Apply now Job no:555297
Work type:Education-focused Academic, Part-time
Location:Geelong - Waurn Ponds
Categories:Health
- Based at our Geelong, Waurn Ponds Campus
- Part-time 0.8FTE (non-negotiable) and continuing
- Level B $108,804 - $128,689 + 17% Superannuation (pro rata, part time)
- Applications are currently being accepted exclusively from our current and former sessional academic cohorts at Deakin. Applicants must have been engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin University within two years of the advertising date to be eligible to apply. Applications that do not meet these criteria will not be considered at this time.
We are pleased to offer Deakin’s newest employment classification; the Education-focused Academic (EFA). These roles are tailored for academics dedicated to student-centred teaching, fostering a passion for teaching excellence and pioneering innovative educational practices. We invite applications from current and former sessional academics engaged with Deakin within the past two years. This presents a remarkable opportunity to contribute to shaping and co-designing this new academic career pathway, offering a genuine and meaningful option for those whose strengths lie in teaching and learning.
The Faculty of Health is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching, learning, creativity, social development, and groundbreaking research and discovery. We work closely with industry partners and government bodies to translate discoveries into real-word impact. This role will specifically be working within the School of Medicine.
About the role:
The role will work with the Associate Head of School Learning and Teaching to support teaching teams in UG and/or PG programs to deliver high quality assessments and evaluations. The position will work closely with academics to coordinate design and delivery of online assessments and support academics to achieve best practice in assessment, evaluation and feedback strategies. The position will initiate, design and conduct productive, high-quality research, scholarship and creative activities generating high impact outputs in their discipline area. The Education-focused Academic may lead and participate in research activities and is expected to engage collaboratively to develop novel research outcomes.
This position is suited to a person with an excellent record and passion for scholarly learning and teaching and a keen interest in exploring and building on new areas of research and researcher development to have real-world impact.
As an Education-focused Academic you will:
- Apply knowledge of best practice to inform design, implementation, interpretation/reporting and quality improvement of assessment.
- Work collaboratively with unit teaching teams and professional staff in the school to develop and implement innovative and effective assessment practices utilising digital technologies.
- Contribute to monitoring and adaptation of assessment practices to improve learning outcomes through provision of timely advice and analysis, including high-quality feedback to learners.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of Indigenous Health assessment activities, in consultation with the School’s Indigenous Health Professional Education team.
- Maintain the school’s digital assessment platforms and provide training and support to enable capacity building across programs.
To be successful, you’ll have:
- PhD in a relevant discipline including Psychology or Education and/or other relevant qualifications and experience
- Experience in designing, implementing, reporting and quality improvement of assessment in the tertiary education environment – with a focus on the provision of high-quality feedback to learners.
- Capacity to contribute to leadership with respect to assessment design, analysis and evaluation.
- Emerging reputation in research and scholarship through publications and/or exhibitions and/or success in obtaining external research funding.
Here's how to apply:
To be eligible to apply, you must currently be a sessional academic at Deakin or have been previously engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin within the last two years of the advertising date.
To find out if you are eligible to apply, please contact People Connect [email protected] or +61 3 5247 9999.
Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.
For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Janet Mc Leod (Associate Head of School (Learning and Teaching) on [email protected] .
For a copy of the position description, please see below:
PD - Education-focused Academic, 555297.pdf
Applications for this position close on 27th May at 11:55pm.
Are You Ready?
Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.
We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.
We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.