Academic Program Directors
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 15 Mar 2019
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- Job Type
- Senior Management & Heads of Department, Directors
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Department/School: Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation
Leadership in Education Innovation
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE) Appointment of Academic Program Directors
Salary: Senior Lecturer Level C ($120,993 - $139,510 p.a. plus 17% superannuation) or Associate Professor Level D ($145,685 - $160,500 p.a. plus 17% superannuation), subject to qualifications and experience.
The University of Melbourne has a world-class reputation for excellence in teaching and research. It is a leading Australian university and highly ranked globally.
MSPACE is a new inter-disciplinary School with a whole-of-University mandate for offering lifelong learning opportunities for professionals across all academic areas and for people at all stages of their career. It will expand the University's teaching and learning offerings and help ensure graduates continue to thrive in work environments shaped by accelerating change. MSPACE is central to the University's objectives to meet the needs of graduates in local and international communities who are seeking opportunities to re-skill throughout their careers.
Reporting to the Head of School of MSPACE, each of the Academic Program Directors will be responsible for developing and maintaining a portfolio of teaching and learning programs within a defined discipline cluster. Drawing upon the latest developments in professional, continuing and executive education practice, they will work with colleagues in the School and across the University to help develop and drive programs of outstanding quality and relevance.
Successful applicants will bring a strong track record as educationalists and innovators within a relevant discipline area. They will be able to work collegially and persuasively in an elite higher education context and have the capacity to drive initiatives using their clear grasp of teaching and learning excellence. They will also have a flair for entrepreneurialism and sound commercial aptitude.
Please do not apply via the University website.
Perrett Laver is undertaking a global executive search for the appointments of Academic Program Director, Health and Academic Program Director, Creative Industries and Design on behalf of the University of Melbourne.
For a confidential conversation and to apply for the role of Academic Program Director, Health please contact Sophia Ha via Sophia.ha@perrettlaver.com. A detailed information package is available at www.perrettlaver.com/candidates quoting reference number 3700/1.
For a confidential conversation and to apply for the role of Academic Program Director, Creative Industries and Design please contact Richard Weir via Richard.weir@perrettlaver.com. A detailed information package is available at www.perrettlaver.com/candidates quoting reference number 3700/3.
Advertised: 15 Feb 2019 12:00 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 15 Mar 2019 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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