ARIIA Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Position Details

• Fixed term |Full-Time until June 2025

• Academic Level B | $106,403 - $125,917

• Location: Campus Location / Tonsley

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About the Role

Working under the supervision of the Workforce Capability and Capacity (WCC) Workstream Director and other senior ARIIA academics, the Postdoctoral Research Fellow will contribute to the design, development, and delivery of adult learning programs. This will be informed by approaches, innovations and technologies in learning and teaching practice that enhance the adult learner experience, with a focus on Aged Care topics that reflect the workforce capability building priorities of ARIIA. Creating, reviewing and coordinating engaging online learning Content.  Successfully facilitating online and in-person codesign and capability building workshops is an essential role requirement. Another key component of this role is the managing the transition of this online content from a freely accessible course into an accredited, commercial offering with the requisite preparation of assessment, compliance and supporting material for the course.

This role also requires demonstration of high-level research capability:.

• Contributing to ethical, high quality, and innovative research through activities such as contribution to sustained high-quality publication, external grant acquisition, as well as presenting on a national and international level;

• Delivery of research projects that ARIIA partners within the aged care sector deliver, collecting and analysing data, as well as creating and maintaining collaborations and research partnerships as well as a contribution to high quality reports and or publications; and

• Supervision of honours and postgraduate students, as appropriate.

Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) 

Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) will transform the way we care for Older Australians. Funded by the Australian Government and the Department of Health, the Organisation will deliver activities across three workstreams to improve aged care for all Australians. Bringing together consumers, industry and researchers, ARIIA supports the translation of research into practice to modernise and pave the way for sector wide improvements, making a real and meaningful change to the aged care sector. 

About You

You will be able to demonstrate successful development and delivery of adult online course content incorporating approaches, innovations and technologies in learning and teaching practice that enhance the adult learner experience,

You have a high level of interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and engage; and facilitate co-design workshops with diverse stakeholders and industry partners. You will also have excellent oral and written communication skills in an academic environment. Your critical thinking and analytical and evaluation skills, enable you to adapt to new concepts and information, with the capability of delivering positive and innovative solutions. Your ability to work under minimal supervision, allows you to successfully manage, organise and coordinate activities.

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate experience in:

• Research, including publications and presentations at a national and/or international level in a relevant field.

• Conducting high-quality research or quality improvement and an understanding of research or evaluation methods.

• Online and/or in-person codesign workshops that support experiential learning and promote innovative thinking.

• Experience in continuous quality improvement.

• Engaging with and educating people with English as a second language, or from a wide range of educational backgrounds.

You will also have completed a PhD and work experience in a discipline and context relevant to education or training in aged, health or social care. Additionally, a qualification and/or equivalent experience in adult teaching and learning and curriculum design, development or revision aligned to strategic plans including development of adult teaching and learning activities and evaluation and assessment aligned with content and learning outcomes is required.

Experience and innovation using e‐learning platforms for teaching purposes (desirable).

Experience in contract research or consultancy (desirable).

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options

• Flexible working arrangements

• Wide range of professional development activities and services

• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services , gym  and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan

• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

• Please note you will be required to provide evidence that you are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, in line with the Flinders University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy  

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description .

• For more information regarding this position, please contact Rebecca Bilton

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

26 May 2024

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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