Stipendiary Fellowship

Job title:

Stipendiary Fellowship

Company:

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Category: AcademicJob Description:Grade UE07: £40,497- £ 48,149 per annumCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Science / School of EconomicsFull-time: 35 hours per weekFixed-term: 12 monthsVacancies available: 2The School of Economics is seeking two Stipendiary Fellowships on a full-time, fixed-term basis for 12 months. This post is expected to commence in August 2025.The Opportunity:Field(s) of specialization: All fields with a preference for Macroeconomics and Applied areas.We are seeking outstanding candidates of demonstrated ability and high potential.The Stipendiary Fellowships are aimed at final stage PhD students in Economics who are seeking the opportunity to focus on research and to establish their credibility as candidates in the job market. The role will be split between research (40%) and teaching (60%). Teaching could be at either or both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.These fixed-term posts are for 12 months only with a start date of 1st August 2025.Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Andrew Snell:Successful candidates will receive:· Personal mentoring support from a senior academic in the School of Economics;· Access to staff training courses, and development opportunities from the University’s Institute of Academic Development.Your skills and attributes for success:· Have a PhD or be in the late stages of a PhD (pending assumed complete at the time of application can be considered).· Outstanding research/research potential.· A commitment to (and evidence of) high quality teaching and learning.· Excellent oral and written communication skills.Desirable skills and attributes for success:· Experience of either tutorial or lecture level teaching in UK Universities or in other HE systems with practices that align with those with the UK’s HE system.· Research and teaching expertise in Macroeconomics and Applied Areas. Experience in teaching numerical methods especially Julia and PythonApplication information:We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made). If you are currently in the process of completing your studies/PhD programme please note any relevant timescales in your cover letter and/or CV.As a School we acknowledge that people’s career paths are rarely linear and welcome applicants to expand on their professional and personal journeys where appropriate.As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary of £40,497- £ 48,149 per annum. Annual increments through the scale will occur with each years continuous service.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our

and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.We particularly welcome applications from eligible candidates from under-represented groups, including racially minoritised individuals and all gender identities.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our .The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.Key dates to note:The closing date for applications is 26 June 2025.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interviews are anticipated to be held remotely in July 2025, we endeavour to give successful candidates two weeks’ notice of interview dates.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:Edinburgh has long been associated with economics. In the eighteenth-century, Adam Smith lived and worked in the city. His first lectures to young lawyers in 1748-51 were delivered near where the South Bridge now stands. In his later years, he continued to revise his principal books The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations, and a substantial portion of Smith’s personal library is held by Edinburgh University Library. His friend David Hume, a resident of Edinburgh, noted in his day as a historian and now as a leading empiricist philosopher, wrote much acclaimed essays on economics.Today, the School of Economics includes 56 academic staff and team of 29 administrative and technical support staff, as well as visiting Professors and other associates. The academic staff include eleven professors, six senior lecturers, three senior teaching fellows, fourteen lecturers, one reader, and one teaching fellow.The School is characterised by its cohesiveness and informal research-led collegiality, with high quality research seminars and workshop programmes running on a weekly basis. The School has special research strength in economic theory, labour economics and applied econometrics in addition to an array of more dispersed expertise. In the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), the School of Economics was placed 1st in Scotland and 8th in the UK by overall rating. In terms of the proportion of publications that are classified as world-leading, the School is ranked 1st in Scotland and 7th in the UK. Ranked by research environment (which includes PhD completions and grant income), the School is 1st in Scotland and 6th in the UK. For further information about our school

Expected salary

£40497 – 48149 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:53:58 GMT

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