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addressAddressMelbourne, VIC
type Form of workFull-time
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Job no: 537707
Work type: Full-time
Location: Melbourne - Burwood
Categories: Information Technology

Based at our Melbourne, Burwood Campus
Full-time and fixed term to 30 April 2024
HEW 8 - $105,612 - $120,918 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities.

Provide software engineering support for the online e-safety project ‘CyberNinjas: Empowering our Children to be Cyber Smart in the Metaverse’. The project will co-design, develop and pilot an innovative eSafety program aimed at increasing the cyber safety awareness and preparedness of children for thriving on the Metaverse. The proposed program will combine interactive storytelling, immersive technologies, and AI to deliver through a 3D world impactful eSafety training for children and their communities (including parents, guardians, and teachers), with the aim of developing safer online behaviours and habit formation on the Metaverse while encouraging informed and supportive conversations regarding safety, well-being, and referral pathways.

Your key responsibilities will include:
Deliver a software solution that uses co-design and evidence-based frameworks for delivering online safety education
Design, develop, test, deploy and evaluate software with stakeholder groups (students, teacher and parents), including fixes to technical problems, technical specifications for the solution, implementation of changes and the provision of operational support to the software deployment in schools
Define, plan and estimate individual deliverables within projects, manage own work and deliver completed work on-time. In doing this, proactively keep stakeholders, project leads and peers updated on progress of allocated work and estimation activities.
Navigate appropriate course of action, gain agreement on preferred approach and prepare advice (information, materials and recommendations) to meet specific stakeholder style and requirements
Application of the online safety awareness and training program into a proof of concept 3D AR and VR software environment (i.e. software development or AR/VR resources)
Through an agile and human-centred software engineering process, maximise opportunities for all Australians to understand the online safety support, complaints and referral pathways they can access
Use understanding of the target audience to structure and shape communication to meet their information needs or concerns and anticipate and prepare for the audience’s reactions and questions
Embed Safety by Design principles, in the development of solutions and programs, where appropriate
Implementation of a platform to support the software deployment in schools
Supporting the initial pilot of the software, through both technical support and in-person visit to testing sites
Provide expert advice and apply strong technical skills and knowledge to the evaluation and assessment of the ideas, concepts and solutions generated, to help determine value and priority stakeholders, colleagues, and team members
Plan and prioritises work and critical activities appropriately and recognise barriers to achieving outcomes, finds effective ways to deal with them and evaluates progress
Seek feedback on improvement opportunities from a diverse range of key stakeholders and implement change through appropriate channels and overcomes obstacles to change
Maintain all relevant documentation and adhere to all architecture, testing, software development and operations practices and standards

To be successful, you’ll have:
Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field or
An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training in Computer Science/Information Technology/Software Engineering or relevant discipline
Extensive Experience with deployment of a software product/ build
Experience with project management
Demonstrable experience working across the full life-cycle of a technology project

Applications for this position close on 14/04/2023.

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience for this role.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Robin Doss, Director, Centre for Cyber Resilience and Trust (CREST), via robin.doss@deakin.edu.au

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: 28 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 14 Apr 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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Refer code: 724376. Deakin University - The previous day - 2023-10-20 14:50

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