Lecturer - Teaching Specialist (Clinical/Practitioner) - Criminology

About Flinders

Our bold vision, captured in our Strategic Plan: making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda, is to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

To realise this ambition, we recently made a significant organisation change to a six College structure with a professional staff and services alignment.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people and we’re seeking an outstanding individual to join the team of our transformed university.

Employment Type:

Continuing

Position Summary

Availability:
Continuing | Full-Time
Compensation Grade:
Academic Level B
Salary Range:
$101,724 - $120,380 p.a.
Reporting to:
Dean (People and Resources), or delegate
College of Business, Government and Law
The College mission is to embrace innovative knowledge and practice to tackle the challenges of our time, with a strategic focus on technology, health and social impact. Our mission defines our educational offerings, our research agenda, and our collaborations and partnerships.
This Teaching Specialist (Clinical/Practitioner) position, with its primary focus on teaching and teaching-related activities and has an important role to play in the University’s achievement of its strategic plan, Making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda.
The University is committed to a student-centred ethos and to developing creative, enterprising, career-ready graduates prepared to become lifelong contributors to society. In accordance with the strategic plan, the University seeks to:
• deliver a richly interactive and personalised approach to learning focused
on student success;
• be an international leader in educational innovation, advanced learning
technologies and learning analytics; and
• develop enterprising graduates equipped with the skills required for
success in the knowledge economy.
The Lecturer in Criminology will contribute to excellence in teaching and learning in Flinders cutting-edge criminology program. They will contribute across the suite of Criminology topics in the College of Business, Government and Law and be responsible for making an independent contribution to teaching and the scholarship of teaching using innovations in teaching practices and technologies to deliver optimal learning outcomes.

Key Position Responsibilities

This position is predominantly concerned with teaching and teaching-related duties involving the creation, delivery and continuous quality improvement of university-level education. It includes (but is not limited to):

• direct teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience;

• curriculum design and review;

• delivery innovation;

• advancements in education technologies; and

• making an independent contribution to maintaining internal and external compliance and accreditation of courses.

The position is also expected to make an independent contribution to high-quality university, professional and community service. The position does not include making a research contribution.
 

Teaching:

• Create, coordinate and conduct inspiring teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience, with a focus on Criminology topics, across all levels and modes, of the College.

• Contribute to the planning and evaluation of these topics, undertaking the role of Topic Coordinator as required.

• Make an independent contribution to the review, renewal, development and design of curricula and courses that are attractive to existing and new cohorts of students and that nurture creativity and critical-thinking skills.

• Provide support, academic counselling and professional advice to students concerning their studies, professional development and career opportunities. Make effective use of innovations and technologies in teaching practice.
   

University, Professional and Service:

• Participate in the College’s administrative activities such as membership of committees and working groups and attendance at College meetings.

• Maintain professional knowledge relevant to teaching within their discipline through scholarship and professional development.

• Engage in activities within a relevant external professional domain such as professional associations, conferences and workshops, and within a wider community context at local, national or international level.

• Provide high quality contribution to community service on behalf of the College and University.

• Undertake activities that promote the development of productive partnerships to provide opportunities for students and promote graduate employability.

• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the position as assigned by the Supervisor and/or the University.

Key Position Capabilities

• Completion of a PhD in a relevant field and/or equivalent industry/professional experience and standing in relevant field.

• Demonstrated expertise in, and ability to teach quantitative methodologies and/or cybercrime.

• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, students and industry.

• Demonstrated industry/professional expertise in a relevant field and participation in activities within the relevant external professional domain at local, national or international level.

• Demonstrated independent contributions to the development, delivery and evaluation of innovative teaching and learning strategies both in face-to-face and online modalities, with evidence of effectiveness (e.g., via excellent student evaluations).

• Demonstrated evidence of, or clear ideas about, enhancing success for students including enhancing their retention and initiatives to facilitate their employability.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds (e.g., teaching of international students).

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• Flinders University has introduced a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy  that requires all new staff members to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, subject to medical exemptions and limited exemptions.

How to Apply

Please review the Key Position Capabilities from the Position Description and submit a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages addressing the criteria. Applications without a Suitability Statement may not be considered. For more information, please see our How To Apply page.

For further information regarding this position, please contact Associate Professor Marinella Marmo .

Click here to view the Position Description.

Information for Applicants:

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

We are seeking to increase the diversity to improve equal opportunity outcomes for employees, and therefore we encourage female applicants, people with a disability and/or from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders descent to apply.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications Close 11:59pm:

12 Oct 2022