Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland

The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading university, with a turnover of $1.3bn, including research revenue of over $300m generated across eight diverse faculties and two research institutes. We employ more than 5400 academic and professional staff to support over 45,000 students, making us one of NZ’s largest employers.

The Faculty of Business & Economics

Housed in the state of the art architecturally designed Sir Owen G Glenn Building, our top-ranked, triple-crown accredited University of Auckland Faculty of Business and Economics is seeking to recruit established and early career academics to join its world class faculty. It is the largest Faculty of Business and Economics in New Zealand and has an international reputation for academic excellence. It comprises seven academic departments with a strong reputation across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. We support exceptional, internationally recognised faculty who are characterised by their desire to make a difference to business and economics in New Zealand, the global economy and society more generally. The University has recently set a new strategic plan, Taumata Teitei,  which can be interpreted from te reo Māori as pursuing excellence, despite uncertainty. It recognises the exciting challenges posed by the concerns of our age. Applications are encouraged from scholars who are committed to making an impact through research and teaching and with interests in any area of relevance to business.

Our faculty strives to influence policy development, research and thought leadership in New Zealand business and society with particular focus on our four strategic research and education themes – innovation and value creation, succeeding in international markets, productivity and sustainable business and leadership and governance. We also have an ecosystem of well supported research centres across the disciplines. Your desire to identify and promote opportunities for outside stakeholder engagement will further enhance the reputation, relevance, and influence of the Business School.

All academics within the Faculty of Business and Economics will be based in disciplinary areas that form part of larger academic departments, you will have responsibility for delivering high quality, relevant and impactful learning experiences that maximise employment outcomes for graduates. Your understanding of academic and business environments and engagement in co-curricular activities relating to business, will help deliver wider economic benefits. The disciplinary areas are intended to provide a supportive and collegial environment for all researchers and to ensure focused mentoring for early career researchers.

The faculty enjoys excellent international links and leading scholars from top overseas universities often visit and teach courses in our undergraduate and post graduate programmes

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

The University of Auckland Business School seeks a Lecturer in Economics (any field) for the Bachelor of Commerce core courses. The Faculty of Business and Economics core is the foundation of our business degree and is a unique feature of our programmes. From 2025 an additional course (Waipapa Taumata Rau) focused primarily on Māori business will be added to our stage one offerings. The core is transforming teaching and learning in our faculty.  Teachers from multiple departments collaborate to teach core papers and apply a transdisciplinary lens to real business challenges, using team-based learning and innovative learning technologies. Growing a dedicated teaching team of staff committed to the core and elevating the relevance of their own disciplines is essential. Successful applicants will

• act as a "core champion", connecting core courses to their respective departments and Disciplinary Areas within the Business School.
• Ensure our core courses reflect key and current discipline-specific content based on the latest research findings.
• Advocate for transdisciplinary and relational teaching methods within their respective departments.

Applicants with the requisite qualifications and committed to delivering quality learning experiences to stage one learner are encouraged to apply.

Remuneration - $91,000 to $109,000, this will be depending on experience.

This is a permanent, fulltime(40 hours per week opportunity).

For more information about the responsibilities of these permanent tenure track positions, please refer to the position description.

Mō tō mātou rōpū | About the team

The Department of Economics has been a part of the University of Auckland for almost a century and home to many distinguished New Zealand economists, including AWH “Bill” Phillips. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in Economics within the Business School, the Faculty of Arts, and the Faculty of Science, allowing students considerable flexibility in taking advantage of our course offerings. Our students have gone on to success in private and public sector institutions, such as ANZ, the World Bank, the US Federal Reserve, the Reserve Banks of New Zealand and Australia, the New Zealand Treasury, Bain & Company, and Macquarie Bank, amongst many others. Our top graduates regularly continue to further study at leading universities such as Chicago, Columbia, Oxford, and Yale. Our staff come from around the world, hold doctorates from internationally renowned universities, and have teaching and research interests across a wide range of areas, including behavioural economics, health and wellbeing, environmental economics, industrial organisation, international trade, macroeconomics, and finance. Their scholarship features in leading journals. Staff are also active in advising economic policymakers in New Zealand and internationally.

He kōrero mōu | About you

You are an energetic, can-do person with postgraduate qualifications in Economics. A PhD (or soon to be completed PhD) in Economics is highly desirable. You have experience in teaching economics at the undergraduate level, the potential to attract and supervise masters and doctoral students, and strong research potential commensurate with Lecturer level. You have the capability to successfully teach undergraduate and graduate students in economics and to do research and scholarly writing at a very high level in economics and related disciplines are essential.

It is preferable you have experience in teaching/delivering transdisciplinary material/content, knowledge of, or commitment to, mātauranga and tikanga Māori, experience in teaching large undergraduate courses, experience working in small co-facilitation teams and large and transdisciplinary teaching teams, experience with learning management systems and using other new and emerging teaching technologies, and interest in and experience with flipped classroom and team-based learning deliveries.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer

The University is committed to providing an excellent working environment through:

• Flexible employment practices (including working from home, flexible hours)
• Up to 6.75% company superannuation scheme
• A competitive salary with five weeks’ annual leave

In addition, we also offer career development programmes, discounted car parking, a generous parental leave allowance, childcare and several other discounts on internal and external services. 

For more information, please visit Staff Benefits.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Applications must be submitted online, by the closing date of 4 September 2023 to be considered. Please include your cover letter and CV outlining your disciplinary area of interest and what strengths you will bring to this role.

Equity

The University is committed to meeting its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi and achieving equity outcomes for staff and students in a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment.  For further information on services for Māori, Pacific, women, LGBTQIATakatāpuiMVPFAFF+, people with disabilities, parenting support, flexible work and other personal circumstances go to www.equity.auckland.ac.nz

The University is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment where everyone can thrive. For further information see Te Ara Tautika | the Equity Policy and visit www.equity.auckland.ac.nz