Position Number: 0049267
Location: Parkville
Role type: Fixed-term for 12 months
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Salary: Level C – $146,050 – $168,403 p.a. plus 17% super
- Lead impactful projects with national and international reach, and contribute to shaping the future of evaluation and assessment while advancing your own academic career.
- Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!
About the Role
Senior Lecturer at the Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre (AERC) presents an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished academic to shape the future of teaching, research, and practice in evaluation and assessment. Central to this position is a commitment to delivering inspiring teaching within the Master of Evaluation program, equipping students with the expertise and skills to lead in their fields. The appointee will engage in high-calibre research, leading innovative, large-scale projects with national and international reach. Collaborating with a progressive team of scholars, practitioners, and globally renowned academics, the Senior Lecturer will contribute to advancing the Centre’s reputation for excellence. The role encompasses supervision of postgraduate and research students, stakeholder engagement, and strategic leadership in securing funding and delivering impactful outputs.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials, and seminars while designing and reviewing curriculum to enhance learning outcomes.
- Coordinating subjects, supervising sessional staff, conducting assessments, and providing feedback to support students’ academic progress.
- Leading proposals, grants, and tenders while planning research and producing impactful publications.
Who We Are Looking For
You are a distinguished scholar with a strong record of published work in reputable international journals and a portfolio of significant scholarly contributions. As an excellent communicator and teacher, you demonstrate proven success in tertiary-level teaching, particularly in the fields of evaluation and assessment. Your expertise includes a robust focus on quantitative research, encompassing causal modelling, evaluative modelling, educational economics, and mixed-method approaches, complemented by proficiency in qualitative data collection and analysis. With a demonstrated ability to secure Tier 1 research funding, you bring experience in leading complex projects, producing high-quality reports, and advancing the field through innovative methodologies and impactful findings. Your capacity to analyse and interpret data to inform evidence-based conclusions will be matched by your skill in mentoring colleagues and engaging diverse stakeholders.
You also have:
- A PhD level qualification in Education, Economics, Psychology, Health, or other relevant field, including a specialisation in the field of Evaluation and/or Assessment.
- High-level experience with quantitative software packages (e.g., R, SPSS, SAS, or Stata).
- Demonstrated capacity in the supervision of higher degree students.
- The ability to promote the work of the AERC in the academy, with government stakeholders, individual organisations, professional groups, and the community.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Your New Team – The Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education (FoE) fosters staff productivity, growth and engagement in a collective effort to enrich the contribution that education makes to society.
- We conduct research and teaching that leads to the transformation of education practice both within and beyond the profession.
- We stimulate learning that enriches the potential of students from around the world, enabling meaningful careers and profound contributions to communities.
- We provide research leadership, setting the direction for high impact, innovative and responsive research that addresses the pressing issues of our times.
- We lead purposeful engagement with society, sharing our resources and expertise as part of collaborative efforts to build a resilient, equitable and sustainable future.
FoE is a hub of high impact research and teaching. Home to a number of internationally recognised experts, we are at the cutting edge of teaching and research in our field.
Part of the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus, we are based at 234 Queensberry Street and 100 Leicester Street. Our buildings are designed specifically for graduate education students, offering a range of contemporary learning and social spaces.
FoE offers a range of professional development and higher degree research courses for people working in education and related professions. Many significant research projects are based here, and we work closely with local, national, and international partners on a wide range of projects across education and related disciplines. For more information about us, visit: education.unimelb.edu.au.
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!
About the University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring
Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
- The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)
^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Petra Newton via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
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Position Description
