"Lecturer, Information Systems and Business Analytics, Education Focused"

Job no: 556490

Work type: Education-focused Academic

Location: Melbourne - Burwood

Categories: Business

• Flexible location
• Full-time and continuing in Deakin Business School
• Level B $108,804 - $128,689 + 17% Superannuation (pro rata, part time)
• Applications are currently being accepted exclusively from our current and former sessional academic cohorts at Deakin. Applicants must have been engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin University within two years of the advertising date to be eligible to apply. Applications that do not meet this criteria will not be considered at this time.

We are pleased to offer Deakin’s newest employment classification; the Education-focused Academic. These roles are tailored for academics dedicated to student-centred teaching, fostering a passion for teaching excellence and pioneering innovative educational practices. We invite applications from current and former sessional academics engaged with Deakin within the past two years. This presents a remarkable opportunity to contribute to shaping and co-designing this new academic career pathway, offering a genuine and meaningful option for those whose strengths lie in teaching and learning.

The Faculty of Business and Law is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching, learning, creativity, social development, and ground breaking research and discovery. We work closely with industry partners and government bodies to translate discoveries into real-word impact. This role will specifically be working within Deakin Business School.

About the role:

• Lead unit teaching teams and work collaboratively with other unit teaching teams in the course to develop effective unit curricula and learning resources (including through unit leadership roles). Contribute to the review of units and courses and implement refinements
• Assist in applying industry, clinical and/or research practice into student learning experiences, success, engagement and resources
• Adopt innovation in curriculum design at the unit level and deliver learner-centric, research-informed teaching practices across different levels / modes of delivery. Maintain deep discipline knowledge which is applied to inform unit design
• Design collaborative learning opportunities at the unit level. Support diverse learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit material and practices
• This position is suited to a person with an emerging record and passion for learning and teaching, a keen interest in contributing to community engagement for teaching and employability.

As a Lecturer, Information Systems and Business Analytics, Education-focused, you will:

• Develop effective assessment tasks and rubrics at unit level. Provide clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes. Monitor and adapt assessment practices to improve learning outcomes
• Provide academic support to students within units and guide students to appropriate support services where appropriate.
• Demonstrate emerging reputation in the scholarship of teaching and educational development through independent contribution to pedagogical research activity and publication in learning and teaching, including testing the effectiveness of innovations designed to improve student and graduate outcomes including graduate employment
• Advance knowledge within their specific fields/areas of teaching scholarship and pedagogical research activity

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Demonstrated passion for teaching and learning.
• Ability to deliver effective teaching practices to improve student success and engagement.
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design 
• Emerging record of scholarly learning and teaching in postgraduate or undergraduate programs
• Ability to contribute to communities through research
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues

Here's how to apply:

To be eligible to apply, you must currently be a sessional academic at Deakin or have been previously engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin within the last two years of the advertising date. To find out if you are eligible to apply, please contact People Connect on +61 3 5247 9999 or peopleconnect@deakin.edu.au 

Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Rajeev Sharma (Head of Department, Information Systems and Business Analytics) or Dr. Reza Kachouie (Director of Teaching and Learning, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics)

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD - Lecturer, (556490).pdf

Applications for this position close on Thursday 20th of June 

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Advertised: 06 Jun 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time