Job Opportunities

Part-Time Lecturer – Financial Mathematics Program

The University of Chicago’s Department of Mathematics invites applications for the position of Part-Time Lecturer for the 2024-2025 academic year to teach a course in the Master of Science in Financial Mathematics program, in one of the following areas:  

  • Commodities
  • Crypto and Smart Contracts
  • Financial Computing
  • Fixed Income
  • Machine Learning
  • Options and Derivatives
  • Risk Management
  • Trading and Market-Making

Selected candidates will be appointed as Part-Time Lecturer. The class(es) that selected candidates will teach during their first term will be determined as part of the interview process, taking into consideration the candidate's background, qualifications, and preferences.

This position is part-time and is not benefits eligible.  Compensation is paid on a per-course basis in the teaching quarter(s). Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the U.S. 

Courses are held for five or nine weeks during each academic quarter, with the sixth or tenth week for a final project or exam. Instruction is expected to be primarily in person, with some limited opportunities to offer remote or hybrid sessions. Courses can meet in the daytime (meeting twice a week for a total of three hours) or in the evening (meeting once a week for a total of three hours). The exact day(s)/time(s) are determined in consultation with the part-time lecturer. 

Qualifications
Minimum qualifications: 

  • One of the following:
    • a master’s degree in a related field
    • a bachelor's degree and 3 years of professional experience in the specific course area

Preferred qualifications:

  • a doctorate in a related field
  • five years of teaching experience, as an instructor of record, in a professional graduate degree program at a University
  • five years of professional experience in the specific course area

Application Instructions

Apply online at the University of Chicago Academic Careers website at apply.interfolio.com/157931. Review of applications will begin on November 27, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

Required materials:

  • CV,
  • cover letter,
  • list of three references, 
  • sample course syllabus.

Optional materials: teaching evaluations from past courses taught.

All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints; with cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression; and with welcoming and supporting all their members.

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-834-3988 or email equalopportunity@uchicago.edu with their request.