Location: Parkville
Role type: Full time; Continuing
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences
Department/School: Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Salary: $107,547 - $127,707 (Level B) OR $131,739 - $151,900 (Level C) p.a. depending on skills and experience, plus 17% superannuation

Founded in 1853, the University of Melbourne is Australia’s #1 university and is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

About the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

The Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences is one of six schools within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. It is consistently ranked one of the top Schools of Psychology in Australia, and is ranked 20^th in the world in the 2021 QS global rankings. The School is undergoing vigorous growth and attracts some of the best students nationally and internationally to its broad range of accredited undergraduate, graduate, professional, and research programs.

About the Role

The School is seeking to appoint an outstanding academic who can enhance its research strengths and contribute to its teaching program in developmental psychology. We are particularly keen to appoint an academic whose research expertise aligns with and can build capacity in one of our research hubs or centres. The successful applicant will have a significant record of impact in research, an ability to provide outstanding classroom teaching and research supervision, and a strong commitment to service and engagement.

Successful applicants for appointment at Level C will have an established track record of publication in leading international journals and competitive external grant success. Successful applicants for appointment at Level B will have an emerging track record of publication in leading journals and evidence of potential for obtaining competitive funding. Applicants for either level will have shown the ability to foster academic achievement in others and identify and exploit new opportunities in research, education and/or engagement with external partners for the benefit of both the School and the University. A commitment to innovative, high-quality teaching, and an ability to provide research supervision for fourth-year and postgraduate research students is essential. The successful applicant will be expected to participate actively in all aspects of the School’s teaching, research, research supervision, administration, and engagement activities. The successful applicant will also be able to demonstrate strong academic leadership through contributions to team building and to the School’s strategic planning and policy making processes.

In a typical week at work, you may:

• Conduct research in the appointee’s area of expertise, independently and in collaboration with others
• Contribute actively with colleagues to the continuing development of one or more research hubs or centres
• Disseminate research findings through seminars, conference presentations, and publication in peer-reviewed international journals

About You

You will have interests and expertise relevant to a research hub(s) or centre(s) within the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, and a demonstrated capacity and commitment to excellence in research led teaching within the field of developmental psychology. Your outstanding interpersonal skills make you adept at building productive research collaborations, as well as successfully supervising postgraduate students.

You will further have:

• A PhD or equivalent research higher degree in Psychology or a cognate discipline
• Evidence of achieving (Level C) or the potential to achieve (Level B) international standing in psychology via research track record
• Evidence of success in contributing to applications for or in obtaining external research funding

To ensure the University continues to provide a safe environment for everyone, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check.

Benefits of Working with Us

In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements and generous personal, parental and cultural leave
• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, please visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits.

Be Yourself

At UoM, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community, and we encourage and celebrate diversity. Indigenous Australians, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages and culturally diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply for our roles. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria* (found in the Position Description) for the role.

*For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

Should you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at hr-talent@unimelb.edu.au.

Due to the impacts of COVID-19, we are currently prioritising applications with current valid working rights in Australia and candidates who are not affected by travel restrictions. Please see the latest updates to Australia's immigration and border arrangements: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/

Position Description: 0055433_Lec-Senior Lec in Psychology_PD.pdf

Applications close: 30 March 2022 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time