• Based at our Geelong, Waurn Ponds Campus
• Full-time, Continuing position
• Level D $153,058 - $168,353 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Cloud Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities. 

The Associate Professor will provide outstanding leadership in research, teaching, and engagement in mathematical modelling with a particular focus on energy networks and new energy technologies. The role requires understanding of the AEMO 2022 Integrated System Plan and the capability to use data and modelling to understand and solve problems in energy networks, to enable effective and efficient operation of distributed energy resources within energy networks.

The appointee will advance the data science, mathematical and network modelling disciplines with an energy focus within the school and academic and professional communities, including within state and federal energy agencies in Australia and internationally. The appointee will contribute to leadership of the school’s teaching, research, and industry engagement program development and service at national and international levels.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Integrating industry and research practice to inform unit and course design across the discipline within the University
• Continually seeking to improve academic standards and making a distinguished contribution to teaching and educational innovation in the University
• Providing leadership in curriculum development, course design, and innovation in teaching, including the provision of feedback and more general mentoring, taking account of national and international developments
• Guiding and assisting less experienced colleagues to develop their teaching capacity and develop the careers of junior staff
• Leading teaching teams to develop courses and materials which influence teaching across discipline within the University, or across multiple disciplines in the area of data science, mathematical and network modelling as they form New Energy Technologies
• Facilitating inter/cross-disciplinary collaborations between internal and external stakeholders, focusing on the impact of New Energy Technologies across multiple domains, with particular focus on teaching infrastructure (facilities, systems, platforms, computing) to enable the delivery, outcomes and advancement of this discipline
• Leading and developing productive, high-quality research teams to undertake significant research programs, scholarship and creative activities generating high impact outputs
• Providing discipline leadership, fostering the research, scholarship and innovation of other individuals and groups within their School, Strategic Research Centre (SRC) or Institute
• Developing and leading academic or other collaborations that enable novel research or creative activities recognised nationally
• Ensuring impact of academic activity in the field and the community
• Leading teams and succeeding in funding opportunities for research and creative activities, demonstrating sustained successes

Qualifications and Experience for Selection to this role:

• PhD in a relevant discipline
• distinguished scholarly learning and teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including innovative curriculum design and supervision to doctoral level
• internationally recognised research reputation underpinned by publications in high quality journals, and exhibitions where relevant to the discipline
• success in obtaining, and timely completion o,f competitive external research grants and industry funded research
• successful engagement with research, community, industry and government to enhance the national and international standing of the discipline
• demonstrated success and passion for leadership of teaching, research and/or administration
• excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues

For a copy of the position description, please see below.

Applications for this position close on 16 October 2022.

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

Infrequent travel will be required and a Working with Children Check is a requirement for the successful candidate.

Please submit your resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact John Yearwood, Head of School, via john.yearwood@deakin.edu.au

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

We understand that our academic workforce is increasingly diverse, and we recognise academic careers may be placed on hold throughout many life circumstances. Achievement relative to opportunity places more emphasis on the quality, as opposed to the quantity of research outputs. In your application, we strongly encourage you to comment on your achievements relative to opportunity.