Senior Tutor in German Studies, Teaching Specialist
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 4 Nov 2021
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- Academic Discipline
- Languages, Literature & Linguistics, Arts & Humanities
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Tutors
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Continuing
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Department/School: School of Languages and Linguistics
Salary: $75,289 - $102,163 (Level A)
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 17% super
The Faculty of Arts is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and strongly encourages people with diverse experiences to apply. This includes First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, Deaf and hard of hearing people, people with a disability, LGBTIQ+, and neurodiverse people. If you have any accessibility requirements for the application or interview, please contact us. We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. A position description is available in alternate formats if required, including USB, Large Print and Plain English.
About the role
The German Studies discipline within the School of Languages and Linguistics teaches a broad suite of undergraduate and graduate courses, maintains a vigorous research higher degree culture, and has an internationally recognised research profile. It contributes to interdisciplinary teaching within the School, the Faculty of Arts and the wider University. It provides flexible offerings in particular to beginners’ level teaching through the teaching of in semester subjects as well as intensive teaching in the winter and summer periods.
The School now seeks to appoint a continuing Senior Tutor (Teaching Specialist) to consolidate and further develop the German Studies program.
The Senior Tutor will contribute to teaching excellence within the discipline including the coordination of subjects, preparation and conduct of tutorials and related assessment, and consultations with students.
As a key member of a small team, the applicant will be expected to collaborate extensively with other German Studies and School colleagues. They will have an appreciation of the discipline’s subject matter and will be a committed and engaging educator who will be able to develop, teach and coordinate German subjects on all proficiency levels.
The successful candidate will also actively contribute to overall teaching excellence within the German Program including ongoing curriculum review, to the various avenues of student engagement such as the German peer-mentoring program and the German theatre project and will foster engagement links with external networks/partners.
The appointee will also perform administrative duties associated with the appointment, and as directed.
The Senior Tutor will receive ongoing mentoring in all aspects of an academic career.
About you
As a Senior Tutor in German Studies, you will need an undergraduate degree and a Graduate Diploma of Education (German) or equivalent; additional qualification pertaining the teaching in a tertiary education environment. You will need to have native or near-native competence in German and in English. You will also be required to demonstrate experience in coordinating and teaching German ab initio (beginners’ level) subjects at a tertiary education level in a range of formats (on-campus, hybrid and online deliveries, intensives and in-semester teaching), alongside having the ability to teach German language and culture subjects at all levels from A1 to C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (on-campus, hybrid and online delivery.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the capacity for excellence in teaching including the capacity to initiate curriculum development and course design, such as online delivery or coordination and teaching of large subjects and should also have a proven record mentoring and supporting students. Also, the candidate will be required to showcase excellent interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to effectively work as a part of and/ or lead a small team and liaise with a wide range of people including staff, students, corporate and community groups. Lastly, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate professional and collegial behavior of a very high standard (encompassing commitment to the Faculty's Values and Behaviors).
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
Benefits
- Maximise your benefits through our Salary Packaging scheme
- Flexible family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions
- The opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment
- A substantial discount to eligible staff and their immediate families in undertaking further studies at the University of Melbourne
To find out more, go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits
Position Description:
0054111_Senior Tutor in German Studies (Teaching Specialist)_SOLL_Final.docx
Applications close: 04 Nov 2021 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
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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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