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Temporary Instructor for Master of Quantitative Economics Program

Part-time

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Los Angeles, CATemporary / Part-time$15–68K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$15–68K/yr
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Schedule
Temporary / Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The UCLA College of Letters and Sciences’ Master of Quantitative Economics Program invites qualified applicants for temporary, non-tenure teaching-track instructor appointments during the 2026–27 academic year. Appointments are part-time and made quarter by quarter according to instructional needs. Candidates must have several years of professional teaching experience and distinguished undergraduate teaching or expertise in specified economics and quantitative specializations; a Ph.D. is preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Professional TeachingUndergraduate TeachingMicroeconomic TheoryMacroeconomic TheoryStatistical MethodsEconometricsBig DataFinance

Qualifications

Several Years Teaching ExperiencePh.D.

Full job description

Temporary Instructor for Master of Quantitative Economics Program Apply now to Temporary Instructor for Master of Quantitative Economics Program

Job #JPF11414

  • ECONOMICS / L&S Social Sciences / UCLA

Position overview

Salary range: The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 3. The salary range for this position is $15,000-$67,500.

Application Window

Open date: October 21, 2026

Next review date: Friday, Nov 20, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Nov 20, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The Master of Quantitative Economics Program at the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences invites highly qualified applicants for temporary instructor positions for the 2026-27 Academic Year. This is a temporary, non-tenure teaching track appointment, on a part-time basis and made quarter by quarter, as dictated by instructional needs.

Responsibilities will include lecturing, conducting regularly scheduled office hours, and the writing and grading of exams.

Qualified candidates must have several years of professional teaching experience and a demonstrated record of distinguished undergraduate teaching or proven expertise in the following specializations: microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, statistical methods, econometrics, big data, and finance. Ph.D. is preferred.

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 3. The salary range for this position is $15,000-$67,500. “Off-scale salaries”, i.e. a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Qualified candidates must have several years of professional teaching experience and a demonstrated record of distinguished undergraduate teaching or proven expertise in the following specializations: microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, statistical methods, econometrics, big data, and finance. Ph.D. is preferred.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter (Optional)

  • Statement of Research (Optional)

  • Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

  • UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows:

Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles

Expand our reach as a global university

Enhance our research and creative activities

Elevate how we teach

Become a more effective institution

Prompt for candidates for recruitment:

Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service

  • Statement of Teaching (Optional)

Reference requirements

  • 1-3 required (contact information only)

Applicants will be asked to name references to complete their application, but the references will not be asked

to provide letters unless the analyst requests them.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11414

Help contact: [email protected]

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

  • “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

  • UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy (https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH)

  • UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties

  • APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/\_files/apm/apm-035.pdf)

Job location

Los Angeles, CA

How this job compares

Set against the 4,635 open Instructor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$15–68K/yr
  • California median$80–109K/yr57 salary ranges
  • US median$71–94K/yr717 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $41K, is 58% below the California median midpoint ($99K) — in the lowest quarter of Instructor salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 477 open Instructor jobs in California and 4,635 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
Instructor postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,733 postings).
Education
2,039 of the 4,635 open Instructor jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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