Job Description - Assistant Professor in Financial Law (Education) (24002358)
Assistant Professor (Education) in Financial Law
Durham Law School
Open-Ended/Permanent - Full Time
Closing Date
15-Jan-2025, 11:59:00 PM Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement: Not Applicable. Working at Durham University A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, Durham is a university like no other. The University is located within a beautiful historic city, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and surrounded by stunning countryside. This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. Please note this post is tenable from September 2025. Key responsibilities: To deliver lectures, seminars and tutorials in modules pertaining to the area of financial law and regulation at undergraduate and taught postgraduate levels. Engage in pedagogic activity at Departmental level that supports a high quality, academic professional community of practice within the Department and beyond. Maintain an active membership and engagement with a professional body (e.g. HEA or discipline-specific bodies). Contribute to ongoing curriculum development, demonstrating innovation in educational practice. To contribute to the administrative work, citizenship and values of the Department. Engage in and enhance the values of the Department with regard to its commitment to its vibrant and international postgraduate culture. Carry out such other duties as specified by the Head of Department. Person Specification Candidates must outline their experience, skills and achievements to date which demonstrate that they meet or that they have the potential to achieve the essential criteria. Education Qualifications – a good first degree and a PhD (or close to completion at the time of application) in financial law/economics/finance or a related subject. Quality – evidence of the development and delivery of effective and engaging teaching in the area of financial law or regulation. Innovation – experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate a contribution to new programme development. Strategic – evidence of strategic teaching development or achievements. Scholarship and Educational Impact Candidates will have the ability to engage in scholarly activity which contributes to pedagogical practice. Essential Scholarship and Educational Criteria Candidates will be expected to demonstrate engagement in scholarly activity that positively impacts on pedagogical practice and education. Service, Citizenship and Values Active engagement in administrative and citizenship requirements and fostering a respectful environment. Essential Services, Citizenship and Values criteria Citizenship contribution – evidence of participation in the citizenship/administrative activities of an academic Department. Communication – candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Administration – evidence of engagement with administration related teaching. Contact Information Department contact for academic-related enquiries Prof Federico Lupo-Pasini, f.lupo-pasini@durham.ac.uk How to Apply We prefer to receive applications online. All applicants are asked to submit: A covering letter detailing your experience, strengths and potential. A statement of your pedagogical approach to learning. Optional: up to two of your most significant pieces of work demonstrating scholarship and educational impact. An EDI & values statement demonstrating your commitment to EDI and our values. References will be requested for candidates who have been shortlisted.
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15-Jan-2025, 11:59:00 PM Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement: Not Applicable. Working at Durham University A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, Durham is a university like no other. The University is located within a beautiful historic city, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and surrounded by stunning countryside. This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. Please note this post is tenable from September 2025. Key responsibilities: To deliver lectures, seminars and tutorials in modules pertaining to the area of financial law and regulation at undergraduate and taught postgraduate levels. Engage in pedagogic activity at Departmental level that supports a high quality, academic professional community of practice within the Department and beyond. Maintain an active membership and engagement with a professional body (e.g. HEA or discipline-specific bodies). Contribute to ongoing curriculum development, demonstrating innovation in educational practice. To contribute to the administrative work, citizenship and values of the Department. Engage in and enhance the values of the Department with regard to its commitment to its vibrant and international postgraduate culture. Carry out such other duties as specified by the Head of Department. Person Specification Candidates must outline their experience, skills and achievements to date which demonstrate that they meet or that they have the potential to achieve the essential criteria. Education Qualifications – a good first degree and a PhD (or close to completion at the time of application) in financial law/economics/finance or a related subject. Quality – evidence of the development and delivery of effective and engaging teaching in the area of financial law or regulation. Innovation – experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate a contribution to new programme development. Strategic – evidence of strategic teaching development or achievements. Scholarship and Educational Impact Candidates will have the ability to engage in scholarly activity which contributes to pedagogical practice. Essential Scholarship and Educational Criteria Candidates will be expected to demonstrate engagement in scholarly activity that positively impacts on pedagogical practice and education. Service, Citizenship and Values Active engagement in administrative and citizenship requirements and fostering a respectful environment. Essential Services, Citizenship and Values criteria Citizenship contribution – evidence of participation in the citizenship/administrative activities of an academic Department. Communication – candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Administration – evidence of engagement with administration related teaching. Contact Information Department contact for academic-related enquiries Prof Federico Lupo-Pasini, f.lupo-pasini@durham.ac.uk How to Apply We prefer to receive applications online. All applicants are asked to submit: A covering letter detailing your experience, strengths and potential. A statement of your pedagogical approach to learning. Optional: up to two of your most significant pieces of work demonstrating scholarship and educational impact. An EDI & values statement demonstrating your commitment to EDI and our values. References will be requested for candidates who have been shortlisted.
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