Senior Lecturer in Flute

Role type:Full Time; Continuing
Faculty:Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Department/ School:Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Salary:Level C:AUD$152695 - $176065 p.a. plus 17% super

• Outstanding performer-educator shaping professional musicians while drivingcutting-edgemusic research.

• Apply now to join a world-class conservatorium and elevate your career in flute performance and education.

• Investing inyou -benefits package including salary packaging health and wellbeing programs discounted services and professional development opportunities.

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Your next career opportunity
As a Senior Lecturer in Flute at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music youll have the opportunity to inspire and train future professional musicians whilst maintaining your own distinguished performance career.Youllcontribute significantly to teaching research and leadership within the woodwind area shaping curriculum and fostering innovation in music education. This role offers you the chance to make a lasting impact on the next generation of flautists whilst advancing your own artistic practice and research.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver Exceptional Music Education: Provide individual lessons performance classes and ensemble coaching across all levels of study whilst coordinating subjects and recruiting high-quality students.

• Advance Performance-Based Research: Contribute to the field through concerts recordings and publications whilst supervisinghonoursand postgraduate research students.

• Engage with the Music Community:Participatein Conservatorium events foster industry partnerships and contribute to professionalorganisationsin woodwind performance.

• Provide Leadership and Service: Contribute to program planning curriculum development and committee work within the Conservatorium and wider University.

You may be a great fit if:
You are an outstanding flautist with a distinguished performance career and significant tertiary teaching experiencepossessingthe ability to inspire students and contribute innovatively to music education and research.

Youwillalso:

• Have an exceptional professional performance profile with leading roles in solo chamber and orchestral contexts.

• Possess significant tertiary teaching experience preferably in a continuing role at Level B equivalent or higher.

• Demonstrate a substantial record of creative achievements including performances and recordings.

• Haveexperience in curriculum development and the ability to attract high-quality students to various music programs.

• Show a commitment to practice-led research and the ability to supervise graduate researchers.

• Possess strongorganisationaland collaborative skills to contribute to excellence in all aspects of the Conservatoriums programs.

For furtherinformationplease refer to the attached PD.

What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment including:

• Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being

• Progressive considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance

• Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance

• Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program

For more information check out our benefits page!

Your new team Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Melbourne Conservatorium of Musicis Australias most vibrant and prestigious music institution. Our thriving community of students teachersacademicsand researchers reflects the many dimensions of musical creativity and experience. Together we work to sustain the vitality of music in society and to shape the future of music in Australia and across the globe. The Conservatorium provides training in a comprehensive range of musical disciplines including Music Performance Composition Jazz and Improvisation Interactive Composition Early Music Musicology Ethnomusicology Music Therapy Music Psychology and Performance Science and New Music.

Our internationallyrecognisedteachers are committed to challenging and inspiring our students to create their own unique paths in music. To complement the knowledge and performanceexpertiseonstaff at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music our students alsobenefitfrom visiting performers and academics from around the world.

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TheUniversity of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safeorganisation. We believe the diversity of our community enriches us all and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued respected and empowered to succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds identities and experiences.Discover more about Diversity and Inclusion at UniMelb.

Werecommitted to a barrier-free recruitment process and ongoing workplace support providing reasonable adjustmentsthroughout. We warmly encourage applications from people with disabilities. Forassistance please contact Kim Groizard onor at(subject: Recruitment Adjustments). Contact details for other enquiriesare locatedat the bottom of this page.

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Please note: Visa sponsorship is available.

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Join Us and unlock your career potential!
If this role is right for you please apply with the following documents:

• Resume

• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience

• The responses against thefollowingsevenSelection Criteria^

1. A distinguished national and/or internationaltrack recordcommensuratewith career stage of significant professional performances and recordings in a variety of repertoires and professional performingorganisationsand/or settings including orchestras and chamber music.

2. Demonstrated high-levelexpertisein a range of woodwind repertoires and national styles of concert music from the 18th through 21st centuries.Expertisein core repertoires is andexpertisein performing and commissioningnew musicin a variety of contemporary idioms is desirable.

3. Dedication to the representation of diversity in concert programming and evidence of creative and considered approaches to repertoireselection concert curation and public communication through artistic practice.

4. Substantial experience and evidence of excellence in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate woodwind students.

5. Demonstrated capacity to recruit outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate woodwind students.

6. Evidence of ability to teach into other performance-based subjects within the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula and to interact with complementary fields in the Conservatorium.

7. Evidence of ability to develop a distinctive program of performance-based creativeresearch anddeliver a variety of high-quality creative research outputs.

Learn more about the application process including tips and FAQs.

For recruitment queries email Rehan Wadiwala. Include the Position Number and Job Title in the subject line. Please do not send applications to this email address.

For job-specific queries refer to the contact details in the Position Description.

Applications close:19 February 2026 at11:55 PM; Melbourne time zone.

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