• Based at our Geelong, Waterfront Campus or Melbourne, Burwood Campus
• Continuing and Part-time, 0.9 FTE (4.5 days per week)
• Level B $104,619 - $123,739 / Level C $127,561 - $146,683 + 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 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. 

This position sits within the School of Health and Social Development’s discipline of Disability and Inclusion. The position contributes to the discipline’s teaching and research program at under- and post-graduate levels and represents the university and discipline at local, State, national and international levels.

• Disability and Inclusion research profile: https://iht.deakin.edu.au/determinants-of-health/stream/disability-and-inclusion/
• Disability and Inclusion teaching and learning site: https://www.deakin.edu.au/study/find-a-course/health-sciences-and-allied-health/disability-and-inclusion#tab__1--2

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining deep discipline knowledge on disability and inclusion
• Leading teaching teams to develop effective unit curricula and learning resources
• Delivering learner-centric, research-informed teaching practices across different levels / modes of delivery
• Integrating industry, clinical and/or research practice to teaching
• Leading unit teaching teams and working collaboratively with other unit teaching teams in the Faculty
• Providing clear and effective unit level assessment criteria, tasks and rubrics and giving timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes
• Supporting diverse learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit material and practices
• Designing collaborative learning opportunities at the unit level
• Building national reputation, based on growing, focused body of work recognised for quality, excellence and impact
• Initiating, designing, conducting and may lead intra- and inter-disciplinary research collaborations, to enable major breakthroughs in knowledge and understanding and solutions to complex problems
• Supervising HDR students with timely completions and production of high quality outcomes
• Providing effective mentoring to HDR students to support professional and career development and employability
• Adopting and promoting a culture of research excellence, innovation and impact

Key selection criteria for this role:

Level B

• PhD in a relevant discipline
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design
• Emerging reputation in research and scholarship through publications and/or exhibitions and/or success in obtaining external research funding
• Ability to make a contribution to community engagement for research and teaching
• Capacity to contribute to leadership of teaching, research and/or administration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues
• Knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and contemporary issues
• Thorough understanding of policies relevant to people with disabilities (e.g., NDIS)
• Thorough understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability

Level C

• PhD in a relevant discipline
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design and research supervision
• Nationally recognised research reputation underpinned by publications in quality journals and/or exhibitions and/or success in obtaining external research grants
• Positive engagement with research, community, industry and government to enhance the national standing of the discipline of Disability and Inclusion
• Demonstrated capacity and passion for leadership of teaching, research and/or administration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues
• Knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and contemporary issues
• Thorough understanding of policies relevant to people with disabilities (e.g., NDIS)
• Thorough understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability  

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

 PD - Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion - 536278.pdf

 PD - Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion - 536278.pdf

Applications for this position close on 3 April 2023.

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.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Working with Children Check (refer to Recruitment Procedure)

Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the corresponding Level B or Level C Key Selection Criteria within the position description.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Angela Dew, Professor, Disability and Inclusion, on angela.dew@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.