Assistant Lecturer in Palaeoclimates and Environmental Earth Sciences

Assistant Lecturer in Palaeoclimates and Environmental Earth Sciences

Job No.: 692623

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 4-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration:$86195 - $116981 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

The Opportunity

The School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment is seeking an Assistant Lecturer to teach and conduct research under the ARC Future Fellowship project Aridification of the Australian dryland margins for Associate Professor Kathryn Fitzsimmons Quaternary Science Group which has a focus on drylands and palaeoenvironmental change.

The Assistant Lecturer will teach undergraduate level courses on the following topics:

• palaeoclimates

• environmental earth science including sediments and interactions on the Earth surface and

• introduction to Quaternary science including both the global and Australian context.

The Assistant Lecturer will also conduct collaborative research within the Monash Quaternary Science Group with the opportunity to co-mentor research students and conduct their own independent research. Research interests include the reconstruction of palaeoenvironments and hydroclimate in drylands and on dryland margins with opportunities to focus on lakes and lake shorelines aeolian systems fluvial systems and the interactions between different landscape components.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience with field work preferably in regional or remote regions

• Demonstrated experience with sedimentological and/or geochronological techniques

• Experience with community engagement

• Experience in delivering university education at an excellent standard

The successful candidate will be mentored and assisted with their teaching (with training opportunities) and with their research activities including publishing and applications for competitive research funding.

Quaternary sciences sedimentology GIS and/or geochronology expertise would be highly valued. If you would like to join a team where your specialist knowledge directly advances cuttingedge science then apply today!

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To Apply

For instructions on how to apply please refer to How to apply for Monash Jobs. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people culturally and linguistically diverse people people with disabilities neurodivergent people and people of all genders sexualities and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments please contact us at in an email titled Reasonable Adjustments Request for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Kathryn Fitzsimmons Associate Professor of Physical Geography

Position Description:Assistant Lecturer

Applications Close: Thursday 7 May 2026 11:55pm AEST

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