Academic Convenor, Affordable Housing Hallmark Research Initiative
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 15 Jul 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Architecture, Arts & Humanities
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Readers / Senior Research Fellows, Research Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Salary: $102,967 - $122,268 (Level B)
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 17% super
The University’s new Affordable Housing Hallmark Research Initiative (AH-HRI) is a substantial investment by the University to seed fund research and engage with the policy community. The Academic Convenor will provide expert project coordination, significant intellectual contribution and help shape the AH-HRI initiative. The Academic Convenor’s appointment will be made as a Research Fellow Level B or Senior Research Fellow Level C subject to experience and will engage in research on affordable housing.
Applicants with research interests in housing policy, urban planning and housing, housing financing and housing economics and development as these apply to questions of affordability are invited to apply.
The Academic Convenor will liaise on housing affordability research with government and industry partners in the state of Victoria and City of Melbourne, with other researchers in the Faculty and across the University with the objective of furthering existing research collaborations and identifying potential new ones. The appointee will take the lead in developing sectoral and cross-sectoral collaboration through the scoping and organization of workshops and other public events. and head up committees as appropriate.
Approximately 40% of the Fellow’s time will be devoted to the leadership and organizational role, with the remaining 60% of time devoted to the Fellow’s own research, publishing, engagement and minor teaching activities.
To achieve these goals, the Convenor will work with a team of academic leaders and external advisors as part of the steering committee for the AH-HRI, and maintain close collaboration with the Housing Expo project led by the Director of the Melbourne School of Design, Prof Alan Pert.
In sum, the Academic Convenor/Research Fellow will be expected to provide intellectual contribution to the direction and help steer the research agenda of the Housing Hallmark initiative while engaging in their own high-quality research, publication and public engagement activities on housing affordability issues.
The appointee will be expected to seek opportunities to make appropriate to the nature of the role contributions to teaching with a view to embedding elements of the AH-HRI research into the Faculty’s program curricula.
The University of Melbourne is a child safe organisation. You may be required to hold a valid Working with Children Check as a condition of employment in this role.
Applications close: 15 Jul 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
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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
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- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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