Lecturer, Social Work

• Based at our Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
• Full-time and fixed term for 12 months within NIKERI
• Level B $117684 - $% Superannuation (pro rata part time)
• Applications are currently being accepted exclusively from our current and former sessional academic cohorts at Deakin. Applicants must have been engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin within two years of the advertising date to be eligible to apply. Applications that do not meet this criteria will not be considered at this time.

Who are we

Deakin campuses sit on Wadawurrung Wurundjeri and Eastern Maar Countries and the University acknowledges values and deeply respects its connection with the Traditional Custodians and Elders past and present of these lands and waterways. Deakin is the most popular university destination in Victoria for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and has a rich history of supporting the ambitions of First Nations students including through the NIKERI Institute (formerly the Institute of Koorie Education). Now celebrating its 40^th year the NIKERI Institute facilitates Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students participation in higher education through culturally appropriate community-based programs. This role will specifically be working with the NIKERI Institute

About the role:

The Lecturer Social Work will lead unit teaching teams in UG and/or PG programs to deliver unit learning outcomes and continuously improve the student learning experience and outcomes. The position will initiate design and conduct productive high-quality research scholarship and creative activities generating high impact outputs in their discipline area. The Lecturer may lead and research activities and is expected to engage collaboratively to develop novel research outcomes.

As a Lecturer Social Work you will:

• Lead unit teaching teams and work collaboratively with other unit teaching teams in the course to deliver effective unit curricula and learning resources
• Assist in applying industry clinical and/or research practice into student learning experiences success engagement and resources
• Design collaborative learning opportunities at the unit level. Support diverse learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit material and practices
• Support and may lead applications for research and creative activities including applications for external competitive funding external funding for commercialization and translation activities and other funding demonstrating sustained efforts
• Initiate design conduct and may lead intra and inter-disciplinary research collaborations to enable major breakthroughs in knowledge and understanding and solutions to complex problems

To be successful youll have:

• Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; and who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• PhD in a relevant discipline and/or other relevant qualifications and experience
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs including innovative curriculum design
• Emerging reputation in research and scholarship through publications and/or exhibitions and/or success in obtaining external research funding
• Ability to contribute to communities through research
• Capacity to contribute to leadership of research and administration

Heres how to apply:

To be eligible to apply you must currently be a sessional academic at Deakin or have been previously engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin within the last two years of the advertising date. To find out if you are eligible to apply please contact People Connect onor

Please submit your updated resume a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role please contact Cassandra Seery (Associate Director Teaching & Learning Community Based Delivery) at

For a copy of the position description please see below:

PD - Lecturer Social Work (584052).pdf

Applications for this position close on Friday 8th of May

Are You Ready

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile dynamic and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people of all abilities cultures sexual orientation and genders.

Pre-employment safety and suitability checks: In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Genderbased Violence or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Genderbased Violence during the course of their previous employment or otherwise in a legal process. A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced genderbased violence. A Yes response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the Universitys safety obligations.

In line with special measure provisions in Section 12 of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act (2010) the University will only be accepting applications for this position from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.