Employment Opportunities

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This page lists vacancies for academic and support staff at the individual research centres, as well as any at Cambridge Finance itself.  You can also search the University's main job opportunities website.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Four Posts)

The Faculty of Economics has four Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for candidates who have recently been awarded a doctoral degree (or will have by September 2013). The Fellowships will be based at the Cambridge-INET Institute. The Institute has four themes of research:

Networks, crowds and markets

Transmission mechanisms and economic policy

Information, uncertainty and incentives

Empirical Analysis of Financial Markets

Applicants must indicate one or more themes for which they would like to be considered.

Fellowships are tenable for a fixed term of two years from October 2013; longer appointments may be considered depending on personal circumstances. The salary will be at Grade 7 on the University scale, starting at £27,578 to £35,938 per annum. Fellows would also have the possibility of joining a college.

Applications should consist of:

a completed and signed application cover sheet (CHRIS/6)

a curriculum vitae;

expression of interest cover letter (please indicate if you will be attending the RES Job Market Presentation in London on the 19-20 January 2013);

the names and addresses of three referees;

job market paper;

supplementary material containing other available research papers.

Complete applications should be sent by email attachment, to Mrs. Ann Widdop, Faculty of Economics, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DD e-mail: econjobs@hermes.cam.ac.uk to arrive no later than Thursday 15 November 2012. A CHRIS/6 application cover sheet can be downloaded from www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/chris6/

* The funds for this post are available for two years from 1st October 2013 in the first instance.

Quote Reference: JG21622,Closing Date: 15 November 2012

Cambridge-INET Institute Administrator

The Faculty is looking for a full-time administrator for the Cambridge-INET Institute, based in the Faculty of Economics. The administrator will coordinate meetings and conferences, recruit post-doctoral researchers, co-ordinate financial payments and reimbursements and liaise with the faculty administration. The administrator will also support activities of the Keynes Fund.

The successful applicant will be educated to first degree level, computer literate, self motivated with excellent organisation and project management skills. The post calls for a skilled communicator both written and oral with tact, patience and diplomacy. Previous administrative experience in a similar role would be desirable.

Applications should comprise a covering letter, cv and a completed CHRIS/5 application form (Parts I and III only). Further details and a CHRIS/5 application form can be downloaded from http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/notices/INET-Oct12.html or are available from Mrs. Ann Widdop, Faculty of Economics, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DD, tel: (01223 335241), e-mail: econjobs@hermes.cam.ac.uk. Applications should be completed signed and returned to Ann Widdop by Monday 29 October 2012.

* The funds for this post are available until 31 August 2017 in the first instance.

Quote Reference: JG21652,Closing Date: 29 October 2012
Interview Date: 13/11/2012

TEMPORARY RESEARCH ASSISTANT FOR DATA COLLECTION

Research Assistance – pay on hourly basis, 150 hours

A member of the JBS Finance and Accounting Faculty, Amir Amel-Zadeh, is hoping to arrange some research assistance in the months of March/April/May 2013.
The work involves searching for and recording the earnings forecasts of US takeover bidders. This requires some detective work examining SEC filings and press reports on databases such as Factiva and Capital IQ.
There is some flexibility about timing and about how much work would be required. Some of it might not need to be done in Cambridge. An initial meeting will be arranged in Lent term to discuss details and scope of the project.
The pay is on an hourly basis, to be discussed. An estimated 150 hours of research assistance is required in the first instance. The work is relevant to someone who intends to pursue/ is pursuing a PhD and may also be attractive to non-PhD students who are interested in the takeover process, and could be useful on the cv in some circumstances.

For more information please contact Amir Amel-Zadeh (a.amelzadeh@jbs.cam.ac.uk).