Senior Lecturer, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Job Description

Senior Lecturer, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Apply locations Melbourne time type Full time posted on Posted 18 Days Ago job requisition id JR35313 Overview: Full-time, Continuing position Salary Academic Level C ($135,814 -$156,608 p.a.) + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements Based at the Melbourne CBD campus Drive Research and Teaching Excellence in Decarbonisation, Clean Energy, and Waste Management About the Role The Senior Lecturer will play a pivotal role in advancing the teaching and research objectives of the School. They will make substantial contributions to program delivery and actively participate in research, consulting, and professional engagements. This position involves developing, leading, and participating in high-quality research projects aligned with the department’s strategic focus areas, including decarbonisation, clean energy, and waste management . The Senior Lecturer will work to secure research funding and produce impactful, high-quality outputs. In this role, the Senior Lecturer will provide research leadership, integrating their expertise into the School’s academic and research activities. They will build and maintain high-quality, productivity-driven networks across RMIT and with external partners at local, national, and international levels. The role may also include program management responsibilities, contributing to the strategic and operational excellence of the School. To be successful in this position, you will meet the following Key Selection Criteria: Demonstrated experience and strong track record in the areas of decarbonisation, clean energy and waste management. Demonstrated ability to coordinate large courses and prepare and deliver programs at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, including high quality curriculum and program materials and ability to implement innovative approaches to student-centred learning and quality improvement. Ability to manage a large program or a number of small programs. Demonstrated ability to support student issues related to effective learning. Emerging nationally recognised research track record including substantial record of research outputs in high quality outlets. Extensive experience in research leadership with the ability to build and develop collaborative research teams, mentor academic staff to deliver high quality outcomes, attract and secure external research funding to sustain research effort and manage funded research projects including complex budgets and reporting requirements. Extensive experience in supervising higher degree by research candidates to maximise research performance. Demonstrated ability to manage academic program team, supporting scholarly development of less experienced academic staff. Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to financial, governance and quality management systems within a university. Demonstrated high level of interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills including the ability to consult with senior executives, external bodies, produce executive reports, negotiate agreed directions, outcomes and targets within a collaborative environment. Qualifications Mandatory: PhD or equivalent in relevant field. Preferred: Completion of the Intro to Learning and Teaching Course or possess (or eligible to apply for) appropriate HEA Fellowship. Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check. Applications Close: 12 Feb 2025 11.59 pm RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. At RMIT, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT. To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact Dani via We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. #J-18808-Ljbffr