"Senior Lecturer in Dentistry, Prostodontics - Program Coordinator"

The University of Sydney School of Dentistry (Sydney Dental School) is ranked amongst the top dental schools internationally and is one of the largest dental schools in Australia. Sydney Dental School (SDS) has campuses in the Sydney Dental Hospital (in inner-eastern Sydney), the Westmead Centre for Oral Health at Westmead Hospital and the Nepean Centre for Oral Health (in western Sydney), and outreach service-based teaching is undertaken across the state of NSW.

The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Oral Implants) has been the premier implant course in Australia for almost 30 years. This highly successful program is organised in six didactic blocks spanning 18 months (or three semesters) and demonstrates SDS integration with the community in preparing general dentists to place and restore dental implants.

The role will coordinate the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Oral Implants). This is a part-time position organising and administering the entire program in accordance with University of Sydney award programs.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• facilitate selection of candidates for the program by shortlisting applications and interviewing prospective candidates
• design and deliver multi-disciplinary work-integrated learning units and content for the program
• design and deliver quality educational units of study and experiences that support student needs and meet curriculum requirements including: organising and delivering lectures during the blocks in conjunction with other guest lecturers, working with the timetabling team to book in-house facilities, organising facilities and equipment for each lecturer before the commencement of each lecture, marking of assignments/exams including allocation to other markers, collection of reports and marks from mentors and examiners for each candidate as part of the assessment and feedback process, arrange submission of final marks for each unit of study for each candidate
• engage beyond the University to develop a profile through conferences, seminars and outreach activities including: negotiating the appropriate use of external facilities and materials donated by companies, recruitment of surgical and restorative mentors for each candidate - mentors may be specialist or general dentists who are experienced in oral implant treatment, working closely with lecturers and mentors to make sure they have clear guidelines to teach candidates, working with the Planning Committee on a regular basis to manage the program, attendance at DCD coordinator meetings, produce minutes from the committee meetings and action items arising
• apply scholarship and knowledge of contemporary pedagogical practice to innovate education
• support the supervision of DCD students.

About you

• AHPRA registered
• Bachelor's degree and post graduate qualifications in a relevant field
• experience as an effective unit, course or program coordinator or director (especially for large classes), as evidenced by student and staff feedback
• demonstrated success in designing, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning initiatives
• extensive knowledge and understanding of contemporary teaching practices and assessment in clinical and/or simulation settings
• a dental clinician or academic with extensive clinical skills and experience
• maintains an active, recognised professional practice in the discipline
• demonstrated experience in successfully developing and implementing innovative teaching, with capacity to reflect on their pedagogy and students' outcomes
• has an emerging national reputation for their work as an educator
• a developing network of relationships with key academic, industry and professional institutions, partners and stakeholders
• experience in people leadership within the higher education sector
• significant experience in supervising and or mentoring students

Base Salary $156,103 (Pro rata 0.40 FTE) + 17% Superannuation