Assistant Professor in Agribusiness Finance
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Full-time
Finance
Posted on September 10, 2024
Agribusiness Finance Professor
TITLE: Assistant Professor in Agribusiness Finance
POSITION LOCATION: Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The position is a research and teaching position in the areas of agricultural finance which may include emphasis in agribusiness, cooperative, farm/ranch finance and/or risk. The position will affiliate with other colleagues in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics in addition to activities in the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperat ives, the AgCountry Endowed Chair in Agribusiness and the Center of Trading and Risk, each housed in the Department.
The position is tenure-track and for a 9-month academic year and the split is: 90% Research, 10% teaching.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will be expected to initiate research in areas related to and including agricultural, agribusiness, cooperative, farm/ranch finance and/or risk. Some of this research would be collaborative with faculty working in these fields. Teaching responsibility would be one course per year in the areas of agricultural finance, agribusiness and/or risk, depending on the needs of the department. Responsibilities may include a second course accommodated by a larger teaching appointment.
Faculty evaluations are based on successful publications in leading disciplinary journals, active participation in professional activities, effective teaching and advising at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, satisfactory service and outreach activities to the profession, state, university, and department as well as successful pursuit of extramural funding sufficient to support an active research program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum requirements include:
Preferred qualifications include:
SALARY: The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package
POSITION AVAILABLE: To be filled any time after January 1 st 2025.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Initial screening of applicants will begin October 1 st 2024 and continue until a suitable candidate is hired.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Applications are accepted online only. A full position description and application procedures can be viewed at:
https://jobs.ndsu.edu/
Application materials must include a letter of application, including a statement of principal qualifications and interests, curriculum vitae, transcripts of all university work, samples of research publications, and names and contact information for three professional colleagues familiar with the candidate's qualifications. Questions may be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Bryon Parman, bryon.parman@ndsu.edu
QBCC : The Quentin N. Burdick Center for Cooperatives (QBCC) helps cooperative businesses reach their potential while being the region's trusted source for education, outreach and research on cooperative businesses. The QBCC provides educational opportunities through university courses and executive education programs. Research activities focus on issues unique to cooperative businesses operating in the Northern Plains.
Center of Trading and Risk (CTR) : The focus of the CTR is to develop and teach courses and conduct research focusing on agriculture and agribusiness. The CTR supports faculty and MS students and provides scholarships to students pursuing careers in agriculture and risk. The focus of research in recent years includes agricultural trading and risk, logistics, ag technology, and big-data modeling of agricultural marketing functions and commodity risk. More detail is available at: https://www.ndsu.edu/centers/ctr
AgCountry Endowed Chair in Agribusiness: The department is hiring a new endowed chair in agribusiness, titled AgCountry Endowed Chair in Agribusiness. This will be a senior position and will provide leadership in the field of agribusiness and finance, both in teaching and research.
Benefits:
NDSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes single or family health insurance coverage with premiums paid for by the university - with an effective date for new employees the first of the month following date of hire. Other benefits include: wellness benefits, basic life insurance, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual leave, EAP, sick leave and holiday pay. Optional benefits include: supplemental life, dental, vision, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, and supplemental retirement plans.
About Us:
North Dakota State University is distinctive as a student focused, land-grant, research university. We educate leaders who solve national and global challenges by providing affordable access to an excellent education that combines teaching and research in a rich learning environment.
NDSU is in the highest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, R1, granted to the top research institutions in the country.
NDSU has offices across the state of North Dakota, and the main campus is in Fargo, on the Minnesota border. Along with Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo forms one of the largest metropolitan centers between Minneapolis and Seattle. The community is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live.
No Smoking Notice :
As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. § 23-12-10.
EO/AA Statement:
North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable.
Diversity Statement:
NDSU strives to be a community of belonging, recognizing unique differences as strengths of our university. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that supports a community in which diverse populations and perspectives will know and learn from one another. NDSU values candidates who are committed to our core values of respect, inclusivity, community, creativity, excellence, impact, innovation, integrity, resilience, responsiveness, and transformation. Successful candidates will be committed to and help advance our strategic goal to create and maintain an open and respectful environment to promote inclusivity and diversity as a cornerstone of education, research, and outreach.
Veteran's Preference Notice:
This position is subject to North Dakota Veteran's Preference requirements.
Reasonable Accommodation Information
North Dakota State University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, please contact Human Resources at 701-231-8961 or ndsu.hr@ndsu.edu .
TITLE: Assistant Professor in Agribusiness Finance
POSITION LOCATION: Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The position is a research and teaching position in the areas of agricultural finance which may include emphasis in agribusiness, cooperative, farm/ranch finance and/or risk. The position will affiliate with other colleagues in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics in addition to activities in the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperat ives, the AgCountry Endowed Chair in Agribusiness and the Center of Trading and Risk, each housed in the Department.
The position is tenure-track and for a 9-month academic year and the split is: 90% Research, 10% teaching.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will be expected to initiate research in areas related to and including agricultural, agribusiness, cooperative, farm/ranch finance and/or risk. Some of this research would be collaborative with faculty working in these fields. Teaching responsibility would be one course per year in the areas of agricultural finance, agribusiness and/or risk, depending on the needs of the department. Responsibilities may include a second course accommodated by a larger teaching appointment.
Faculty evaluations are based on successful publications in leading disciplinary journals, active participation in professional activities, effective teaching and advising at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, satisfactory service and outreach activities to the profession, state, university, and department as well as successful pursuit of extramural funding sufficient to support an active research program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum requirements include:
- earned Ph.D. in agricultural economics, or closely related disciplines. ABD candidates will be considered provided degree will be conferred before the start date.
- experience in teaching and research in agribusiness and/or agricultural finance.
- expertise in agribusiness finance and quantitative methods.
- effective oral and written communication skills.
- ability to conduct research and disseminate results in leading academic journals.
Preferred qualifications include:
- evidence of teaching effectiveness.
- interest and/or training in agricultural finance, agribusiness, cooperative business structures, and/or risk analysis.
- ability to supervise MS students
- ability to obtain extramural funding to support research activities.
- ability to communicate research results to clientele groups.
- demonstrated consistent and excellent contributions to research and publication, and scholarship.
- record or externally funded research in the areas of agricultural, agribusiness finance, or risk analysis.
SALARY: The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package
POSITION AVAILABLE: To be filled any time after January 1 st 2025.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Initial screening of applicants will begin October 1 st 2024 and continue until a suitable candidate is hired.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Applications are accepted online only. A full position description and application procedures can be viewed at:
https://jobs.ndsu.edu/
Application materials must include a letter of application, including a statement of principal qualifications and interests, curriculum vitae, transcripts of all university work, samples of research publications, and names and contact information for three professional colleagues familiar with the candidate's qualifications. Questions may be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Bryon Parman, bryon.parman@ndsu.edu
QBCC : The Quentin N. Burdick Center for Cooperatives (QBCC) helps cooperative businesses reach their potential while being the region's trusted source for education, outreach and research on cooperative businesses. The QBCC provides educational opportunities through university courses and executive education programs. Research activities focus on issues unique to cooperative businesses operating in the Northern Plains.
Center of Trading and Risk (CTR) : The focus of the CTR is to develop and teach courses and conduct research focusing on agriculture and agribusiness. The CTR supports faculty and MS students and provides scholarships to students pursuing careers in agriculture and risk. The focus of research in recent years includes agricultural trading and risk, logistics, ag technology, and big-data modeling of agricultural marketing functions and commodity risk. More detail is available at: https://www.ndsu.edu/centers/ctr
AgCountry Endowed Chair in Agribusiness: The department is hiring a new endowed chair in agribusiness, titled AgCountry Endowed Chair in Agribusiness. This will be a senior position and will provide leadership in the field of agribusiness and finance, both in teaching and research.
Benefits:
NDSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes single or family health insurance coverage with premiums paid for by the university - with an effective date for new employees the first of the month following date of hire. Other benefits include: wellness benefits, basic life insurance, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual leave, EAP, sick leave and holiday pay. Optional benefits include: supplemental life, dental, vision, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, and supplemental retirement plans.
About Us:
North Dakota State University is distinctive as a student focused, land-grant, research university. We educate leaders who solve national and global challenges by providing affordable access to an excellent education that combines teaching and research in a rich learning environment.
NDSU is in the highest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, R1, granted to the top research institutions in the country.
NDSU has offices across the state of North Dakota, and the main campus is in Fargo, on the Minnesota border. Along with Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo forms one of the largest metropolitan centers between Minneapolis and Seattle. The community is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live.
No Smoking Notice :
As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. § 23-12-10.
EO/AA Statement:
North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable.
Diversity Statement:
NDSU strives to be a community of belonging, recognizing unique differences as strengths of our university. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that supports a community in which diverse populations and perspectives will know and learn from one another. NDSU values candidates who are committed to our core values of respect, inclusivity, community, creativity, excellence, impact, innovation, integrity, resilience, responsiveness, and transformation. Successful candidates will be committed to and help advance our strategic goal to create and maintain an open and respectful environment to promote inclusivity and diversity as a cornerstone of education, research, and outreach.
Veteran's Preference Notice:
This position is subject to North Dakota Veteran's Preference requirements.
Reasonable Accommodation Information
North Dakota State University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, please contact Human Resources at 701-231-8961 or ndsu.hr@ndsu.edu .
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