Job description

The purpose of this role is to support the research aims of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to research projects closely linked to the centre that lead to publications in leading international journals.

About Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance

The Qatar Centre in Global Banking and Finance (QCGBF) is a research centre dedicated to the study of central banks and the challenges they face in the global environment. It aims to develop cutting-edge research in all areas of central bank policymaking, ranging from monetary policy to financial stability and regulation.

The Centre research agenda covers the following topics.

1. Rethinking central bank mandates and governance

2. Monetary-fiscal policy interactions in a world of big shocks:  Does 2% inflation targeting remain appropriate?  What does the crisis mean for macroprudential policy?

3. Implications for stabilisation policy of the productivity slowdown, secular stagnation, and falling equilibrium real interest rates

4. How do households and firms form expectations about the future and what does it mean for central bank policy?

5. Understanding new and emerging threats to economic stability

6. Models of the Covid crisis and policy implications

7. Climate change:  understanding its impact on the financial system and macroeconomy and appropriate policy responses

8. Structural changes in the financial system, including the development of Fintech

9. Developing new techniques for understanding the conjuncture and forecasting

10. Big data and data analytics

11. Applications of text analysis

12. New tools for assessing threats to economic stability, including GDP-at-Risk

About the Faculty

King's Business School is the ninth and newest faculty at King's College London, emerging out of the renowned School of Management & Business to become a separate King's faculty on 1 August 2017. King's Business School is a research-intensive Business School which combines the agility of a start-up with the benefit of being part of a world-leading, multi-faculty institution.

King's Business School currently comprises a growing body of 100 academic staff and 40 professional services staff led by the Dean, Professor Stephen Bach. King's Business School will be mission led and connect with business, start-ups, social enterprise and with a clear ambition to make the world a better place. Professor Bach is currently working with key stakeholders to sharpen the vision for the new Business School, and to establish a distinctive and compelling approach that reflects the challenges facing business and government in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world.

Located in the iconic Bush House, staff and students enjoy modern facilities including a state of the art lecture theatre and a specialist Finance & Trading Room to ensure an innovative student experience. This new location makes King's Business School a hub for engagement with business, the City, public sector organisations and government. With a strong emphasis on relevance and diversity, the School fosters an entrepreneurial mind-set in students ready to face the challenges and embrace the opportunities of tomorrow. Linking with Vision 2029, the School will continue to attract students from all over the world and will develop key international partnerships with other universities and international organisations.

This post will be offered on an a fixed-term contract for 2 years.

This is a full time post - 100% full time equivalent

Key responsibilities

• Work under the guidance and leadership of the QCGBF Directors, to     support research and impact/knowledge transfer work in the area of central banks, defined by Centre's the research agenda. 
• Analyse data, and support in writing peer reviewed articles and prepare research grant proposals. 
• Carry out all research methods to a consistent and high standard.    
• Engage fully with the scholarship and intellectual life of the Centre and King's Business School. 
• Maintain good relations with members of the research centre and other colleagues, facilitating research, research evaluation and dissemination.  
• Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Directors 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential Criteria

1. Strong academic background in economics, mathematics, statistics, finance, computer science, or in related fields with demonstrated economics coursework
2. Demonstrated proficiency with at least one statistical software package or programming language (such as MATLAB or Stata)
3. Strong written and oral communication skills, experience working collaboratively, and demonstration of perseverance, initiative, and integrity
4. Ability to work well in a research team, contributing to the collective development of ideas, applications and outputs
5. Willingness to participate in seminars and other academic events and activities
6. Ability to interact with academic, research, professional services colleagues, and those beyond the university context