Post Specification
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Providing research assistance to
professors, including collecting data and analyzing data;
2. Replicating research papers assigned by
the supervisor;
3. Assisting in tutorials for
undergraduate courses;
4. Preparation of teaching
materials/classes;
5. Student consultation/supervision and
coordinating student academic activities;
6. Undertaking other assignment assigned
by the supervisor.
Qualifications and Requirements:
1. A Bachelor degree, preferably a higher
degree in Finance;
2. Good teaching, communication skills;
3. Fluent English, both in written and
spoken English;
4. The ability of working independently,
as well as the spirit of team work;
5. Knowledge of Stata/Matlab/SAS is
preferable and willingness to take up extra responsibilities;
6. Qualification like CFA, FRM would be a
plus.
Salary and Benefits
Salary will be competitive, and
commensurate with qualifications and experience. Appointments will be made
under the establishment of CUHK-SZ, and statutory benefits will be provided
according to the prevailing labor laws applicable in the PRC. The appointee
will be based at the University campus in Shenzhen, PRC.
Application Procedure
Please send full curriculum vitae together
with copies of qualification documents, and at least three references by email
to: hr@cuhk.edu.cn
The potential benefits of the research assistant
part of this position include accessibility to faculty members who have
successful experience in publishing in top-tier finance and economics journals
in many fields of finance and economics[1] and the possibility of collaborative
work with the finance faculty members. All of these are highly valued by the
admission committees in internationally reputable economics/finance Ph.D.
programs.[2]
[1] See, for instance, American Economic
Review, Econometrica, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics,
Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and
Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, just to name a few.
[2] In academic year 22-23, members of
this position received offers from reputable Ph.D. programs, such as the Ph.D.
in Finance and Economics programs in UNC-Chapel Hill, U of Connecticut, NUS,
SMU, NTU, HKUST, CUHK, CUHK (Shenzhen), to name a few.
