Apex Australia Chair in Neurodevelopment and Disability
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 16 Sep 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Medicine & Dentistry
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Professors / Chairs
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed term position for 5 years
Location: Hospital based
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/School: Melbourne Medical School
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation
Classification: Level E
Salary: An attractive salary package will be negotiated
Working Hours: Full time
Opportunity
The University seeks an appointment to the position of the Apex Australia Chair in Neurodevelopment and Disability.
This is an exceptional opportunity to provide academic leadership in education, teaching, research and clinical care within the University and the Royal Children's Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
With expertise in the field of Neurodevelopment and Disability, the Apex Australia Chair will place particular emphasis on research, training, implementation and evaluation of interventions to improve the lives of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. The Apex Australia Chair will be expected to make major contributions in the areas of research, academic leadership and professional development, and contribute to the Department’s governance.
About you
You will possess:
- A clinical qualification registrable with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Board (AHPRA)
- An internationally recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement in academia and research in the field of Neurodevelopment and Disability making a significant contribution to the advancement of the discipline
- Ability to identify and exploit new opportunities in education, research and the provision of services to the benefit of the Department of Paediatrics and the Royal Children’s Hospital
- Demonstrated leadership in research, scholarship, education and clinical care in paediatrics
- Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills, with excellence in building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external) at all times
About Us
Established in 1862, Melbourne Medical School (MMS) in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne is the oldest medical school in Australia.
MMS is committed to working with the communities we serve to improve health and advance health care. We will do this through our teaching, learning, research, clinical care and advocacy. The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) is Australia’s pre-eminent medical, health sciences and biomedical faculty and is recognised for its research, teaching and training and policy leadership across all these fields.
The Faculty employs more than 1,900 members of staff, attracts more than 8,000 students each year and comprises six schools; 33 departments, centers and institutes; and 128 courses. It contributes almost 50 per cent of all research conducted across the University
Employee Benefits
We offer a number of employee benefits to maximise your work life at University of Melbourne (UOM). Some of the benefits on offer are; a salary packaging scheme, flexible family friendly policies - providing generous leave and working conditions. An opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment with substantial discount to eligible staff and their immediate families in undertaking further studies at UOM. To find out more, go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/working/benefits
How to apply
We are in a time of expansion and growth, for more information, position description plus other opportunities please click medicine.unimelb.edu.au/about/join-the-melbourne-medical-school
Your application submitted should include a CV along with your responses against the selection criteria found in the Position Description for the role.
Position Description
Applications close: 16 Sep 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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