Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Position Title/Short Description

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The School of Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, one of the leading engineering educational institutions in Latin America invites outstanding candidates to apply to a full-time faculty position in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department.

Duties
The successful applicant’s duties will include teaching (at undergraduate and graduate levels) and conducting research in Finance. Specifically, areas of interest include Financial Engineering, Financial Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Financial Accounting, Entrepreneurial Finance, Corporate Finance, and Behavioral Finance.

Requirements
Applicants must hold (or be currently pursuing studies towards) a Ph.D. in Finance or related areas. The candidate will be expected to participate and formulate research projects and apply to external grants. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the School of Engineering, the applicant is expected to work with local and international collaborators.

The skill to conduct high-quality, scholarly research is a hard requirement. In addition, candidates should be qualified to work with academic teams, and lead scientific and industry-liaison initiatives. Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration is highly valued as the selected candidate will be expected to interact with other faculty within the Department and School, participate in and develop research projects, and be involved in an active research agenda.
Excellence in teaching is also expected, and selected candidates will be required to create new undergraduate and graduate courses and teach traditional courses in related areas, as well as to participate actively in the development of the curriculum. Successful candidates will be required to teach three semester-long undergraduate or graduate courses per year. Spanish language is not required at the time of application but should become the language of teaching before the end of the second year.

Application instructions
Candidates should submit the following documents to vacantes-academicas@ing.puc.cl by December 5th, 2022.

1. A research statement, indicating the immediate and long-term goals of the applicant’s research plan and detailing potential collaboration networks with other researchers and plans for interactions with scientists in Chile and other countries.
2. A teaching statement of purpose, indicating why the applicant should be considered for the position and the plans for teaching.
3. An updated curriculum vitae.
4. If available, copies of five recent Web of Science publications that are relevant to the context of the application.
5. At least, three letters of recommendation, which must be e-mailed directly by the signatories to vacantes-academicas@ing.puc.cl.

For further information please visit: https://www.ing.uc.cl/trabaja-con-nosotros/areas-to-apply-2/