Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology

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 (from January 2023)
Compensation Grade
Academic Level C
Salary Range
$124,109 - $142,764
Reporting to
Dean (People and Resources), or Delegate
College of Medicine and Public Health
The Senior Lecturer will be a key member of the academic staff in the area of Human Physiology in the College. In addition to contributing to quality research endeavours, the incumbent will, under general supervision, provide leadership and contribute to the planning and delivery of topics, including development of teaching materials, delivery of lectures/tutorials or other innovative teaching and learning strategies, examinations and may be involved in placement education.
The Senior Lecturer may be involved in teaching across a number of topics and courses in the College or other Colleges, where appropriate.
The Senior Lecturer will be involved in strengthening existing partnerships or exploring new partnerships with external stakeholders that have potential for providing improved teaching, learning and/or research outcomes for the University.
The incumbent will prioritise, coordinate, monitor workflow and provide informal day‐to-day feedback to research support staff and casual academic teaching staff according to the University’s policies, practices, and standards.

Key Position Responsibilities

The Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology will be accountable for:

• Contributing to the planning, delivery and evaluation of lectures, tutorials, laboratory-based material or other teaching, including placement education, within a suite of undergraduate and/or postgraduate topics/courses including topic coordination.

• Delivering inspiring and innovative teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience and support students with academic and/or other challenges impeding their academic progress.

• Participating and contributing to ethical, high quality and innovative research and evaluation through activities such as scholarship, quality publication, external grant acquisition and presentation that aligns with the College areas of research strength and focus and contribute to supervision of student research programs.

• Actively participating in College internal and external quality assurance and accreditation processes.

• Contributing at a high level in teaching teams and research teams and assisting the development of a respectful, trusting and collaborative working environment.

• Developing and maintaining strategic relationships and networks with a range of stakeholders including industry and/or professional organisations.

• Actively contribute to the integration and management of aspects of the academic and administrative life of the College.

• Some out of hours work (including weekends) as well as rural SA, interstate and overseas travel, may be required.

• 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, or equivalent qualification in a relevant field.

• Demonstrated sound knowledge of human physiology and neuroscience and a willingness to expand the knowledge base as future teaching requires.

• Evidence of excellent communication skills and demonstration that these have been used successfully in teaching at tertiary level. Experience in topic coordination, course coordination and curriculum design are also desirable.

• Demonstrated experience and successful track record in supervision of undergraduate, honours and/or higher degree students to completion, in accordance with opportunity.

• Demonstrated evidence of a strong research track record (appropriate for stage of career) in an area aligned with one or more of the research strengths in Molecular Bioscience including evidence of a lead role in quality publications and being competitive for external grant funding.

• Demonstrated understanding of the nexus between teaching and learning, research, and scholarship.

• A high level of interpersonal skills, including a demonstrated ability to establish effective relationships with staff, students, industry and or government nationally and/or internationally.

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. 

How to Apply

Please review the Key Position Capabilities of 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 more information regarding this position, please contact Dr Jayanthi Jayakaran .

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:

28 Sep 2022