About us The Department of Computer Science is looking to appoint a Lecturer (teaching) in Computational Economics and Finance. The appointees will be based in the Computational Economics and Finance Section within the Department of Computer Science at UCL.About the role The Section has founded and is managing and leading the UCL-Centre for Blockchain Technologies, a major international research hub on the digital technologies and distributed systems applied to finance and economic systems. The appointee is expected to contribute to the centre both with research in the area and in management roles. The team is also running four master programmes: Financial Risk Management, Computational Finance, Emerging Digital Technologies, and Financial Technologies. The appointees are expected to contribute to the teaching activities as well as to the management of these master programmes.About you The appointee is expected to have a strong knowledge of the subject area combined with a broad subject background, enabling contributions to the research and teaching programmes of the group. A PhD is essential for lecturer positions and membership of a relevant professional organisation is desirable.What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below
41 Days of holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days) • Hybrid Final Salary Pension Scheme
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service - Discounted medical insurance
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Gold award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality. This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Support Staff.”Available documents
