Professor/Associate Professor in Indigenous Health Equity
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 19 Jan 2020
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Other Health & Social Care
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Professors / Chairs, Principal / Senior Lecturers / Associate Professors
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Continuing
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/School: Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 17% super
Salary: An attractive salary package will be negotiated
Opportunity
The University seeks to appoint a Professor / Associate Professor in Indigenous Health Equity
Only Indigenous Australians are eligible to apply as this position is exempt under the Special Measure Provision, Section 12 (1) of the Equal Opportunity Act 2011 (Vic).
This is an exceptional opportunity to provide academic leadership in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) in the area of Indigenous health, particularly as it applies to health promotion (especially primary and secondary prevention of disease and injury), access to health services, and the societal and system determinants of health. This position will capitalise upon the significant contributions the School and Faculty have made in relation to Indigenous population health.
The Professor/Associate Professor will be located within the Centre for Health Equity in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, and will take a leadership role with Indigenous health as the head of the Indigenous Health Equity Unit within the Centre for Health Equity, MSPGH and the University, joining with other Indigenous academic leaders in MDHS, other Faculties, and in Chancellery.
About you
You will possess;
- A doctoral qualification or other relevant higher degree
- High level of national and international recognition as a leader in Indigenous health (Level E), or emerging leader (Level D)
- Demonstrated academic leadership in the higher education sector
- Demonstrated high achievement in teaching and learning, in course development, delivery and coordination
- A record of achievement in competitive research grants
- Substantial record of research publications
- Successful record of leading a research team
- High level interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated record of successful and substantial collaboration in Indigenous health research
- Demonstrated expertise and experience in knowledge exchange with the Indigenous community
About Us
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne is the oldest in Australia, established initially as a medical school in 1862. The research effort of the Faculty is highly collaborative and spans basic to translational research and involves over 800 graduate researchers, 1000 academic staff and over 4,000 honorary staff. The Melbourne School of Population Health was established in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences in 2001. It became the School of Population Health and Global Health in 2013. The School currently employs over 265 academic and 70 professional staff, with additional staff engaged through partner agencies. See https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au
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
Your application submitted should include a CV along with your responses against the selection criteria found in the Position Description for the role.
For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria, please go to: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Position Description
Applications close: 19 Jan 2020 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight 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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