Lecturer in finance

Introduction

Are you ready for a role that will help to create the future of finance? As our lecturer in finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), you join a dynamic and international department of dedicated educators and ambitious academics who engage in top quality research and host specialised conferences and seminars.

RSM provides an education and research focus that is fixed on positive change and enables people and organisations to thrive; RSM’s department of Finance programmes and courses for bachelor, master and executive students address today’s hot topics in the field of finance, including sustainable finance and climate risk, corporate finance, asset management, credit risk, financial innovation, FinTech, entrepreneurial finance, and corporate governance.

Job description

An enthusiastic and inspiring lecturer, you can help us to positively influence the future of finance through education. You are responsible for:

• Teaching RSM’s courses in the programme portfolio of the Finance department:
  • MSc Finance & Investments
  • BSc programmes
• Supervising and coaching students with their MSc theses and BSc projects
• Performing various coordinating tasks.

Our MSc Finance & Investments programme offers a world-class, one-year general finance curriculum, in which students follow compulsory and elective courses and write a thesis. As our lecturer, you work closely with other members in the department and with the academic director (AD).

As part of your tasks, you can also work on projects that are related to innovation in teaching and educational research. RSM offers you developmental support, including teaching qualifications. This way, you can further develop into one of our senior lecturers.

Job requirements

As a successful applicant, we expect that you have or will shortly obtain your PhD degree in finance, accounting or economics. This demonstrates your strong interest and proven track record in teaching at the BSc and MSc levels.

Furthermore, you are:

• fluent in English (read, write, speak), in which you are expected to teach at an academic level
• a passionate and persuasive teacher
• a team player who is open to collaboration with faculty members across RSM's courses and programmes
• eager to deliver high-quality content and constructive feedback
• proactive, conscientious and you have a talent for organisation.

Employment conditions and benefits

The conditions of employment correspond with the collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).

Your salary is subject to training and experience and may vary from a minimum of € 3,378 (scale 10 CAO NU) and up to a maximum of € 6,209 gross per month (scale 11 CAO NU), based on a full-time contract of 38 hours.

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) has attractive employment conditions, which include a holiday allowance of 8%, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a considerable number of vacation days.

All employees at EUR receive an annual personal career budget, which can be used to advance your skills and competences. Additionally, EUR offers you lots of training, development and coaching opportunities.

EUR aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfil their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique.

We look forward to welcoming you to our community.

Employer

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3,700 academics and professionals and almost 33,000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Faculty / Institute / Central service

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.
www.rsm.nl

RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.

Department

The department of Finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University offers a high-profile MSc in Finance & Investments, one of Europe’s largest master programmes in finance with 300+ new students every year. The programme delivers in-depth knowledge from theoretical and practical perspectives. www.rsm.nl/fi

With its large, young and highly international faculty educated at renowned institutions in Europe, the USA and Asia, the RSM department of Finance has a strong teaching tradition and international orientation.

Additional information

The lecturer appointment of 0.8 – 1.0 FTE, is initially for two years and can be extended to a maximum duration of four years.

We offer a hybrid combination of online and on-campus working hours. Working remotely is an option you can discuss with your supervisor.

Additionally, we offer excellent training and career development opportunities. You collaborate closely with experienced faculty members to develop and deliver courses at the BSc and MSc levels. RSM has a dedicated Learning Innovation Team (LIT), which supports faculty members in the improvement and innovation of their courses and programmes. 

Applying

Are you interested in this position? Please submit your application as soon as possible and at the latest before 15 May, 2025. Consideration of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position has been filled.

 Your application should include:

• Motivation letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Any recent teaching evaluations
• Reference letters are helpful and should be sent directly by the author to mlissenberg@rsm.nl

Do you have questions about this position? Please contact Myra Lissenberg - van der Pennen at mlissenberg@rsm.nl. 

For more information, please visit:

• RSM Finance: www.rsm.nl/finance
• RSM: www.rsm.nl
• RSM MSc Finance and Investments  www.rsm.nl/fi
• RSM Bachelor programmes www.rsm.nl/bachelor