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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Sports Management

Flinders University
Bedford Park - Kaurna Country
Sports ManagementTeachingResearchHigher EducationAcademic Leadership
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Expired

Dates

  • Opening date: not available
  • Closing date: 28-06-2024

Responsibilities

  • Creating, coordinating and conducting inspiring teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience, with a focus on Sports Management subjects, across all levels and modes of the College.
  • Providing educational leadership and dissemination of best practice, ensuring awareness and utilisation of contemporary education principles.
  • Provide leadership in coordination and development of the curricula as well as willing to lead international activities including student mobility programs, internationalisation of curricula and ensuring the relevance of curricula to international students.
  • Undertake activities that promote the development of productive partnerships to provide opportunities for students and promote graduate employability.
  • Making a significant contribution to ethical, high quality and innovative research through activities such as scholarship, quality publication, external grant acquisition, mentoring and developing early career researchers and presentation that aligns with the College areas of research strength and focus.
  • Undertaking a lead role in inspiring and innovative teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience, such as e learning platforms.
  • Leading, supervising and participating in high performing multi-disciplinary teams with an education and/or research focus and contributing to the development of a respectful and collaborative working environment.
  • Building and maintaining strategic relationships and networks with a range of stakeholders including industry and professional associations and organisations, with an increasing national and/or international focus.
  • Making a significant contribution to leadership and managerial activities of the College and/or University and be recognised for their contribution to the profession at the local, national and international level.
  • Playing a lead role in the review, renewal, development and design of curricula and courses that are attractive to existing and new cohorts of students and that nurture creativity and critical-thinking skills.
  • Making effective use of innovations and technologies in teaching practice.
  • Lead activities that promote the development of productive partnerships to provide opportunities for students and promote graduate employability.
  • Providing leadership in strengthening existing partnerships or exploring new partnerships with external stakeholders that have potential for providing improved teaching, learning and/or research outcomes for the University.
  • Making an outstanding high quality personal contribution to research and community service through original and innovative contributions, obtaining competitive research grants from outside the University and sustained publications within high quality publications.
  • Undertaking active leadership in ethical, high quality and innovative research through activities such as scholarship, quality publication, external grant acquisition, mentoring and developing early career researchers, supervision of students undertaking complex WIL, Honours and/or Research Higher Degrees and deliver high quality presentations that aligns with the College areas of research strength and focus.
  • Developing, establishing and maintaining strategic relationships and networks with a range of stakeholders including industry and professional associations and organisations, nationally and/or internationally.
  • Providing leadership to the integration and management of aspects of the academic and administrative life of the College.

Requirements

  • Completion of a PhD or equivalent qualification in Sports Management or related areas.
  • Refer to the Key Position Capabilities referring to the minimum requirements to perform the role, in the attached position descriptions.

Benefits

  • 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Wide range of professional development activities and services
  • We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
  • Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Notes

  • Continuing| Full-Time
  • Academic Level C/D
  • Job requisition id: JR0000010736
  • Location: Bedford Park - Kaurna Country
  • Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy.
  • A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
  • You may be required to provide evidence that you are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, in line with the Flinders University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy.
  • Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm: 28 June 2024.