AssistantAssociate Professor in Economics

School: International Business School Suzhou (IBSS)

Department: Department of Economics

Position Title :Assistant/Associate Professor in Economics

Location: Suzhou Campus

Salary:

Assistant Professor:RMB/month (with the opportunity to go to 35588 RMB/month based on future annual performance and evaluations after being in post)
Associate Professor:RMB/month (with the opportunity to go to 41063 RMB/month based on future annual performance and evaluations after being in post)

Vacant Number3

Advertisement Date: 15th March to 15th May 2021

Job ID 1804

Contract Type3-year contract renewable. 3rd contract is open-ended.

International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University is growing in size and influence in pursuit of its vision to be a leading international business school. The school is based on strong principles of internationalism innovation inspiration and integrity which together ensure that we have a positive impact on society through our teaching research and business that pursuit IBSS became the youngest business school to be accredited from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 2016 and again the youngest School to receive EQUIS accreditation in 2018. With its AMBA accreditation in 2020 IBSS became the worlds 103rd triple crown business school.

IBSS currently has more than 125 academic staff and over 5000 students. As it continues to expand IBSS now seeks to appoint further academic scholars from around the world to play a vital part in this unique institutions academic growth.

IBSS delivers a range of undergraduate postgraduate MBA PhD and Executive Education programmes in the fields of Economics Management Accounting and Finance. Undergraduate programmes in Economics include both the widely popular BSc in Economics and BSc in Economics & Finance whereas Masters programmes include MSc in Economics & Finance and MSc in Business Analytics. The Economics Department in IBSS initiated the university-wide Research Institute for Economic Integration (RIEI) which is a platform for research focused on the integration between and within Asian economies Europe and the addition the Department also has a strong focus on behavioural economics and hosts the IBSS Experimental Economics Lab as well as the IBSS Biometrics Lab.

XJTLU is a research-led university and correspondingly International Business School Suzhou is a research-led business this context even though the workload of faculty in IBSS is generally shared between teaching research and service Associate Professors are expected to greatly contribute to the research activity of the School. Research activities include the publication of research articles attendance of international conferences supervising doctoral students and applications for research funding. Research active faculty teach only one module per semester and enjoy a range of internal and external funding opportunities.

Research performance in the School is benchmarked on internationally recognised lists of journal quality such as the Academic Journal Guide (UK) a.k.a. the ABS list and the ABDC list (AUS). The target levels on those lists are ABS3/ABDC:A or above.

In addition Associate Professors will also be expected to hold leadership roles (service) with the Department School or the University using their experience and expertise to represent the Economics Department and the Business School.

In terms of teaching all faculty within the Department are required to teach and Associate Professors should be willing and able to teaching at all levels including undergraduate masters PhD and executive education.

Successful applicants to the position of AssistantProfessor are expected to:

• Hold a PhD degree in economics or a related field
• Have a proven record of academic publications in good journals as define above or alternatively for early career academics a strong pipeline of promising research.

Successful applicants to the position of Associate Professors are expected to:

• Hold a PhD degree in economics or a related field
• Have a strong record of academic publications in good journals as define above
• Have successfully obtained and managed grants and external project funding
• Have supervised PhD students to completion
• Have held service roles in higher education

Successful applicants to the position of AssistantProfessor should have experience with:

• Contributing to the development of an academic unit through significant service roles
• Creating new modules/courses in the broader field of economics
• Managing programmes
• International classroom settings

Successful applicants to the position of AssociateProfessor should have experience with:

• Applying for and managing research funding
• Creating modules/courses in the broader field of economics
• Supervising students at the undergraduate/postgraduate level
• International classroom settings

Successful applicants should possess the following attributes:

• Adaptability
• Affinity with cross-cultural settings
• Full command of the English language for teaching purposes

Members of Academic Staff receive generous subsidies for accommodation travel childrens education and medical insurance. A relocation allowance is provided. Non-Chinese passport holders may qualify for multi-year income tax holidays depending on nationality and tax residency.

Employment at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University is regulated by Chinese Labour Laws and must comply with the regulations of the provincial government. These regulations stipulate who is eligible for legal employment with regard to obtaining work permits and visas. Please be advised candidates over 65 may be not eligible for a work visa in the P.R. China.

Please submit your application Online. Applications must be submitted in a single pdf file that includes 3 parts in the order of:

• A cover letter
• A current CV including date of birth country of citizenship and highest degree level
• Contact Details for Three References

For questions or inquiries about the position please contact Head of Department Dr. Ye Bai at
For general enquiries please email the Recruiting Team at Please quote the position and job ID in your enquiry.