Lecturer - Communication and Journalism

• Employment Type: Permanent FullTime (35 hour p/week)
• Salary: $123620 $% super leave loading
• Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working)

About UNSW:
UNSW isnt like other places youve worked. Yes were a large organisation with a diverse and talented community a community doing extraordinary things. Together we are driven to be thoughtful practical and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive be challenged and do meaningful work youre in the right place.

Why Your Role Matters:
A Lecturer (Level B) is expected to carry out activities to develop their scholarly research and professional activities both nationally and internationally and to contribute significantly to achieving the teaching and service missions of the School and Faculty. The position will be expected to conduct and produce highlevel research in a relevant field of journalism and communication demonstrating a successful track record of grants and publications. The role will contribute to teaching relevant media courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervise Honours and higher degree research students.

The role will collaborate closely with other media academic and professional staff to further develop media course offerings and work with the editor of the UNSW student journalism publication Newsworthy.

The role of Lecturer reports to Head of School and has no direct reports.

Responsibilities Summary:

• Demonstrate and continuously develop a welldefined teaching philosophy that inspires student learning.
• Conduct classes assess student learning achievements and support students in postgraduate and undergraduate courses in line with UNSW policy.
• Design and develop learning activities and resources and provide assessment and feedback using a range of suitable approaches and learning environments.
• Initiate the development of experimental approaches to teaching and learning with the support of more senior academics.
• Support learning progression with students as individuals (through such activities as onetoone consultation) and as a cohort (through general course related advice) to achieve positive learning and employability outcomes for students.
• Manage course administration as Course Authority including academic quality assurance.
• Maintain professional development in pedagogy disciplinary knowledge and minimum professional accreditation requirements (where relevant).
• Create scholarly impact which is recognised by peers in the advancement of disciplinary knowledge.
• Conduct research/scholarly activities under limited supervision either independently or as a member of a team (as per the norms of the discipline) and design research projects.
• Contribute to the development of applications for competitive funding under the guidance of senior colleagues including participating as coinvestigator or chief investigator in competitive grant applications.

For more information regarding the responsibilities for this role please refer to the Position Description at

Skills and Experience Summary:

• A PhD in a related discipline and/or relevant work experience.
• Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
• Demonstrated experience in teaching and learning design development and delivery at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Demonstrated a strong national and international profile along with specialised expertise in one or more of the following areas: data and interactive journalism multiplatform journalism artificial intelligence in journalism and the future of social media and journalism.
• Demonstrated industry practice and experience are essential; skills and knowledge across practice research and theory.
• Demonstrated experience and/or the ability to teach large introductory courses in journalism and communication or related fields.
• Experience using and/or designing with educational technologies and online delivery methods.
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness and passion for educational excellence (e.g. relevant discipline based curriculum design and development at a variety of levels and scales).
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry or experience of workintegrated learning (desirable).
• Evidence of ability to support and inspire students from diverse backgrounds and support student equity diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Demonstrated track record in research with outcomes of high quality and high impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to continually achieve research excellence as well as the capacity for research leadership.
• A track record of significant involvement with the profession and/or industry

Benefits and Culture:People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:

• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail education fitness)

How to Apply:Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your CV along with a cover letter addressing your interest and suitability for the position in relation to the selection criteria (found under the skills and experience section of the PD) via the application portal before 13th of Juneat 11:30pm.

A copy of the Position Description can be found on

Get in Touch:For queries regarding the recruitment process contact Lucy Gerondis Talent Acquisition Consultant UNSW:
(Applications sent via email will not be accepted please apply via the application portal).

Please note: LinkedIn often displays the location of UNSWs jobs according to your profile preferences however this position is based at UNSWs Kensington campus and requires regular onsite attendance on a weekly basis.

UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender sexual orientation cultural and linguistic backgrounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.