EOI - Casual Academics, Undergraduate Writing, Literature, and Culture teaching, School of Communication and Creative Arts

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Work type:Casual
Location:Flexible
Categories:Arts, Education

Employment Type: Casual

Location: Melbourne Burwood and Geelong campuses  

The role:

Casual academic providing teaching and a range of other academic activities during Trimester 2 and/or Trimester 3, 2022. Casual academics for Undergraduate teaching in Literary Studies, Children’s Literature, Creative and Professional Writing, and Gender and Sexuality Studies in the School of Communication and Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education.

To be successful, you'll have:

• Relevant degree 
• Understanding of relevant subject content and skills demonstrated by academic achievement and/or professional experience.
• Excellent teaching skills and commitment to providing timely and constructive feedback on student assignments or capacity to develop teaching skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with students and staff.

Extra information

To apply for this position, please address the following points succinctly and upload your responses on one page of a Word document:

• List your highest qualification and relevant discipline.
• Please select NO MORE THAN TWO areas that you would like to teach into (out of Creative and Professional Writing, Literary Studies, Children’s Literature, and Gender and Sexuality Studies).
• Are you interested in supervising Honours students and if yes, indicate whether you have supervisory experience and brief list of supervisory areas.
• List your relevant university teaching experience and institutional location/s.
• Indicate your availability to teach on Burwood, Waurn Ponds, and Cloud campuses.

AQF Level Guide.

To teach units in:                     

• A Bachelor degree, you must have an Honours degree or above (or equivalent experience)
• A Honours degree, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma you must have a Masters degree or above (or equivalent experience)

Your key responsibilities will be to:

As a sessional academic you will make an important contribution to the discipline(s) and unit(s) for which you are engaged. You may be asked to prepare and conduct seminars, consult with students, undertake assessment and attend meetings as required by the Unit Chair.

Please include a resume, one page cover letter and any extra information (no more than 2 pages) in your application. Applications for this position close on Sunday 24 April 2024.

For any enquiries please contact [email protected]  

This role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working With Children Check (refer to Deakin’s Recruitment Procedure for further details).

About us

The flexible learning options we provide our students and our diverse team of professionals and academic experts has enabled us to achieve a 5-star rating by the prestigious university ranking organisation Quacquarelli Symonds. For eight consecutive years, we've achieved the highest level of overall student satisfaction among Victorian universities.

We have a network of campuses, learning centres and research centres across Victoria and corporate offices in Melbourne, China, Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka.  Our online Cloud campus provides more than 13,000 students with access to state-of-the-art digital tools and direct access to world-renowned academics.

As a Victorian university with a global impact, Deakin is translating its research into commercial outcomes that will help drive innovation for Australia’s economy.