Lecturer, Health Promotion

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.

Why work with us?

At Deakin you will have access to benefits such as a variety of leave options including generous parental leave and the ability to purchase additional leave; flexible working arrangements to help manage your work-life balance; ongoing learning and development opportunities to grow your career; an inclusive and supportive culture and environment to work in, both online and on campus. We're proud to be a progressive and open-minded university, delivering the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities.

This position is suited to a person with experience working in the field of Health Promotion with a record and passion for scholarly learning and teaching and a keen interest in exploring and building on new areas of research and researcher development to have real-world impact. The team is open to flexible working options, with both full-time and part-time options available, to allow prospective candidates to continue working in their relevant field.

As a Lecturer in Health Promotion, you will:

• Maintain deep discipline knowledge which is applied to inform unit design, and participate in teaching teams to develop courses and materials and collaborate to produce innovation in curriculum design
• 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).
• Design collaborative learning opportunities at the unit level. Support diverse learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit material and practices.
• Provide academic support to students within units and guide students to appropriate support services where appropriate.
• Support, and may lead, applications for research and creative activities, including applications for external competitive funding, external funding for commercialization and translation activities and other funding demonstrating sustained efforts.

In a typical day/week, you will:

• Contribute to the review of units and courses and implement refinements.
• 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.
• Build teaching and learning capability related to discipline or pedagogy and effective unit teaching teams and support the professional development of junior colleagues.
• Initiate, design and conduct high-quality research, scholarship activities generating high impact outputs
• Support research funding applications that influence policy, strategy or translate into real world impact                                                                                                                                                             

To be successful, you’ll have:

• PhD in Health Promotion or relevant discipline, or completion or near completion or enrolment for a doctoral qualification in a relevant field, or an equivalent accreditation and standing, or other relevant qualifications and experience
• Record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design
• A developing profile in research and scholarship through publications and/or success in obtaining external research funding.
• The ability to contribute to communities through research and teaching, and capacity to contribute to leadership of research and administration.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues.
• Registration, or eligible for registration, with the International Union for Health Promotion and Education preferred but not essential.

Here's how to apply: 

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 Matthew Dunn (Associate Professor, School of Health & Social development) via email on ******@deakin.edu.au 

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

 Lecturer, Health Promotion PD.pdf

Applications for this position close on 7 March 2024 at 11:55pm.

Are You Ready?

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.