About Flinders

Our bold vision, captured in our Strategic Plan: making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda, is to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

To realise this ambition, we recently made a significant organisation change to a six College structure with a professional staff and services alignment.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people and we’re seeking an outstanding individual to join the team of our transformed university.

Employment Type:

Continuing

Position Summary

Availability:
Continuing | Full-Time

Compensation:
Academic Level C
Academic Level D

Salary Range:
Level C - $124,109 - $142,764 p.a.
Level D - $148,986 - $163,910 p.a.

Reporting to:
Dean (People & Resources) or Delegate
College of Science & Engineering

Position Information:
We are seeking to fill this continuing vacancy with either a Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor, who aligns as a balanced (teaching & research) academic.

The Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor will be a senior member of the academic staff in the area of Engineering Management, Advanced Manufacturing and Design in the College.

In addition to leading quality research endeavours, the incumbent will, under broad supervision, provide leadership in the planning and delivery of topics within the suite of programs, including development of teaching materials, delivery of lectures/tutorials or other innovative teaching and learning strategies, examinations and may be involved in placement education.

The incumbent may also be involved in teaching across other courses in the College or other Colleges, where appropriate.

The incumbent will be required to provide leadership in strengthening existing partnerships or exploring new partnerships with external stakeholders that have potential for providing improved teaching, learning and/or research outcomes for the University.

The incumbent will be involved in leading high-quality research, including attracting competitive research grants and other sources of funding, publishing manuscripts in high impact journals, mentoring of early-career researchers and supervision of research higher degree students.

The incumbent will prioritise, coordinate, monitor workflow and provide informal day-to-day feedback to research support staff and casual academic teaching staff according to the University's policies, practices, and standards.

Key Position Responsibilities

SENIOR LECTURER

The Senior Lecturer (Advanced Manufacturing and Design) is accountable for:

• Undertaking a lead role in the planning, delivery and evaluation of lectures, tutorials, laboratory-based material, curriculum development or other teaching strategies, including placement education for topics, primarily within Engineering Management, Advanced Manufacturing and Design.
• Undertaking topic coordination and course coordination.
• Making a significant contribution to ethical, high quality and innovative research through activities such as scholarship, quality publication, external grant acquisition, mentoring and developing early career researchers and presentation that aligns with the College areas of research strength and focus.
• Undertaking a lead role in inspiring and innovative teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience, such as e learning platforms.
• Supporting students with academic and/or other challenges impeding their academic progress.
• In a leadership capacity assisting in College internal and external quality assurance and accreditation processes.
• Actively supervising and mentoring students undertaking complex WIL, Honours and/or Research Higher Degree students.
• Leading, supervising and participating in high performing multi-disciplinary teams with an education and/or research focus and contributing to the development of a respectful, trusting and collaborative working environment.
• Building and maintaining strategic relationships and networks with a range of stakeholders including industry and professional associations and organisations, with an increasing national and/or international focus.
• Contributing at a leadership level to the integration and management of aspects of the academic and administrative life of the College.
• Some out of hours work (including weekends) as well as rural SA, interstate and overseas travel, may be required.
• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the position as assigned by the Supervisor and/or the University.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

The Associate Professor (Advanced Manufacturing and Design) is accountable for:

• Providing sustained leadership in teaching programs, primarily within Engineering.
• Making an outstanding high quality personal contribution to research and community service through original and innovative contributions, obtaining competitive research grants from outside the University and sustained publications within high quality publications.
• Playing a significant leadership role in the College/University and make a significant contribution to leadership at the national and/or international level within Engineering.
• Provide leadership in inspiring and innovative teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience.
• Undertake active leadership in ethical, high quality and innovative research through activities such as scholarship, quality publication, external grant acquisition, mentoring and developing early career researchers, supervision of students undertaking complex WIL, Honours and/or Research Higher Degrees and deliver high quality presentations that aligns with the College areas of research strength and focus.
• Provide leadership in College internal and external quality assurance and accreditation processes.
• Leading, supervising and participate in high performing multi-disciplinary teams with an education and research focus and contribute to the development of a respectful, trusting and collaborative working environment.
• Developing, establishing, and maintaining strategic relationships and networks with a range of stakeholders including industry and professional associations and organisations, nationally and/or internationally.
• Providing leadership to the integration and management of aspects of the academic and administrative life of the College.
• Some out of hours work (including weekends) as well as rural SA, interstate and overseas travel, may be required.
• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the position as assigned by the Supervisor and/or the University.

Key Position Capabilities

SENIOR LECTURER

• Completion of a PhD, or an equivalent qualification in a field of Engineering or relevant discipline.
• Significant track record and demonstrated evidence of successful relevant teaching experience at tertiary level, including responsibility for topic coordination, course coordination and curriculum design.
• Demonstrated experience and successful track record in supervision of honours and higher degree students to successful completion.
• Demonstrated evidence of a strong research track record (for career stage) in an area aligned with research strengths in Engineering, including evidence of high-quality publications and attraction of external competitive grants. 
• Demonstrated understanding of the nexus between teaching and learning, research and scholarship.
• Demonstrated experience providing leadership in the area of curriculum reviews and internal and external accreditation activities.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills, including the demonstrated ability to establish effective relationships with staff, students and industry nationally and/or internationally.
• Demonstrated experience and innovation using e-learning platforms for teaching purposes.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR​

• Completion of a PhD, or an equivalent qualification in a field of Engineering or relevant discipline.
• Significant track record and demonstrated evidence of successful relevant teaching experience at tertiary level, including responsibility for topic coordination, course coordination and curriculum design.
• Demonstrated experience and successful track record in supervision of honours and higher degree students to successful completion.
• Demonstrated evidence of a strong research track record (for career stage) in an area aligned with research strengths in Engineering, including evidence of high-quality publications and attraction of external competitive grants. 
• Demonstrated understanding of the nexus between teaching and learning, research and scholarship.
• Demonstrated experience providing leadership in the area of curriculum reviews and internal and external accreditation activities.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills, including the demonstrated ability to establish effective relationships with staff, students and industry nationally and/or internationally.
• Demonstrated experience and innovation using e-learning platforms for teaching purposes.

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

Flinders University has introduced a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy that requires all new staff members to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, subject to medical exemptions and limited exemptions.

How to Apply

Please review the Key Position Capabilities above and submit a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages addressing the criteria. Applications without a Suitability Statement may not be considered. For more information, please see our How To Apply page.

For more information regarding this position, please contact Professor John Roddick.

Information for Applicants:

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

We are seeking to increase the diversity to improve equal opportunity outcomes for employees, and therefore we encourage female applicants, people with a disability and/or from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders descent to apply.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications Close 11:59 pm:

18 Sep 2022