Education-Focused Academic

• Flexible location
• Full-time or part-time and continuing
• Level A $76,985 - $103,493 + 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 Health is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching, learning, creativity, social development, and groundbreaking research and discovery. We work closely with industry partners and government bodies to translate discoveries into real-word impact.

About the role:

The Education-focused Academic will work collaboratively as part of a teaching team to develop and deliver learning materials and activities with guidance from the Unit Chair, to improve the student learning experience and outcomes. The position will engage collaboratively with leaders from within the teaching team to develop effective assessment tasks and rubrics and provide clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes engage in high-quality scholarship and creative activities generating high-impact outputs, with mentorship from leaders within the teaching team.

The Education-Focused Academic will help to shape the curriculum and create engaging learning materials for psychology and counselling units, with a focus on first-year introductory psychology units, both online and in traditional face-to-face settings (please see Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) for information on the types of first-year units in our undergraduate course).

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 an Education-focused Academic, you will:

• Develop effective learning materials and activities as part of a design team or with guidance from the Unit Chair and demonstrate awareness of ongoing innovation in curriculum design.
• Assist in applying industry, clinical and/or research practice into student learning experiences, success, engagement and resources.
• Deliver effective teaching practices within unit and suggest approaches to innovate teaching practices to improve student success and engagement.
• Maintain appropriate discipline knowledge and constructively review and refine own teaching practice to help maintain teaching quality standards.
• Facilitate collaborative learning opportunities at the unit level. Adapt learning material and practices to support diverse learners.                                                                                                                                                                   

To be successful, you’ll have:

• PhD or near completion or enrolled in a PhD program and/or other relevant qualifications and experience.
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design
• Demonstrated passion for teaching and learning.
• Ability to deliver effective teaching practices to improve student success and engagement.
• Capacity to contribute to teaching, research and administration.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues.
• Possess or undertake (post-appointment) Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning or equivalent.

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 3 524 79999 or *************@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 Jaclyn Broadbent, Deputy Head of School (School of Psychology), on ***************@deakin.edu.au

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

 PD Level A - Education Focused Psychology.pdf

Applications for this position close on Monday 20th May 2024

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.