Education Fellow, Quantity Surveying

Job no: 0062151
Location: Parkville
Role type: Part-time; Continuing
Faculty: Architecture, Building and Planning
Salary: Level A – $80,258 – 108,906 p.a. plus 17% super

• Actively contribute to engaged teaching and the quality of the student experience, student learning, and outcomes in the field of Quantity Surveying.
• Opportunity to develop expertise with increasing autonomy while working collaboratively within an academic team, focusing primarily on the quantity surveying area.
• Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!

About the Role

As an Education Fellow in Quantity Surveying, you'll serve as a dedicated educator, leveraging your established academic skills to enhance student learning experiences and outcomes. With the support of senior academic staff, you'll develop expertise in quantity surveying autonomously and collaboratively within a team environment. Your role involves teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, contributing to curriculum development, and engaging in professional development to continuously improve teaching practices and educational impact, particularly in the areas of quantity surveying theory, cost estimation, and technology integration.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Active contribution to teaching delivery of subjects in the construction program
• Support the development and evaluation of curriculum and educational resources as required
• Contribution to scholarly presentations and publications or other relevant outputs

Who We Are Looking For

You will possess strong collaborative and individual teaching skills, effectively inspiring and supporting students while contributing positively to a team environment. Additionally, you will demonstrate excellent communication and organizational abilities, ensuring timely task completion, while upholding the University's standards of behavior and commitment to a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

You will also have:

• A PhD in the relevant discipline or near completion, or a Masters with relevant experience in practice.
• Demonstrated teaching experience within the discipline
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver University teaching and learning materials in quantity surveying, cost planning and management, face to face (and online where relevant) using a range of teaching methods across various class sizes

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

About - Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/about

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning is the leading educational and research institution in the Asia-Pacific region addressing the design and realisation of environments. It actively seeks to extend the linkages between education, research and practice in the built environment, and maintains excellent and extensive relationships with members of the built environment professions, government, professional associations and the wider community.

The Faculty has over 200 staff and 3000 students, one third of whom are international. It is responsible for the undergraduate Bachelor of Design degree, and offers majors in architecture, landscape architecture, property, construction, and urban planning.

The Faculty’s graduate school, the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), teaches accredited masters courses across the professional disciplines of Architecture, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, Property, Urban Design and Urban Planning.

What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits  page!

About the University of Melbourne
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website  and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn .   

Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Kim Groizard at [email protected] , with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience

Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Fahim Farzad via email at [email protected] , ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.

Position Description