Professional Teaching Fellow in Drawing

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Professional Teaching Fellow in Drawing

• Location: Te Aro
• Type: Permanent
• Post Date: Tue Nov 30 22:07:39 2021
• Ref: 3003

• Do you have a strong design portfolio as well as solid experience in teaching?
• Are you able to demonstrate a variety of drawing styles that includes traditional and orthographic styles?
• Will you be able to work with a diverse range of students?

Mō Te Herenga Waka - About Our University

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic university with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our tūrangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university.

Our core ethical values are respect, responsibility, fairness, integrity, and empathy. These core ethical values are demonstrated in our commitment to sustainability, wellbeing, inclusivity, equity, diversity, collegiality, and openness. With, and as, tangata whenua, we value Te Tiriti o Waitangi, rangatiratanga, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, whai mātauranga, whanaungatanga, and akoranga.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Professional Teaching Fellow in Drawing to join the School of Design Innovation. The position calls for a strong design portfolio with solid experience in teaching and working with a diverse range of students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Academically rigorous teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Contributing to the review and enhancement of programmes and courses.
• Develop relationships across the eight majors to establish interdisciplinarity and strategic use of drawing skills.
• Contribute to the collegial development of the major, School and Faculty in service roles, specifically those that enhance the student experience.

Ō pūmanawa - About you

You are passionate about teaching and learning and appreciate the importance of Ako to this environment as well as the Māori Strategic Outcomes Framework, Mai i te Iho ki te Pae. You will be familiar with contemporary discourse in the field of Design and possess a broad understanding of the value diversity brings to design. A specialisation and evidence of success in one or more of the following is preferred:

• The foundational principles of design
• Drawing
• History of Design

A broad appreciation of the value of drawing as an interdisciplinarity design skill and how this can enhance and connect innovative and iterative processes is central to the role. Specific knowledge of drawing as a component of designs history is important. Your capacity to demonstrate a variety of drawing styles that includes traditional and orthographic styles is critical to the foundational understanding of how both space and form intersect and are communicated through art, design and science will have a positive impact on the recruitment, retention, and successes of our students.

Ētahi kōrero hai āwhina i a koe - Why you should join our team

Victoria University's Faculty of Architecture and Design , Te Wahanga Waihanga-Hoahoa, is a unique and leading centre of design and architecture in New Zealand. The Faculty's facilities are widely acknowledged as some of the best in Australasia. The Faculty is based in a radically remodeled former cargo building, which is an award-winning landmark in central Wellington.

The mission of the School of Design Innovation is to enhance teaching, learning, research and creative activities across the design disciplines whilst enabling each discipline to retain its distinctive focus. Studio-centred, the School engages with a wide range of ideas and issues relating to the understanding, creation and production of material and visual culture, and supports both professional and academic viewpoints as they reflect, embody and contribute to enhancing the quality of life of our communities.

Role Description

Close Date for Vacancy: 8 December 2021

Contact Details for Vacancy: If you have any questions regarding this role please get in touch with Kim Victoria ([email protected]). But applicants should follow all steps listed below.

Important - Application Steps and information

For applicants who are not NZ Citizens or Permanent Residents, we recommend you check the NZ Immigration website for updates related to Covid19 restrictions on entry to New Zealand: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/covid-19

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