Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Economics
Job no: 535233
Work type: Full Time
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Post Doctoral Research Associate
• Employment Type: full time (35 hours per week)
• Duration: 1-year fixed term with the potential to extend
• Remuneration: Level A6 from $113k base, Level B from $127k base plus 17% superannuation and annual leave loading
• Location: Kensington campus in Sydney, Australia (Hybrid Flexible Working)
• Working rights: Sponsorship is available
Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Economics, Advertisement Text
The School of Economics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) is seeking to appoint a full-time, Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a 1-year fixed term position, with the potential for extension.
Details of the Position
As the Postdoctoral Fellow, you will drive and contribute to research aimed at improving the design of the tax transfer system. This research project is funded by a major grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to Professors Michael Keane and Alan Woodland. The grant supports research aimed at building more sophisticated labor supply models into macroeconomic models that are used for optimal tax analysis.
The role will undertake both collaborative and self-directed research in the general areas supported by the grant, including labor supply modelling, optimal tax modelling within an overlapping generations framework and the interface between the two. The position is based at the School of Economics but will have interactions with academic members from UNSW Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). The role will support the research team, meet project milestones, and will build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
The role will report to Professors Michael Keane and Alan Woodland and has no direct reports.
Some Key Skills Required
• PhD in Economics or related area. Fields of interest are macroeconomics, labor, public finance, econometrics, and computational economics.
• Experience with dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, overlapping generations (OLG) models, and/or dynamic labor supply models.
• Strong skills in computational economics, including solution methods for DSGE/OLG models and dynamic programming models. Familiarity with simulation and calibration methods.
• Strong skills in econometrics, including familiarity with method of moments and maximum likelihood estimators, as well as experience in estimating labor supply models and models of wage dynamics
• Ability to work with large datasets, particularly panel and cross section data sets of the types widely used in micro-econometrics, and to calibrate macro models.
• Programming skills in languages such as Fortran, Python, Julia, MATLAB, Gauss, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated track record of publications and conference presentations relative to opportunity.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines and build effective relationships.
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to communicate and interact with a diverse range of stakeholders and students.
Please refer to the position description link below for full details.
About UNSW
UNSW is a large organization with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. People are at the core of everything we do. We recognize it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world (QS top 20) and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.
For information regarding the School of Economics, please visit our website at www.economics.unsw.edu.au, and for the UNSW Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), please visit the website at https://www.cepar.edu.au/.
How to Apply
All applications should be submitted online via the EconJobMarket portal. Applications must include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a research paper, and three letters of reference. Members of the School and research team expect to be interviewing online in March 2026.
Submission materials required
• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Job market paper
• Additional paper (optional)
• Additional paper (optional)
• Other files (optional)
• Letters of reference: 3
A copy of the Position Description can be found on the <a name="OLE_LINK1"></a>link PD.
Applicants should indicate whether they have current Australian work rights in their application letter.
Applications close: Monday 16th March 2026.
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Job market paper
- Video presentation of job market paper (optional)
- Additional paper (optional)
- Other material (in one file) (optional)
- Additional paper (optional)
- Letters of reference: 3