Lecturer, Popular Culture and Music Industry

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
November 21, 2024
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Offerd Salary:$110,868 - $131,659
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Contract Type:Fixed Term position
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Overview:
  • Full-time, Fixed Term position until December 2025
  • Salary Academic Level B ($110,868 - $131,659) + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
  • Based at the Melbourne CBD campus.
  • About the Role

    The Lecturer is expected to contribute to the teaching and research efforts of the School, in the areas of Popular Culture and/or Music Industry. More specifically, you will be responsible for carrying out teaching activities within undergraduate, honours and postgraduate levels, and for maintaining and advancing your scholarly, research and/or professional capabilities.

    You will also be expected to actively promote the program by establishing and maintaining memberships, links and partnerships with academic, industry and professional communities. You will work collaboratively and collegially with fellow academics within the teaching team, and update colleagues and students on developments in their subject area or specialisation.

    To be successful in this position, you will have:

  • Demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver courses at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, including online delivery, and the ability to produce high quality curriculum or program materials.
  • Ability to undertake course coordination roles.
  • Demonstrated capacity to work effectively, and to negotiate sensitively, with students, especially on issues related to effective learning.
  • Emerging track record of quality research outputs which will contribute to existing Discipline and School research areas, evidenced by publications.
  • Desirable attributes:

  • Ability to supervise higher degree by research candidates.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop new research initiatives.
  • Success in competitive research funding.
  • Demonstrated links within industries related to Popular Culture and/or Music
  • Please view position description for further selection criteria

    Qualifications

    Mandatory: PhD in a relevant field

    Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

    About the School

    The School of Media and Communication pushes the boundaries of digital knowledge creation and future-focused practice. The School has a deep engagement with industry and the community that allows research and teaching to respond creatively and innovatively to global conditions.

    In the most recent QS Rankings by Subject, RMIT was ranked 45th in the world for Communications and Media Studies.

    The School is home to a vibrant community of practitioners, theorists and thinkers in communication, creative writing and publishing, screen, culture, digital ethnography, new media, journalism, public relations, advertising and music industry. The School has a strong international focus set to drive careers to succeed in the global context with programs and courses offered in Melbourne, Vietnam and Singapore.

    The School embraces agility and flexibility to drive a field that is always evolving with emerging specialisations and new roles in an increasingly changing world. Extending the reach for excellence, teaching spaces have been adapted to meet world-class standards.

    For more information, visit www. rmit.edu.au/about/our-education/academic- schools/media-and-communication

    To Apply

    Please submit your 1) CV, 2) covering letter, and 3) a separate document addressing the Key Selection Criteria for this position by clicking on the ‘ ' link at the top of this page.

    For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Jessica Bernardo (Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor) via email [email protected].

    Position Description – Lecturer, Popular Culture and/or Music Industry

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    Applications Close:

    21 Nov 2024 11.59 pm

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