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Closing: 23-Jun-2024
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Job Summary
Dates
- Posted 10 Days Ago
Responsibilities
- The role is primarily responsible for preparing, delivering, facilitating, and assessing subjects and to ensure students are provided with the best opportunity to attain learning outcomes and satisfactorily complete their assessment tasks.
- An Associate Professor at Torrens is expected to make outstanding contributions to the University through teaching, research, scholarship, external engagement and academic leadership.
- An Associate Professor has the responsibility to provide disciplinary leadership through scholarship, curriculum development, academic development, and the facilitation of excellent teaching and learning practice and development.
- They can be called upon to stimulate and provide strategic advice on critical issues and areas of decision making to lead, drive and support change for our institution’s future and the future of the communities we serve.
- They shall respect and advocate for their responsibilities as they work individually and collectively to develop a positive and constructive institutional professorial culture through engagement and exposure to awareness and reflection opportunities.
- They will also work to inculcate a culture of excellence in teaching, research, and leadership.
- An Associate Professor is pivotal in contributing to the development of research and research output and in developing Early Career Researchers (ECR’s) and Mid-Career Researchers (MCR’s) to ensure and enable academic development.
- It is expected that the position must contribute to the institution through industry/professional engagement and mentoring or leading other Academic employees.
- Additional responsibilities may include leading specialist academic projects that contribute more broadly to developing an academic culture focused on excellence.
- Where required, it is expected from the position to be actively involved in the institutional processes relating to academic administration, management, and governance. At this stage, there is no leadership responsibility attached to the position (but there will likely be down the track).
Requirements
- A Phd along with a high-quality track record in research in HCI or human-centred computing
- Demonstrated knowledge of specific subject areas combined with a broad disciplinary background enabling contributions to teaching.
- A strong track record of high-quality teaching
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and commitment to continuous professional development
- Demonstrated ability to work competently and harmoniously with colleagues and students of all cultures and backgrounds
- Demonstration of mentoring junior academic staff
- Evidence of external research income either with industry, government bodies or through other competitive grants
- Understanding of academic governance and quality assurance at a subject and course level
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- Support for personal passions, development, and wellbeing
- Positive workplace environment that fosters a global, entrepreneurial mindset
- Belonging to a team of researchers making a difference to society
- Building on an academic culture connected to industry and community
- Opportunities to innovate across teaching and research
- Access to internal opportunities that promote professional growth