Research Assistant in Finance, Accounting and Economics

About us

The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. The School is home to over 1,300 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK.

This is an exciting time to join the UCL School of Management as it is embarking on a significant expansion plan which will see it deliver on a new strategy to double in size over the next five years. An increase in degree programmes and staff will ensure that we continue our mission to deliver the next generation of socially conscious entrepreneurial leaders, who will tackle the world’s greatest challenges.

Further information about the School can be found here: www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/

About the role

The UCL School of Management is seeking a research assistant who can provide support to researchers working on projects within the subject areas of Organisation & Innovation, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Analytics, Operations & Technology and of Finance, Accounting & Economics. The post will initially be offered for a period of 12 months starting from September 2024 until August 2025 with the intent to extend this for a further 12 months thereafter if the post holder has successfully met the requirements of the role. The start date is flexible. The post holder will assist professors at various stages of research projects.

About you

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following criteria:

• An MSc in a social science, economics, engineering, statistics, and/or computer science
• The ability to programme in one language is required (Experience with MATLAB and STATA is desirable, but not essential)
• Mathematical training in order to check proofs is essential
• Motivation to pursue a PhD or academic career in finance or economics in the future
• High level of literacy and numeracy

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits. Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

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