EOI- Sessional academic – Information Technology

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Work type:Casual
Location:Flexible
Categories:Information Technology

Casual Hourly Rate: Casual Academic Rates Apply

Employment Type: Casual

Location: Burwood, Waurn Ponds, Flexible 

About the Role: 

The School of Information Technology is seeking expressions of interest for casual academic teaching staff for 2024. The School offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a number of disciplines including: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Databases, Games Development, Internet of Things (IoT) IT professional skills, Mathematics, Mobile and Apps, Networking, Software Engineering & Virtual and Augmented Reality, at our Waurn Ponds Geelong, Burwood Melbourne and Cloud campuses.

For further information, the full list of disciplines and to submit your EOI, please go to the Casual Academic Teaching in the School of IT page.

To be successful, you’ll have:

Unit specific skills and knowledge, such as programming, web development, dev-ops, cloud technologies and entrepreneurship.
• Successful candidates will be assessed to ensure qualifications meet Standard 3.2.3 of the Higher Education Standards Framework.
- For teaching Masters’ degree programs, a doctorate degree and professional experience are required.
- For teaching Bachelor degree programs, an Honours or Masters degree is required. Those with extensive industry experience and tertiary teaching experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues.

Desired criteria:
• An excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in undergraduate and/or postgraduate programs.
• Demonstrated capacity and passion for leadership in teaching.
• Online/eLearning and project supervision experience.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Enhance student’s skills, knowledge and understanding through the efficient and timely preparation and delivery of learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, demonstrations and/or workshops as advised by the unit chair.
• Engage students in intellectual inquiry appropriate to the level of the course of study and unit being taught.
• Provide students with timely access to the information and support needed to complete their work for the unit/s.
• Mark assessment items according to criteria defined by the unit chair and provide constructive feedback to students on time.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the unit chair and other teaching staff to ensure a supportive and positive learning environment for all students.
• Be familiar with and follow relevant policies and procedures.
• Ensure a safe working environment for self and others.
• Develop and deliver a rigorous and engaging learning experience for students through the delivery of seminars, peer learning activities and supported online learning.
• Work with program coordinators as applicable on innovative curriculum design and demonstrate a scholarly approach to learning and teaching and incorporating innovations in online and blended delivery as appropriate.
• Perform associated administrative functions effectively and efficiently including preparation, printing, uploading of results and feedback.
• Contribute to building relationships within the team and university, including through appropriate and timely communication.
• Maintaining quality standards in teaching/learning programs.
• Implementing and modelling high standards of work performance.
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with co-teachers, students, and colleagues.

Additional Comments:

• The role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working with Children Check.

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.

Please submit your updated resume, 1 page cover letter and any academic results. Applications for this position close on 28th Feb 2024.

For any queries regarding this EOI, please contact School of Information Technology, [email protected].