"Senior Lecturer, Education - 14261"

Job Info

• Job Identification
• 14261
• Job Category
• Academic (teaching and research)
• Posting Date
• 08/15/2024, 11:19 AM
• Locations
•  Footscray Park
• Apply Before
• 09/02/2024, 03:00 PM
• Job Schedule
• Full time

Job Description

• join a highly motivated and enthusiastic team
• showcase your leadership
• work in a discipline area you are passionate about

About Us:

At Victoria University, our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028. Join us on the journey and help us achieve our strategic drives embedded in our Strategic Plan 2022-2028: Start well, finish brilliantly. One of the drivers “Thriving place to Study and Work” will enable us to continue to create places that our students and staff love to belong and feel immense pride.

About the Role:

We are excited to offer an opportunity to lead and chair our newly accredited Bachelor of Education Primary as a part of the Education Programs at Victoria University. Victoria University has a strong reputation in preparing the next generation of teacher educators. As a Course Chair you will have the opportunity to lead a team of academics in realising a course that is responsive the needs of primary school teaching. You will report to the Head of Program Education and will have staff reporting to you. 

The successful candidate will teach across the Initial Teacher Education courses, specifically into units of study in the Bachelor of Primary Education and the Master Primary Teaching.

An example of your responsibilities or duties you may perform will include:

• Lead the Bachelor of Education Primary 
• Provide leadership in designing innovative curricula, developing learning materials, teaching, coordinating, and moderating courses.
• Contribute to the academic service, collegiality and engagement, including efficient management of internal service roles

This is full-time continuing role at a Teaching and Research Academic C $129,435 - $149,246 per annum classification, plus 17% superannuation working 36.75 hours per week. This position is located at our Footscray Park campus.

About you:

1. Hold a qualification – PhD in the area of relevancy pedagogical and/or curriculum in Primary School education.
2. A broad-based knowledge of the demands of primary teacher education and the teaching profession
3. Experience in leading an initial teacher education course in relation to all aspects, including accreditation, monitoring and adjustments to ATSIL standards, the Department of Education and the Victorian Institute of Teaching
4. Have a strong passion for teaching and a desire for continuous improvement and development in student learning
5. Possess a background in training or teaching at the higher education level, particularly in initial teacher education for primary schools
6. Have demonstrated academic knowledge of curriculum relevant to education (particularly primary education)
7. Are keen to contribute to research programs within the discipline and the college
8. Can facilitate excellence in undergraduate teaching through the development and promotion of innovative teaching methods

What We Offer:

For information on our employee benefits, flexible working, discounts in private health insurance and gym memberships and salary packaging please visit https://www.vu.edu.au/staff/benefits-services-for-staff 

To view a copy of the position description, please click: Position Description - Senior Lecturer Education

Your application must include:

• A cover letter,
• Your curriculum vitae/resume, 
• Your responses to the Key Selection Criteria listed in the Position Description 
• Evidence of applicable qualifications, licences and registrations

Please note:  Applications which do not address the selection criteria (as outlined on page 3 of the PD) will not be considered.

Application Closing Date: Monday the 2nd of September 5.00pm 

Who Do You Contact?

For further information relating to the position, please contact Associate Professor Karen Charman Karen.Charman@vu.edu.au 

Our Commitment to Protecting Country: 

Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share. 

Victoria University is committed to inclusion, equity and diversity. VU encourages applications from women, gender diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from under-represented backgrounds in this field.

About Us

Victoria University (VU) is the  University of the West.

For more than 100 years, Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond.

We are one of Australia’s few dual-sector universities, with currently over 40,000 enrolled vocational and higher education students studying across our campuses.

Our moral purpose is to provide vocational and higher education that transforms the lives of students and the communities we serve. Our values are a living set of actions that underpin our moral purpose.

The VU Values are that we are always:

• welcoming

• ethical

• shaping the future 

• together.

This is the VU Way. We are always WEST.

At VU we believe diversity is a strength – the more diverse perspectives, identities, cultural backgrounds, ages and experience of our students and staff, the better our working environment, research and educational experience of our students.

With a culturally diverse population of students and staff from a wide range of backgrounds, we strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment where all students and staff are respected, valued and enabled to thrive.