REPORTS TO: The Boards of Directors of The Southern Finance Association and The Southwestern Finance Association.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: This high-visibility position oversees the content and publication of one of the top journals in the field of finance & economics. The editor, or co-editors, of The Journal of Financial Research, has responsibility for managing the manuscript review and publication processes. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, the journal has demonstrated significant gains in readership, subscriptions, and manuscript quality. The editor(s) is encouraged by the Boards and members of the Associations to further enhance the journal's reputation in the academic and professional communities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (1) Direct all submitted manuscripts to Associate Editors or to reviewers; (2) Manage the relationship with Wiley-Blackwell for the publication of each journal issue; (3) Oversee office staff who routinely manage the electronic flow of manuscripts, responses, queries, and telephone calls, as well as handling the storage & archiving of both journal issues and documents from the manuscript-review process; and (4) Serve as an ad hoc member of the Board of Directors of both the SFA and SWFA.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: The requirements listed here are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. (a) Superior academic and/or professional research record; (b) Desire to enhance the journal's reputation by keeping high academic research standards for all journal content; (c) Ability to handle communications with all authors, both domestic and international, of submitted manuscripts in an efficient and courteous manner; (d) Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to Boards of Directors, publishing partners, authors, Associate Editors and other constituents of the SFA and SWFA; and (e) Consummate organizational skills and a high ability to multi-task.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: The desired individual(s) holds a doctorate in Financial Economics, Finance or Economics from a well-regarded institution of higher learning and is presently a tenured, senior member of a university faculty in Finance or Economics.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Since the editor(s) houses the journal, they control the choice of work environment and work process. The Associations require a statement regarding the proposed workflow as it relates to manuscript reviews and a statement of purpose as it relates to future direction of the journal. Include in this statement proposed philosophy, innovations and promotional plans for the journal. Finally, each candidate for editor, or editorial team, is required to submit a working budget for the maintenance of the journal at his/her/their campus, including specific resources committed by the host Institution(s) to support the journal's operations. Please include an executed letter of support from the Dean of the college or President of the university.
HONORARIUM: An annual honorarium of $5,000 will be paid to the editor (or if co-editors to be split among same).
TIMING: Applications will be accepted through September 15, 2010, and a decision is likely no later than October 31, 2010. The transition period from the existing editors and staff will occur in the last six (6) months of 2011, with full duties assigned to the new editor or co-editors on January 1, 2012.
Please send all materials to:
Ronnie Clayton
Executive Director, SFA
Professor of Finance & Eminent Scholar
700 Pelham Rd. N.
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL 36265 USA
Telephone: US 1-256-782-5715 1-256-782-5715 FAX: 1-256-782-5312
E-mail: rclayton@jsu.edu
A current co-editor, Gerald "Gerry" Gay, at Georgia State University is available to assist editor candidates by providing current information about the Journal. Professor Gay's contact information is:
Gerald D. Gay, Ph.D.
Editor, The Journal of Financial Research
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30302 USA
Telephone: US 1-404-413-7321 1-404-413-7321
E-mail: ggay@gsu.edu
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