Academic Lead, Indigenous

POSITION: Academic Lead, Indigenous

ORGANISATION UNIT: Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous)

LOCATION: Canberra, Australia | Blacktown, Australia | North Sydney, Australia | Strathfield, Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Ballarat, Australia | Melbourne, Australia

TENURE: Part-time, 17.5 hours per week (.5 FTE) continuing role, based at any ACU campus with hybrid flexibility

CLOSING: 20-OCT-2024 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

SYNOPSIS: Provide academic leadership and oversight to activities and projects both led and supported by the Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous)

About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

About the role:

As the Academic Lead (Indigenous), you'll provide academic and research leadership to the Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) as it relates to ACU Indigenous higher education agenda. The OPVC (Indigenous) is comprised of both academic and professional staff members located across the First Peoples Directorate and Indigenous Higher Education Units across ACU's Campus footprint. Providing academic leadership and oversight to activities and projects both led and supported by OPVC (Indigenous), you'll play a key role in determining and setting the strategic approach for ACU's Indigenous higher education agenda and developing the strategic approach and implementation plans.

For full position details, refer to the position description.

Contact:

General enquiries can be sent to Kelly Humphrey, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at: Kelly.Humphrey@acu.edu.au

What we offer:

• Total remuneration valued to $168,595 - $183,037(pro rata) pa, including salary component $142,625 - $154,969 (pro rata) pa (Academic Level C), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading. A 3% salary increase will be effective from the beginning of the first full pay period commencing on or after 1st January 2025.
• 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
• Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
• As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging.

Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.

How to Apply:

1. Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process.
2. Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:
• resume (maximum 5 pages).
• responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
• brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship.

ACU considers that being Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement for this position under s 42 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT)/ s 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW), s 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld)/ sub-s 56(2) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA)/ sub-s 26(3) or s 28 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

Acting in truth, ACU is dedicated to the dignity of the human person through equitable and respectful opportunities for everyone. ACU can offer support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process.

Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.

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