Lecturer in Econometrics (Teaching and Scholarship)

The Department of Economics at Manchester wishes to appoint one Lecturer (Teaching & Scholarship) from September 2025 on a 2 year fixed contract.

We wish to appoint an innovative, engaging colleague who will be able to enhance the quality of our teaching and improve the student experience at Manchester. The candidates responsibilities include course unit leadership, support colleagues by delivering small class teaching for other large units, dissertation supervision and contribution to course unit design including the delivery of formative and summative assessment for students on these units and the marking of assessments.

In addition to course unit specific engagement the candidates will also be involved in other administrative and pastoral duties.

We are specifically looking for a colleague with expertise in econometrics. The main teaching obligation will be to deliver a year-long first course in Econometrics (Undergraduate, 2nd year). The colleague will also be expected to provide coding support to students (in R).

The Economics Department

The Economics department, within the School of Social Sciences, is a large department, which is internationally recognised for pursuing high quality research, both theoretical and applied, across all areas of macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics, including financial, environmental, and development economics. Building on these existing strengths, our recruitment strategy is to appoint colleagues who, in collaboration with existing staff, have the potential to further enhance the quality of our future teaching portfolio.

As part of the application form where candidates are asked to upload a CV we are asking candidates to attach one document that should include

• An up-to-date CV,
• a 1 page summary of recent teaching evaluations,
• Imagine you are the lecturer for a 2nd year unit in econometrics. Provide a 500 word summary of what you think the role of a 2 hour lecture is in the learning process of a student in that unit.

What can you expect in return

The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Ralf Becker

Email: ralf.becker@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

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