Position Number: 0065184, 0065185 (2 positions available)
Location: Southbank
Role type: Part-time (0.6 FTE); Continuing
Faculty: Fine Arts & Music
Department: Victorian College of the Arts
Salary: Level A – $83,468 - $113,262 p.a. plus 17% super
Only current Continuing, Fixed-Term, and Casual staff are eligible to apply.
About the Role
Join the vibrant community at VCA as an Associate Lecturer in Visual Arts, where you will inspire and mentor emerging artists who are passionate about a lifelong commitment to their craft. Your expertise will help shape the next generation of artists, empowering them to become positive contributors to both the profession and the broader community.
As an active and respected artist, you will bring your creative vision and teaching skills to a dynamic, collaborative environment. Working closely with small teams, you will play a key role in developing and enriching the teaching and learning experience at VCA Art, including breadth and other programs.
You will actively contribute to our learning culture, helping to design and deliver innovative courses while maintaining a high standard of teaching excellence. Your involvement will support VCA and the Faculty in advancing our shared vision, ensuring we continue to grow and excel in shaping the future of the arts.
Who We Are Looking For
We are seeking candidates that demonstrate:
- A Master’s degree and/or equivalent active longitudinal professional practice in contemporary art with expertise in printmaking and screen printing.
- Appropriate teaching experience, coordination and management experience in an Art School context.
- Demonstrated strong commitment to the importance of teaching at all levels in higher education and to innovation in curriculum design and teaching methods, together with a distinguished personal contribution to teaching.
- Scholarship and research of national standing in a particular field of knowledge, with a demonstrated breadth of interests and sympathy for other arts disciplines represented in the VCA and Faculty.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in fostering excellence in teaching.
- Evidence of capacity to successfully develop and implement strategies/initiatives in support of discipline priorities and targets, particularly in relation to undergraduate and graduate recruitment and engagement.
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.
Your New Team – the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
With an energetic and innovative culture, the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Studying with us, working with us, or simply coming for a visit, you will enjoy the creative cultural outputs of our brilliant students and staff, as well as the beautiful purpose-built Southbank campus on which we are situated.
The Faculty is a place for creative people to come together to expand their minds and experiences, through which they become part of a world-wide community that motivates cultural growth. In short, we believe in the power of the artistic mind to effect change and we welcome you to share in that adventure.
Be Yourself
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".
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 following Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)
- A Master’s degree and/or equivalent active longitudinal professional practice in contemporary art with expertise in printmaking and screen printing.
- Appropriate teaching experience, coordination and management experience in an Art School context.
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and effectively in a small team.
- A good working knowledge of the relevant University policies and procedures and terminology related to student matters and ability to act in accordance with policy related to staff and students, especially when related to curriculum and wellbeing, is required.
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement.
Please reach out to the contact person on the Position Description or the Portfolio Manager if you have any questions, require reasonable adjustments or wish to discuss the roles in further detail.
If you require any assistance with the application process or experience any issues with the application portal, please reach out to Talent Partner, Ana Gencic at ana.gencic@unimelb.edu.au
Applications close: SUNDAY 23rd February 2025, 11:55PM AEDT
Position Description: 0065184_Associate Lecturer, Visual Arts_PD.pdf
This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Position Description
