Lecturer in Political Economy at The University of Sydney

Location:	Sydney
Salary:	AU$107,679  £59,578.79 converted salary* including leave loading and up to 17% super.
Hours:	Full Time
Contract:	Permanent

 

Placed on:	3rd June 2014
Closes:	29th June 2014
Job Ref:	991/0514

School of Social and Political Sciences
Department of Political Economy

• Join one of the fastest growing communities of social scientists in the world
• World class faculty of arts and social sciences
• Full-time continuing lectureship, remuneration package: $107K, p.a. which includes leave loading and up to 17% super)

The University of Sydney is Australia's first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It employs over 7300 permanent staff, supporting over 50,000 students.

The Department of Political Economy is one of four departments within the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS). SSPS is the largest school in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with over 100 academic staff, many of whom have been appointed since the inception of the school in 2008. The school will shortly move to a state-of-the-art building, confirming the extraordinary investment in social sciences at Sydney in the past five years. This lectureship further consolidates SSPS as the premier location in the region for research and teaching in political economy, which at Sydney includes heterodox economics, international political economy, development, social movements, gender and work, and the application of critical approaches to the study of economic and social phenomena.

You will be expected to:

• have an ambitious research agenda with a track record subject to opportunity of significant publications in political economy
• teach across the range of political economy units and contribute to postgraduate courses and supervision
• be a willing and collegial member of the department able to take on service responsibilities as requested.

You will possess:

• a PhD in political economy or cognate field
• teaching experience at undergraduate and, ideally, at postgraduate levels.

This is your opportunity to join a unique intellectual community in one of the world’s greatest universities in one of the world’s great cities.

Remuneration package: $107,679 p.a. (which includes a base salary of $90,990 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to superannuation).

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visitsydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 991/0514 for more information and to apply.

Closing Date: 29 June 2014 (11.30pm Sydney time)

The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups and women are encouraged. The University of Sydney has also established a scheme to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed across the institution. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

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