Open Position for Chairman of the Applied Economics Department
School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University
Founded in 1896, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) is one of the earliest universities in China. As a national key university, SWJTU is one of the first universities that are included in the national “211 Project” and the “985 Feature Project”.
The School of Economics and Management was founded in 1984. So far we have Doctoral program in Management Science and Engineering, Doctoral program in Business Administration, Master degree program in Applied Economics, MBA program and EMBA program and so on. To adapt to the rapid development of our school and the discipline development of applied economics, we are recruiting a Chairman of the Applied Economics Department.
1. Candidate Qualifications
(1). Applicants should have outstanding academic impact with a relative high reputation in his research field. Ph.D. degree and professor title are required except the following cases: a) applicants hold outstanding academic achievements; b) hold strong social impact; c) hold or tenured associate professor title in a well-known foreign university.
(2). Applicants should have a good understanding of teaching and academic frontiers of applied economics, and have rich experience of management as well as strong ability of organization and coordination. Overseas study or academic visiting experience is preferred.
(3). Applicants should have a good personality trait, professional ethics, conscious of innovation and teamwork spirit. And applicants should have a good physical condition with the age under 50 (this requirement could be flexible if the candidate is exceptionally excellent).
4. It is a full-time on-site job, and applicants are encouraged to bring his research team (the qualifications and salaries for the team members could be discussed later).
2. Position Statement and Job Objectives
(1). assist the dean to construct the faculty team: making strategies for the faculty construction, strengthening the construction of innovation team, and promoting the competency of our faculty.
(2). organize the teachers to carry out the cutting edge research in applied economics: improving the academic level of our teachers and the academic impact at home and abroad.
(3). assist the dean to develop the applied economics discipline and to reform the teaching: exploring a new model of talent development that cultivates the talents with innovation ability.
(4). assist the dean to implement internationalization strategy: strengthening the international collaboration and communication, implementing the cooperation with well-known universities and research institutions abroad, improving the internationalization level of applied economics discipline.
3. Term of Employment
The first employment term is 4 years;
Further employment term will be agreed according to the working results when the first term expired.
4. Salary and Benefit
Successful applicants would be offered competitive package that can match the applicants’ academic achievements and position responsibility. And the detailed salary and benefit would be discussed face to face.
5. Recruiting Process
(1). Applicants should submit the soft copies of the following materials via email:
(A). CV
(B). copies of ID card (or Passport), certification of education background and the degrees, certificate of professional qualifications, certificate of award or honors, and any evidences of your current job position. (The original copies are required during the interview.)
(C). copies of research papers and publications and teaching results during the past five years.
(D). a statement of working experience in administrative function, principal part-time academic job, and management.
(E). other statements that the applicants want to declare and your expectations such as the working conditions and living conditions.
(F). working plans and objectives
(2). Qualifications evaluation
(3).Interviews
6. Contacts:
Due Date：December 31st, 2013
Contact Person：Geng Lihui
E-mail: glihui@home.swjtu.edu.cn
Tel：+86-28-8760018, 87600822
No.111, North Erhuan Road, Chengdu , Sichuan, China, School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University
Postal code: 610031
Website：http://glxy.swjtu.edu.cn
School of Economics and Management
Southwest Jiaotong University
November 6th, 2013
