Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) has a vacancy for a departmental lecturer with expertise in Finance and Education. The departmental lecturer spends 70% of the appointment to teaching, and 30% to projects related to educational research, innovation and experimentation. 
The lecturer partly takes a classical role as teacher and course coordinator (70%). You will coordinate and teach courses at Bachelor and Master level covered by U.S.E.’s Finance section – we are open to candidates who can teach courses such as Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk Management, and/or Financial Markets and Institutions. You will take care of qualitatively good teaching in accordance with the academic and departmental guidelines. Teaching is in English. Furthermore, the lecturer supervises Bachelor's and Master’s thesis, and other research projects by students.

The lecturer spends 30% of his/her work hours to educational innovation. In collaboration with the Director of Studies and your head of section, you develop a plan to research and/or intervene on (parts of) our teaching portfolio. Possible activities include: researching the effectiveness of new teaching formats, developing case studies or teaching materials which are directly tested in practice, experimenting with small student group formats, bringing practitioners to the classroom in unprecedented ways, and much more. The 30% is not free research time, yet, can be shaped so that academic publications are possible. You also closely collaborate with other departmental lecturers at U.S.E.

The successful candidate is expected to have knowledge and skills in teaching Finance or a related discipline, and can show affinity with educational innovation and research. More particularly:

• a PhD degree in finance, financial economics or economics;
• relevant knowledge and skills with teaching in (a subset of) the aforementioned disciplines;
• teaching experience in an international academic environment with the proven ability to inspire students from undergraduate to graduate levels, apparent from positive assessments by students and peers;
• experience with researching or experimenting with new forms of teaching in the fields of Finance and Education.
• excellent communication and coordination skills;
• excellent command of spoken and written English.

We offer a temporary position (1.0 FTE) for four years in an international working environment. The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience - ranges between €3,746 and €5,826 (scale 11-12 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year. In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). Here you'll find more information about working at Utrecht University.

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance is a faculty at the heart of society, with a strong focus on social issues. Our subjects of Law, Economics and Governance give us a strong mix of academic disciplines that complement and enhance each other. This is a unique combination and a mark of our faculty's strength.

The Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E) is part of the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Governance of Utrecht University. U.S.E. aims to contribute to an economy where people flourish, by taking a broad view on welfare and its causes. We aspire to be an internationally renowned school of economics, with scientifically rigorous and societally relevant research and education. We enrich economics with other disciplines to better solve problems and identify opportunities, from a business and government point of view. Well-being, cooperation, innovation and curiosity are our core values. U.S.E. maintains an excellent international network of academic relationships and is continuously working on extending this network. It teaches its curricula fully in English.

U.S.E. is an important contributor to the European Center for Alternative Finance and the Sustainable Finance Lab, and is involved in Utrecht University’s research themes ‘Institutions for Open Societies’ and ‘Pathways to Sustainability’.

The candidate will become a member of the Finance section at U.S.E., which is involved in teaching at the Bachelor level and the Master level, in particular in our Master’s programme Banking and Finance, Financial Management, and (as of 2022) Sustainable Finance and Investments. 
U.S.E. maintains an excellent international network of academic relationships and is continuously working on extending this network. It teaches its curricula fully in English.