Applied Local Government Finance & Budgeting Scholar

PublicServiceCareers; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Government, seeks a tenure-track or tenured faculty member at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor who will specialize in local government finance and budgeting. The role includes advising, educating, and producing practical scholarship for public finance, with emphasis on capital budgeting and related markets.

The candidate will develop and teach courses for in-service professionals and traditional students, contribute to the

Qualifications

• Doctorate in public administration, public policy, public affairs, or a related field.
• Commitment to public service, ability to work effectively with diverse audiences and a record of, or demonstrated potential for, practically focused and engaged teaching, service, and scholarship.

Responsibilities

• Advise, educate, and produce practical scholarship concerning public finance and budgeting.
• Develop, administer and instruct in a range of courses for in-service professionals and traditional students, including the MPA program.
• Engage in service and governance of the MPA program.
• Advance knowledge through a sustained program of peer-reviewed research and translate it into practical guidance for public officials.

Skills

Public finance

Budgeting

Applied teaching

Engagement with public officials

Education

Doctorate in public administration

Job description

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Government, seeks a tenure-track or tenured faculty member at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor who will specialize in local government finance and budgeting. The role includes advising, educating, and producing practical scholarship for public finance, with emphasis on capital budgeting and related markets.

The candidate will develop and teach courses for in-service professionals and traditional students, contribute to the