"Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine"

Full time, ongoing opportunity to join the Laboratory Medicine Discipline

Salary Academic Level D ($170,080 - $187,373) + 17% super

Based at the Bundoora campus, but may be required to travel to other University campuses

About the Role

As the Associate Professor, you will provide leadership and foster excellence in teaching and research efforts of the School, within the University, and with the community, professional, commercial and industrial sectors. More specifically you will be responsible for providing original, innovative and distinguished contributions to the School's programs for maintaining and advancing their scholarly, research and/or professional capabilities relevant to this discipline at a national and international level. Furthermore this role will see you:

• teach and make a significant contribution to teaching and learning in the discipline with the aim of improving learning outcomes for students
• Make a significant contribution to the planning and strategic direction of the School, taking on academic leadership roles involving participation in various committees within the School, College and University and external to the University, as appropriate.

To be successful for this position, you will have:

• Extensive experience in undertaking teaching, associated administrative duties, coordination and curriculum development in areas related to Immunology and Immunopathology.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate large courses and prepare and deliver programs at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, including high quality curriculum and program materials and ability to implement innovative approaches to student-centred learning and quality improvement.
• A strong national and developing international reputation with a demonstrated track record in research and publications to a high level in areas related to Laboratory Medicine.
• Extensive experience in research leadership with the ability to build and develop collaborative research teams, mentor academic staff to deliver high quality outcomes, attract and secure external research funding to sustain research effort, manage funded research projects including complex budgets and reporting requirements.
• Extensive experience in supervising higher degree by research candidates to maximise research performance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead scholarly development and manage and supervise academic teams and members.
• Demonstrated high level of interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills including the ability to consult with senior executives, external bodies, produce executive reports, negotiate agreed directions, outcomes and targets within a collaborative environment.
• Proven ability as an effective member of a management team that develops and achieves shared goals and objectives.

Qualifications

Mandatory: PhD in relevant field.

Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check and other checks as required by the specific role. Maintaining a valid Working With Children Check is a condition of employment at RMIT.

To Apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter and separately address the Key Selection Criteria for this position by clicking on the 'Apply' link at the top of this page.

Position Description - Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine

Applications close on Wednesday, 13th of August.

About RMIT University

RMIT is a multi-sector university of technology, design and enterprise with more than 96,000 students and close to 10,000 staff globally. The University's mission is to help shape the world through research, innovation and engagement, and to create transformative experiences for students to prepare them for life and work.