"Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Viola"

Faculty:

Fine Arts and Music

School:

Melbourne Conservatorium for Music

Salary:

Level B - $122,212 - $145,121 p.a. plus 17% super

Level C - $149,701 - $172,613 p.a. plus 17% super

• Shape future professional violists / Contribute to vibrant musical culture / Advance practice-led research
• Apply now to join a prestigious institution and elevate viola education and performance
• Investing in you - benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

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Your next career opportunity

As a Lecturer in Viola at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of viola performance and education. You'll inspire and train aspiring professional musicians, contribute to cutting-edge practice-led research, and play a key role in the Conservatorium's dynamic strings program. This role offers you the chance to make a significant impact on musical culture while advancing your own artistic practice and academic career.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver Exceptional Viola Education: Provide individual lessons, performance classes, and ensemble coaching at all levels, while coordinating strings subjects and recruiting high-quality students.
• Advance Practice-Led Research: Contribute to performance-based research through concerts, recordings, and publications, while supervising graduate researchers in strings performance.
• Engage with the Musical Community: Participate in Conservatorium events, foster industry partnerships, and contribute to professional organisations in strings performance.
• Provide Leadership and Service: Contribute to program planning, curriculum development, and committee work within the Conservatorium and wider University community.

You may be a great fit if:

You are an accomplished violist and educator with a distinguished performance profile, demonstrating excellence in teaching and a commitment to advancing viola performance and pedagogy through innovative approaches to repertoire, research, and student development.

You may also:

• Possess a postgraduate qualification in viola performance (doctorate preferred) or equivalent professional experience.
• Have a nationally or internationally recognised track record of significant performances and recordings across diverse repertoires.
• Demonstrate expertise in viola repertoires from the 18th to 21st centuries, with a commitment to representing diversity in programming.
• Show evidence of excellence in teaching and recruiting undergraduate and postgraduate viola students.
• Exhibit the ability to develop a distinctive program of performance-based research and deliver high-quality research outputs.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative approach to working within an academic environment.

For further information please refer to the attached PD.

What we offer you!

We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment, including:

• Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
• Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance
• Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance
• Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
• Comprehensive career development and training, plus a 25% discount on UniMelb graduate courses for your immediate family members!

For more information check out our benefits page!

Your New Team – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM), Faculty of Fine Arts and Music.

With an energetic and innovative culture, the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Working with us, you will enjoy the creative cultural outputs of our brilliant students and staff, as well as the beautiful purpose-built Southbank campus on which we are situated.

The Faculty is a place for creative people to come together to expand their minds and experiences, through which they become part of a world-wide community that motivates cultural growth. In short, we believe in the power of the artistic mind to effect change and we welcome you to share in that adventure.

Be Yourself

The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safe organisation. We are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace where all individuals feel valued, respected, and have the opportunity to thrive regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, being a parent or having caring responsibilities.

The University of Melbourne is committed to fostering a barrier-free and inclusive recruitment process. We are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates throughout the application and interview stages, including accessible document formats and alternative application methods. To discuss your specific requirements, please feel free to contact Kim Groizard on +61 3 9035 3218 or send an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments' to hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au. You can find more information for applicants requiring reasonable adjustments on our Careers website: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants

We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Working at the University – what you need to know

This role requires the successful candidate to maintain a Working with Children Check The successful candidate can apply for the WWCC as part of the onboarding process. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Join Us and unlock your career potential!

Is this the perfect opportunity for you? Apply today! Including the following documents:

- CV

- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience

- Applicants are required to address the Selection Criteria specified below, highlighting the most relevant aspects of their experience and achievements, with reference to their CV for full details:

• A distinguished national and/or international track record, commensurate with career stage, of significant professional performances and recordings, in a variety of repertoires and professional performing organisations and/or settings, including orchestras and chamber music.
• Demonstrated high-level expertise in a range of viola repertoires and national styles of concert music from the 18th through 21st centuries. Expertise in core repertoires is required, and expertise in performing and commissioning new music in a variety of contemporary idioms is desirable.
• Dedication to the representation of diversity in concert programming, and evidence of creative and considered approaches to repertoire selection, concert curation, and public communication through artistic practice.
• Substantial experience and evidence of excellence in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate viola students.
• Demonstrated capacity to recruit outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate viola students.
• Evidence of ability to teach into other performance-based subjects within the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula, and to interact with complementary fields in the Conservatorium.
• Evidence of ability to develop a distinctive program of performance-based creative research, and deliver a variety of high-quality creative research outputs.

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Rehan Wadiwala via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding this position please follow the details listed on the Position Description.

Applications close: 4 January 2026 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) / Melbourne time zone.

Position Description: 3530025 - Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Viola.pdf