ASSOCIATE LECTURER - PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

at  Birkbeck University of London

Can you explain the theory and practice of portfolio construction and management? Are you enthused by basic financial instruments such as bonds and shares? Do trading strategies make you tick?
If so, Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking an Associate Lecturer to join the Birkbeck Business School next Spring Term 2025 to teach Portfolio Management.

As Associate Lecturer you will teach the module:

• EMEC028S6 Portfolio Management
• 21-27 hours
• Mondays, 6-9pm, Summer term. Teaching starts w/c 28 April 2025.

You will have knowledge of global financial markets, financial institutions and theories and practices of portfolio management and be qualified to the corresponding level of the award as required to teach (or demonstrate equivalent professional/industry level experience). An experience of investing or working in a financial institution such as banks or hedge funds would be beneficial.

Further to the person specification, additional essential requirements for this role are:

• Good understanding and the knowledge of the current issues associated with financial assets such as bonds, equity and derivatives including cryptocurrencies.
• Current knowledge of the regulations and practices of main exchanges such as LSE, CME and Nasdaq.
• Knowledge of asset pricing models such as Dividend Discount Models, Bond Pricing Model and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.
• Knowledge of derivative securities such as forward and futures, swaps, options and credit derivatives (e.g. CDO).
• Good understanding of option pricing models such as the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model and the Binomial Model.
• Good knowledge of and ideally some experience of using trading strategies such as speculation, arbitrage and hedging strategies and active and passive portfolio management, and the performance measures used.

Please refer to the person specification for further selection criteria.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3 December 2024.

• Good understanding and the knowledge of the current issues associated with financial assets such as bonds, equity and derivatives including cryptocurrencies.
• Current knowledge of the regulations and practices of main exchanges such as LSE, CME and Nasdaq.
• Knowledge of asset pricing models such as Dividend Discount Models, Bond Pricing Model and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.
• Knowledge of derivative securities such as forward and futures, swaps, options and credit derivatives (e.g. CDO).
• Good understanding of option pricing models such as the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model and the Binomial Model.
• Good knowledge of and ideally some experience of using trading strategies such as speculation, arbitrage and hedging strategies and active and passive portfolio management, and the performance measures used