Associate Lecturer - Public Health

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About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.
At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.
As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.
About This Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for an Associate Lecturer to develop their teaching practice that enables student learning through Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experiences. The successful candidate will engage in internal collaborations that expand their teaching expertise and profile and will engage with the School’s external partners to create meaningful WIL opportunities for our students.
Key responsibilities will include:
Undertake teaching, facilitation, and examination of undergraduate, honours, and/or postgraduate coursework students in the Public Health area.
Contribute to the curriculum by supporting the development of programs offered in the School, including course design, preparation of teaching materials, and assessment.
Facilitate our WIL offerings through engagement with external partners and supporting our students through their experience.
Implement pedagogies that are effective for specific student cohorts, including appropriate use of educational technologies.
Strengthen student engagement and student experience through collaboration and the provision of high-quality service to students, including academic consultation and advice.
Gather evidence of teaching effectiveness to improve the quality of courses and teaching and engage in professional development to enhance teaching effectiveness.
Engage in educational collaborations to document and disseminate good teaching practices in the unit.
This is a teaching focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s .
This is a part-time (0.6%), continuing (permanent) position. At Academic level A, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $74,308.68 - $99,426.59, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $86,941.16 - $ $116,329.11 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.
The greater of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.
About You
Evidence of high-quality university teaching skills or contributions to teaching in Public Health under the mentorship of established academics.
An emerging teaching profile in Public Health with evidence of impact on student learning.
Participation in activities to develop teaching expertise in the discipline.
Experience in development and implementation of WIL activities at the university level
Well-developed communication, interpersonal and consultative skills, together with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues in teaching and learning and to liaise with external partner organisations.
A profile of professional expertise that complements and/or supplements the expertise that currently exists within the School and the broader University
In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:
Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact . For application queries, please contact stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
Resume
Cover letter
Responses to the ‘About You’ section
Other Information
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If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.
Applications close Sunday 7th January 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R-32686). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday 24th January 2024.