Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Pharmacology
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Closing date
- 17 Apr 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Medicine & Dentistry
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Principal / Senior Lecturers / Associate Professors, Lecturers / Assistant Professors
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
The Organisation
UNSW Medicine is a national leader in learning, teaching and research, with close affiliations to a number of Australia’s finest hospitals, research institutes and health care organisations. With a strong presence at UNSW Kensington campus, the faculty have staff and students in teaching hospitals in Sydney as well as regional and rural areas of NSW including Albury/Wodonga, Wagga Wagga, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie.
The School of Medical Sciences (SoMS) is the largest School within UNSW Medicine, and one of the largest at UNSW. It is based on the Kensington campus.
The Opportunity
- Full time, 3-Year Convertible Tenure Track Appointment
- $105,108 - $ 146,465 (plus 17% superannuation and leave loading)
The role will operate within the Department of Pharmacology whose research themes incorporate molecular pharmacology, drug discovery including cancer, neuropharmacology, obesity and metabolic disease. The Department supports research and research training directed towards the understanding and treatment of a range of disorders.
The Lecturer / Senior Lecturer will be responsible for making a significant contribution to excellence in research and research-led teaching within the pharmacological sciences that complements existing strengths and resources within the School and Department. This includes an expectation that the appointee will develop their research program with external research funding. The position will require outstanding communication and education skills, including engagement with UNSW Australia’s contemporary pedagogy and innovation in teaching and learning platforms. Teaching contributions will be within the broad discipline of Pharmacology and to the various undergraduate programs supported by the School, including Medicine, Medical Science, Science and Advanced Science.
You will contribute to the School’s academic reputation by undertaking high quality research, teaching and PhD supervision, and other associated activities that further enhance our global reputation.
About the successful applicant
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- a PhD qualification in Pharmacology, or a related discipline of biomedical science
- a record of or strong potential for research and publication in top-tier refereed journals
- a record of or strong potential for excellent achievement in teaching
You should systematically address the selection criteria from the position description in your application.
Please apply online - applications will not be accepted if sent directly to the contact listed below.
Contact:
Prof Margaret Morris, Head of the Department of Pharmacology
E: m.morris@unsw.edu.au
T: (61 2) 9385 1560
Applications close: 17th April 2019
Find out more about working at UNSW at https://med.unsw.edu.au/
UNSW is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity
Company
UNSW Australia’s aspiration for the next decade is to be Australia’s global university. We aspire to this in the belief that a great university which is a global leader in discovery, innovation, impact, education and thought leadership, can make an enormous difference to the lives of people in Australia and around the world.
Over the last 66 years UNSW has made contributions across the spectrum of science and the humanities. Among many achievements, UNSW has led via transformative social policy and public law and has contributed hugely to the cultural, artistic and intellectual life of our community, while also pioneering the global development of solar energy technologies, helping to control devastating epidemics such as HIV, developing new therapies for depression and anxiety, and making previously unimaginable breakthroughs in quantum computing.
UNSW is a founding member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia's leading research-intensive universities, and of the prestigious international network Universitas 21. With more than 50,000 students from over 120 countries, it is one of Australia’s most cosmopolitan universities.
The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, seven kilometres from the centre of Sydney. Other major campuses are the Art & Design campus in the Sydney suburb of Paddington and UNSW Canberra at the Australia Defence Force Academy.
In addition to UNSW Canberra at ADFA, UNSW has eight Faculties - Art & Design; Arts & Social Sciences; Built Environment; Business School; Engineering; Law; Medicine; and Science – which offer an extensive range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs.
UNSW prides itself on the calibre of its people, from internationally recognised academic leaders in their field to talented professionals providing technical expertise and infrastructure. Working at UNSW, you will collaborate with highly talented people and have an opportunity to learn from the best.
To find out more about UNSW and our 2025 strategy visit our website.
- Telephone
- +(61)2 9385 1742
- Location
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HIGH ST
KENSINGTON
SYDNEY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NSW 2052
AU
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