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Casual Academics (Faculty of Arts and Education) Job at Deakin University [1]

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Date: 2022-12 

Posted 20 December, 2022

Casual academics providing cross-disciplinary teaching and a range of other academic activities during 2023 and 2024.

Employment Type: Casual

Location: Flexible

Salary rate: Casual Academic Rates Apply

The role:

We are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from highly motivated sessional staff to teach into our newly-developed sequence of Employability units, which will be embedded into the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Communication and Creative Arts course suites at Deakin from 2023. Designed to enhance student and graduate employability and ready students for their post-study futures, the units offer scaffolded career development learning and skills-building, as well as work integrated learning experiences, for students from across the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Communication and Creative Arts.

To be successful you'll have:

Relevant degree

Understanding of relevant subject content and skills demonstrated by academic achievement and/or professional experience

Excellent teaching skills and commitment to providing timely and constructive feedback on student assignments or capacity to develop teaching skills

Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others

Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with students and staff

AQF Level Guide:

To teach units in:

A Bachelor degree you must have an Honours degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or above (or equivalent experience)

An Honours degree, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma you must have a Masters degree or above (or equivalent experience)

A Masters degree, you must have a Doctoral degree (or equivalent experience)



Your key responsibilities will be to:

Make an important contribution to the Employability unit(s) for which you are engaged

Prepare and conduct seminars, consult with students, undertake assessment, engage with industry and community, and attend meetings as required by the Unit Chair

To apply for this position, please upload a Resume, Cover letter (1 page) and Extra Information (no more than 1 page).

For the 'extra information' page, please address the following points succinctly:

Applications for this position close on 22 January 2023.

This role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working With Children Check (refer to Deakin’s Recruitment Procedure for further details).

For any queries regarding this advertisement, please contact [email protected]

About us:

Deakin Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are agile and innovative and committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education and research and contributions to the broader community. Our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff. We offer a dynamic, diverse and inclusive working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, stay at Deakin, and contribute to our ongoing success. As one of Australia’s largest universities, Deakin has strong global linkages, world-class research and an education portfolio that blends the best of campus and digital delivery into a highly supportive and personalised student experience. We offer outstanding education founded on the experience we create for our learners and guided by graduate outcomes for successful lives and careers. In addition, we undertake globally significant discovery research that benefits our communities through the innovative translation of our ideas into new services, products, policies and capabilities. At Deakin, we value diversity, embrace difference and nurture an inclusive, safe and respectful community. Deakin is an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, a SAGE Athena SWAN Bronze Award holder seeking gender equity for women in STEMM, and a Silver Award holder in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people of all cultures, abilities, sexualities and genders.

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