Job offer
Research Support Staff in Finance and Accounting, Department of Economics and Business, Pompeu Fabra University.
Position overview
For an ERC-funded research project in Finance, Prof. Kuvshinov seeks to hire a part-time research assistant starting in mid September 2024. The research assistant will collect, clean and organize data, perform data analysis and conduct academic literature reviews (full details in sections below).
Job location
Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Ciutadella Campus, Department of Economics and Business. The work is to be carried at the campus.
About UPF: UPF Website
About the Department of Economics and Business: Department Website
Funding body
EU's Horizon Europe programme. European Research Council Starting grant 'Safety, Liquidity, and Crises', 2024–2028. Principal investigator: Dmitry Kuvshinov, Assistant Professor at UPF, Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, and Research Affiliate at the CEPR.
The successful candidate will carry out the following tasks to develop the datasets on sectoral financial balance sheets, and prices and liquidity of safe and risky financial instruments.
Collecting, cleaning and organising data on financial balance sheets and asset prices in historical stock exchange listings for selected countries (Italy, Switzerland, US).
Analysis of the collected data using the appropriate software (e.g., Stata, R, Python).
Academic literature review for articles on Financial Economics (search for relevant literature; evaluate sources; identify themes, debates, gaps; review writing).
Reporting line: this position reports to the principal investigator of the project.
Where to apply E-mail ******
Requirements Research Field Economics » Financial science Education Level Undergraduate
Skills/Qualifications
Requirements
EXPERIENCE
Required: experience with working with data for scientific research.
Desired: previous jobs as a research assistant in academia or similar research
QUALIFICATIONS
Required: Completed secondary school studies.
Desirable: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics or related fields, completed or in the final year.
SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE
Required:
Advanced or proficiency level of Excel.
Scientific software: Advanced or proficiency command of Stata.
Languages: Advanced level in English, both spoken and written (CEFR: C1 or C2; IELTS: minimum 7.0; TOEFL minimum 101).
Knowledge of the field: Financial Economics and Econometrics (through education or professional experience).
Working knowledge of R and Python.
Familiarity with academic literature in Financial Economics and Econometrics.
Expected remuneration
Annual gross salary: 13.989,02 euros.
Group and level : Group 3, level U
Working hours Part-time, 17.5 hours/week.
Type of contract: Open-ended, in accordance with decree RD 32/2021 of 28 December, 2021.
The contract will end with the completion of the tasks described under the Job Description section.
Incompatibilities: This contract might be incompatible with other contracts or with the applicant's legal status in Spain.
5 July 2024 Job advertisement is posted in EURAXESS and in the Department of Economics and Business (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): Job Opportunities > Research Project Positions > Research Support Positions
Position reference: ECON-PSR-INDF-2024-25.
All the announcements of the selection process for this position will be posted on this website.
19 July 2024 Application period ends.
22 July 2024 Publication of the list of admitted and excluded candidates.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email to arrange the online interview; each
shortlisted candidate will be given the detailed rating which will be used by the selection committee to assess their fit to the required and desired experience, qualifications and skills/knowledge. Before or after the interview, if the committee deems it necessary, one or two referees will be contacted, with prior permission of the applicant.
30 July 2024 Publication of the selection process results. Allegations can be submitted in the following 5 working days.
7 August 2024 Selection process ends.
The candidate with the highest score in the selection process will be awarded the job. The minimum score needed to pass the selection process is 60 points.
General rating system
Experience: 60%
Qualifications: 20%
Skills/knowledge: 20%
The detailed rating which will be used by the selection committee to assess the applicant's fit to the required and desirable experience, qualifications and skills/knowledge will be sent to shortlisted candidates.
President: Dmitry Kuvshinov.
Committee members: Victoria Vanasco and Javier Gil-Bazo.
Head of the Department of Economics and Business at UPF: Daniel Serra.
Documents and application
Documents
Motivation letter in English explaining the applicant's interest in and fit for the position.
Scan copy of the highest diploma (secondary school degree, Bachelor's, master's)
Names, positions and contact details of 1 or 2 referees (NB no referee will be contacted without the candidate's prior permission).
Submitting an application
A zip file containing all the application documents should be sent to Ms. M. Novoa via email (****** ), with the subject line ECON-PSR-INDF-2024-25. Please name the zip file ECON-PSR-INDF-2024-25_Lastname_Firstname.
The application submission deadline is 19 July 2024, 23:00pm (UTC+1). Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
The following documents are necessary to process the contract:
EU citizens: Spanish ID or foreigners' identification number (NIE) and passport; Spanish Social Security number; Spanish bank account number.
Non-EU citizens: valid Spanish work permit; foreigners' identification number (NIE) and passport; Spanish Social Security number; Spanish bank account number.
More information
Please send any inquiries about this vacancy to:
Mariona Novoa
Department of Economics and Business
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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