Post Specification

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Providing research assistance to faculties, including but not limited to data collection and processing, empirical analysis, literature review, assistance in research grant applications, etc.;

2. Providing teaching assistance to faculties, including but not limited to exam/assignment grading, holding tutorial and office hours, preparation of teaching materials, student consultation/supervision, etc.;

3. Providing administrative support for other academic activities, such as forums, conferences, lectures, symposiums, etc.;

4. Undertaking other assignments assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Requirements:

1. A bachelor’s degree, preferably a higher degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, or other related fields;

2. Outstanding teaching and communication skills;

3. Proficiency in English writing and oral communication;

4. Ability to work independently, as well as teamworking/collaboration skills;

5. Strong sense of responsibility;

6. Proficiency in programming/statistical software/languages such as Stata, SAS, Python, R, Matlab, etc. is preferable

7. Qualifications such as CFA, FRM would be a plus.

Salary and Benefits

Salary will be competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. Appointments will be made under the establishment of CUHK-SZ and statutory benefits will be provided according to the prevailing labor laws applicable in the PRC. The appointee will be based at the University campus in Shenzhen, PRC.

Application Procedure

Please send full curriculum vitae together with copies of qualification documents, and at least three references by email to: hr@cuhk.edu.cn  

The potential benefits of the research assistant part of this position include accessibility to faculty members who have successful experience in publishing in top-tier finance and economics journals in many fields[1] and the chance of collaborative work with the faculty members. All of these are highly valued by the admission committees of internationally reputable economics/finance Ph.D. programs.[2]

[1] See, for instance, American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, just to name a few.

[2] In academic year 22-23, members of this position received offers from reputable Ph.D. programs, such as the Ph.D. in Finance and Economics programs in UNC-Chapel Hill, U of Connecticut, NUS, SMU, NTU, HKUST, CUHK, CUHK (Shenzhen), to name a few.