Expression of Interest for Sessional Academics (Mathematics)

Salary Rate: Casual Academic Rates Apply

Employment Type: Casual 

Location: Waurn Ponds and Burwood Campus

The role:

The School of Information Technology is seeking expressions of interest for casual academic teaching staff for 2023. The School offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a number of disciplines including: Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, Mathematics, Internet of Things, Robotics at our Waurn Ponds Geelong, Burwood Melbourne and Cloud campuses.

To be successful, you'll have:

• Qualifications and experience in the relevant discipline area
• For teaching Masters’ degree programs a doctorate degree and professional experience are required
• For teaching Bachelor degree programs, a Master degree with extensive industry experience and tertiary teaching experience are required
• An excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in undergraduate and/or postgraduate programs
• Demonstrated capacity and passion for leadership of teaching
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues
• Online/eLearning and project supervision experience would be an advantage

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
• 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 course
• Mark assessment items
• 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
• At Deakin University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation and require all incumbents to apply for and maintain a current Working with Children Check (refer to Deakin’s Recruitment Procedure for further details)

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.

If you have any queries regarding the process, please contact the School of Information Technology at [email protected]

Expressions of interest for this position close on 10th of February, 2023.

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, Deakin has 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.