Lecturer in Financial Economics

**Job Purpose**
To contribute to the delivery of an excellent student experience by contributing to teaching, assessment and administration processes associated with undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and to undertake scholarship to enhance learning and teaching with the School. For appointment at Grade 8, a substantial contribution will include delivering, organising, and reviewing these processes in line with School strategic objectives.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**-2. Carry out course administration within required timescales ensuring effective communication of information, in particular assessment requirements and criteria and timely and constructive feedback on assessment.
3. Contribute to the on-going development and design of the curriculum in a manner that supports a research-led and scholarly approach to student learning and assessment in the discipline and/or profession.
4. Make effective use of learning technologies to support and enhance course delivery, course organisation, feedback, and assessment. This may involve blended and/or online provision.
5. Ensure an inclusive and evidence-based approach to facilitating learning in a range of face to face and potentially online delivery formats such as tutorials, lectures, problem based learning, that promotes student participation and learning outcome attainment.
6. Engage in scholarship by undertaking methodologically rigorous, educationally relevant, enquiries into student learning and disseminate evidence to enhance your own, and potentially others’, teaching practices. Attend and participate in appropriate seminars and conferences to support research-led teaching, scholarship and/or professional practice in your disciplinary area.
7. Develop effective working relationships with students and, in partnership with relevant student services teams, respond appropriately to the diverse range of learning approaches and learner needs.
8. Develop relationships with external stakeholders in support of knowledge exchange, public understanding and appropriate forms of outreach such as widening access.
9. Participate in local, and potentially overseas, activities associated with student recruitment (e.g. open days), orientation and induction and other School and University initiatives such as support for student transitions, employability and student mobility as appropriate.
10. Engage in continuing professional development activities as appropriate.
11. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of School.
12. To contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan - Inspiring People - Changing the World.

**For appointment at Grade 8**:

In addition to the duties and responsibilities above:

13. Take a lead in the on-going development and design of the curriculum in a manner which supports a research-led and scholarly approach to student learning and assessment, making a substantial contribution to the teaching and learning activities within the School.
14. Develop new and effective approaches to the use of learning technologies to support and enhance course delivery, organisation, feedback and assessment.
15. Develop a growing portfolio of scholarship outputs and activities and support early career staff in developing their own portfolio.

**Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience**

**Knowledge/Qualifications**

**Essential**:
A2: Sufficient breadth and/or depth of knowledge in financial economics (including stochastic calculus and programming in Python) and of teaching methods and techniques to work within the financial economics area.

**For Appointment at Grade 8**:

A3: Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 (PhD) or equivalent professional and/or teaching experience.
A4: Extensive breadth and depth of knowledge in financial economics (including stochastic calculus and programming in Python) to develop teaching programmes/methodologies/learning support.

**Skills**

**Essential**
C1: Ability to communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature and to be effective both orally and in writing at a level appropriate to the activity.
C5: Effective organisation skills to manage time and prioritise as appropriate research, teaching and administrative responsibilities.

**For Appointment at Grade 8**:

C6: Ability to communicate complex or conceptual ideas to those with limited knowledge and understanding and developing early career academic colleagues.
C7: Ability to contribute to broader leadership and management activities along with an awareness of current and future priorities of the University/College/School/Service.

**Experience**

**Essential**-E2: Developing track record of scholarly activities and outputs compatible with enhancing the School’s profile and portfolio of programmes.

**For Appointment at Grade 8**:

E3: Track record of scholarship and development and delivery of teaching in financial econom