of courses taught,
      teaching evaluations for courses taught, and three letters
      of recommendation by the December 1 closing date. Please
      include the names, phone, facsimile numbers and email
      addresses of three referees in your application.

      An Equal Opportunity Employer.
Posted 10/31/08