at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, United States
Job Description
This position manages the main office of the Department of Economics, is responsible for all budgetary and accounting issues within the department, and supports the Department Chairperson with the department operations.
Additional Information
The Department of Economics has built a strong reputation for scholarly work, with faculty members undertaking empirical research in their respective fields of expertise: labor economics, macroeconomics, industrial organization, economic development, applied econometrics, health economics, economics of education, international trade, and financial economics.
The Department offers B.A./B.S. degrees in two sequences (General Economics and Managerial Economics) and one minor in the discipline. The Department offers STEM-designated M.A./M.S. in Applied Economics degree, with five sequences: a general sequence that trains students in quantitative and applied economic skills across different fields (i.e., economic development, health economics, international economics, labor economics, public finance) and four specialized sequences in applied economics (Electricity, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications Economics; Applied Community and Economic Development; Financial Economics; Quantitative Economics).
The Department has approximately 90 undergraduate students, 40 graduate students, nine tenure-track, and four non-tenure-track faculty members.
The Department hosts the Institute for Regulatory Policy Studies (IRPS), which functions administratively under an Executive Director who oversees a Director of Outreach and a Director of Research. The Department is also a co-sponsor of the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development, which provides internships and assistantships for students in the Applied Community and Economic Development sequence.
For more information about our department, faculty, and programs, visit https://economics.illinoisstate.edu/.
University Benefit Highlights:
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Retirement and supplemental retirement
- Tuition waiver benefits are available to staff as well as their eligible dependents.
- Paid holiday/administrative closures during Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks
- Paid vacation and sick time
For more University Benefit information: https://hr.illinoisstate.edu/benefits/
Information regarding eligibility for participation in the State Universities Retirement System and the State of Illinois Group Insurance program can be reviewed here https://hr.illinoisstate.edu/benefits/insurance/
