We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced associate lecturer/lecturer in the broad environmental/geotechnical/municipal engineering areas. The successful applicant is expected to teach students enrolled in the Faculty’s teaching programs, particularly in the civil engineering discipline, and to develop a research career. Women, Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
| Position Title: | Associate Lecturer/Lecturer in Civil Engineering |
| Vacancy Reference No: | 28400 |
| Closing Date: | 4 November 2008 |
| Department / Division: | School of Urban Development |
| Campus: | Gardens Point |
| Classification/Salary Range: | $47 921 to $65 025 pa (Level A) |
| Plus Superannuation: | 17% employer contribution |
| Status: | Ongoing |
| Contact Name and Title: | Dr Jonathan Bunker, Study Area Coordinator |
| HR Contact and Title: | Silke Morrison, Senior HR Advisor |
Open to: Australian and International applicants
INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS
Appointment will be made at either Associate Lecturer or Lecturer level depending on qualifications and experience. Applicants should nominate the level for which they are applying and address the selection criteria for the nominated level.
This position is part of the Early Career Academic Development Program at QUT. The appointees will participate in an extensive development program specifically designed for this cohort. The program which is conducted over one year aims to provide participants with a comprehensive suite of skills, knowledge and abilities to ensure success in an academic career. Each successful application will also receive a grant of up to $15 000 to assist with their scholarly development. For further information on the program and QUT please see
http://www.hrd.qut.edu.au/staff/development/academic/ecard.jsp
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
QUT defines an Early Career Academic as a person who has been in an academic role for less than three years.
The Faculty
The Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering aspires to make a positive difference to people’s lives by engineering, designing and developing a better world. We aspire to be world class in selected areas of research focus, based around exemplary partnerships, leading to outstanding teaching and learning outcomes and environments.
Our core disciplines are in Engineering, Design and Development. Our point of difference is our emphasis on sustainability, project management and integrated practice and we are developing strong partnerships in the areas of Aviation, Renewable Energy, Transport, Complex Urban Systems and Orthopaedics/Trauma.
We seek to be an inclusive, diverse and supportive organisation for staff and students.
The Faculty is an international leader in Built Environment and Engineering, active in six Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) in Integrated Engineering Asset Management, Construction Innovation, Interaction Design, Railway Technologies, Satellite Systems and Automotive Technologies. QUT is also one of four university partners collaborating with Shell as part of its Project Academy which develops and delivers world-class learning events in project engineering and management to Shell staff globally.
We welcome applicants with ambition and significant contributions to make in teaching and learning, research and links to industry, community and the professions.
For further information on the Faculty please visit the Faculty web site http://www.bee.qut.edu.au/
The School
The School of Urban Development currently has 55 full-time staff and contributes to teaching, research and consultancy in the professional disciplines of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Property Economics, Quantity Surveying, Surveying, Spatial Science and Urban and Regional Planning. The School’s academic focus is on the delivery of interdisciplinary research and scholarship in integrated infrastructure development and infrastructure project management and there are strong links with major projects, through partnerships with the Brisbane Airport Corporation, Queensland Transport, the CRC for Construction Innovation and the Shell Project Academy.
All appointees are expected to have grounding in one or more of the professional disciplines. Ability to contribute in one of the Faculty’s areas of emphasis will be well regarded. The successful candidate is likely to have experience in environmental engineering and/or geotechnical engineering within a civil engineering context.
DUTY STATEMENT – ASSOCIATE LECTURER
Position Purpose
An Associate Lecturer is expected to
- teach, particularly at undergraduate and graduate diploma level;
- be involved in the supervision/mentoring of students;
- have commenced development of, or have the capacity to develop, a research profile;
- carry out activities to develop relevant scholarly, research, application and/or professional expertise; and
- collaborate and participate in team work associated with faculty activities.
Organisational Relationships
The position reports to the Head of School, and will liaise with academic and professional staff, and with students of the Faculty on a daily basis. The position is located within the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering at the Gardens Point campus.
General standard
An associate lecturer is expected to make contributions to the teaching effort of the University, particularly at undergraduate and graduate diploma level and to carry out activities to develop his/her scholarly, research, application and/or professional expertise relevant to the profession or discipline. The associate lecturer will be expected to collaborate and participate in team work associated with faculty activities.
Specific duties
Specific duties of an associate lecturer may include:
Academic leadership
- Limited administrative functions primarily connected with units in which the academic teaches.
- Development of subject area material with appropriate guidance from the unit, subject area or course coordinator.
- Acting as unit coordinator provided that skills and experience demonstrate this capacity.
- Attendance at school and/or faculty meetings and/or membership of a limited number of committees.
- The most complex levels of unit coordination should not be carried out by an associate lecturer.
Research and scholarship
- The conduct of research.
- Publication of research outcomes in appropriate journals.
- Preparation, in collaboration with more senior staff, of applications for research funding.
- Active participation in research mentoring programs and collaborative research teams.
- Demonstrated willingness to undertake higher degree study in an area that relates to the discipline.
- Participation in University and Faculty-based activities designed to increase research capabilities.
- Critically reflect on activities such as teaching and consultancy with the aim of developing research capacity through publications or conference presentations.
Teaching performance and leadership
- The conduct of tutorials, practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions, clinical sessions and/or studio sessions.
- The preparation and delivery of lectures and seminars provided that skills and experience demonstrate this capacity.
- Consultation with students.
- Marking and assessment primarily connected with units in which the academic teaches.
- Production of teaching materials for students for whom the academic has responsibility.
- An associate lecturer will not be required to teach primarily in units which are offered only at masters degree level or above.
Professional leadership
- Limited involvement in professional activity.
- Personal career development.
- An associate lecturer shall work with support and direction from academic staff classified at lecturer and above and with an increasing degree of autonomy as the academic gains in skill and experience.
External relations
- Be part of collaborative teams running short courses, commercial research projects or similar.
Health and safety
- Responsible for the health and safety of students, tutors, practical demonstrators and visitors under their control.
- Required to observe all safety procedures and protocols within their operating environment.
- Expected to willingly cooperate in the objectives of making the Faculty a safe and healthy workplace.
- Required to report any hazard or unsafe condition which they observe.
Equity and diversity
- Ensures staff and students work and study in an inclusive environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment.
SELECTION CRITERIA - ASSOCIATE LECTURER
Appointees must demonstrate an ability, or the potential, to undertake the duties prescribed for the position and must possess the necessary skills required for the position, or be able to acquire those skills within three years.
Subject to the preceding paragraph, to be appointed as an associate lecturer a candidate normally must meet the following selection criteria to the satisfaction of the selection panel and the authorising officer:
Qualifications
- Completion of four years tertiary study in the relevant discipline, for example an honours degree, an extended professional degree or a three year degree with an associated postgraduate diploma. In considering the suitability of applicants the selection panel shall have regard both to the level of qualifications and/or experience relevant for the appropriate discipline area and equivalent forms of accreditation or standing.
Academic and Professional Leadership
- Evidence of demonstrated ability to undertake the following to university standard:
- prepare and present materials for undergraduate and graduate diploma level tutorials and other small group teaching including assessment
- develop materials for lectures (including On-line teaching) which are presented as part of a unit or subject area with appropriate guidance from the unit, subject area or course coordinator;
- supervise and mentor students working on assessment projects.
- Evidence of regular participation in administrative functions within a university or other organisation.
- Evidence of regular participation in the affairs of relevant professional bodies and community groups and/or in professional practice and/or in development of continuing education programs for the profession.
- Demonstrated commitment to participation in career development activities that are agreed with the supervisor through QUT’s performance planning and review process.
Teaching and Learning
- Demonstrated experience in, or potential for, effective teaching including ability to develop innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
Research and Scholarship
- Potential to participate in or conduct research/scholarship in at least one of the areas of academic focus of the Faculty.
External relations
- Potential to offer short courses or engage in other commercial activities, including participating in recruitment and relationship-building with external partners.
Health and safety
- Knowledge of workplace health and safety principles which will enable the appointee to implement these principles at an appropriate level.
Equity and diversity
- Knowledge of equity and diversity principles which will enable the appointee to implement equal employment opportunity, equity and diversity principles at an everyday, operational level.
Other skills and attributes
- Ideally less than three years experience in an academic role.
An applicant who does not meet one or more of the selection criteria, but who is considered by the selection panel to have the potential to do so within the period of normal probation (three years), or term of appointment may be appointed with the panel recommending participation in staff development during the probation period. In such cases the letter of offer of appointment shall state specific matters to which the staff development is to be directed.
DUTY STATEMENT - LECTURER
Position Purpose
A Lecturer is expected to
- teach;
- have commenced development of a research profile;
- carry out activities to maintain and develop relevant scholarly, research, application and/or professional expertise; and
- collaborate and participate in a significant way to team work associated with faculty activities.
Organisational Relationships
The position reports to the Head of School, and will liaise with academic and professional staff, and with students of the Faculty on a daily basis. The position is located within the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering at Gardens Point campus.
General standard
A lecturer is expected to make contributions to the teaching effort of the University and to carry out activities to maintain and develop his/her scholarly, research, application and/or professional activities relevant to the profession or discipline. A lecturer will be expected to collaborate and participate in a significant manner in teamwork associated with the faculty activities.
Specific duties
Specific duties of a lecturer may include:
Academic leadership
- Initiation and development of unit material.
- Acting as unit or subject area coordinator.
- Development of course material with appropriate advice from and support of more senior academic staff.
- A range of administrative functions, the majority of which are connected with the units or subject areas in which the academic teaches.
- Attendance at school and/or faculty meetings and/or membership of a number of committees.
Research and scholarship
- The conduct of research including undertaking research activities and/or participating in collaborative research activities in areas that relate to the Faculty’s academic focus.
- Critically reflect on activities such as teaching and consultancy with the aim of developing research capacity through publications or conference presentations.
- Publication of research outcomes in appropriate journals.
- Preparation, in collaboration with more senior staff, of applications for research funding.
- Active participation in research mentoring and collaborative research teams.
- Participate in University and Faculty based activities designed to increase research capabilities.
- Undertake associate postgraduate supervision as required in the area of expertise.
Teaching performance and leadership
- The conduct of tutorials, practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions, clinical sessions and studio sessions.
- The preparation and delivery of lectures and seminars.
- Supervision of the program of study of honours students or of postgraduate students engaged in course work.
- Marking and assessment.
- Consultation with students.
- Production of teaching materials for students for whom the academic has responsibility.
Professional leadership
- Involvement in professional activity.
- Personal career development.
External relations
- Be part of collaborative teams running short courses, commercial research projects or similar.
Health and safety
- Responsible for the health and safety of students, tutors, practical demonstrators and visitors under their control.
- Required to observe all safety procedures and protocols within their operating environment.
- Expected to willingly cooperate in the objectives of making the Faculty a safe and healthy workplace.
- Required to report any hazard or unsafe condition which they observe.
Equity and diversity
- Ensures staff and students work and study in an inclusive environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment.
SELECTION CRITERIA - LECTURER
Appointees must demonstrate an ability, or the potential, to undertake the duties prescribed for the position and must possess the necessary skills required for the position.
Subject to the preceeding paragraph, to be appointed as a lecturer a candidate must meet the following selection criteria to the satisfaction of the selection panel and the authorising officer:
Qualifications
- Completion of a doctoral or masters qualification in the relevant disciplinary area or equivalent accreditation or standing.
- In determining experience relative to qualifications, regard is had to teaching experience in research, experience outside tertiary education, creative achievement, professional contributions and/or technical achievement.
Academic and Professional Leadership
- Record of, or capacity to, contribute to administration in a University or professional setting and to interact within these settings.
- Demonstrated commitment to participation in career development activities that are agreed with the supervisor through QUT’s performance planning and review process.
Teaching and Learning
- Demonstrated experience in, or potential for, effective teaching including ability to develop scholarly and innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
- Research and Scholarship
- Demonstrated potential/experience in research/scholarship which may be evidenced by publications and/or success in attracting research support.
- Ability or demonstrated potential to participate in research in at least one of the areas of academic focus of the faculty.
External relations
- Demonstrated potential/experience in offering short courses or engaging in other partnering activities for instance participating in recruitment and relationship-building with external partners.
Health and safety
- Knowledge of workplace health and safety principles which will enable the appointee to implement these principles at an appropriate level.
Equity and diversity
- Knowledge of equity and diversity principles which will enable the appointee to implement equal employment opportunity, equity and diversity principles at an everyday, operational level.
Other skills and attributes
- Ideally less than three years experience in an academic role.
An applicant who does not meet one or more of the selection criteria, but who is considered by the selection panel to have the potential to do so within the period of normal probation (three years), or term of appointment may be appointed with the panel recommending participation in staff development during the probation period. In such cases the letter of offer of appointment shall state specific matters to which the staff development is to be directed.
Equivalent standing can be demonstrated by comparison of attainment in areas relevant to academic employment with the standard attained in a masters or doctoral degree in the relevant discipline area.
HOW TO APPLY
Please provide:
- Application Cover Sheet (doc, 60kb or pdf, 17kb)
- Applicants are encouraged to systematically address the selection criteria.
- Your current resume – including academic qualifications and the names and contact details of professional referees and the period of notice you would need to give your current employer if offered the position.
- Applicants should include copies of teaching evaluations (if applicable) and list up to three of their best publications.
Forward your application to jobapplications@qut.edu.au quoting vacancy ref no. 28400 by 4 November 2008.
Prior to submitting your application please review information regarding immigration requirements, workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity, non-smoking policy and relocation available at
http://www.hrd.qut.edu.au/jobs/information.jsp.
After the closing date, you can check the status of the recruitment process. QUT is an equal opportunity employer and employer of choice for women.