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Join Deakin Law School | Academic Opportunities Across Levels A-D

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Work type: Education-focused Academic, Full-time, Level A - Teaching and Research, Level B - Teaching and Research
Location: Flexible, Geelong - City, Melbourne - Burwood
Categories: Law

  • 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.
  • Based at our Melbourne, Burwood Campus or Waterfront, Geelong Campus Full-time and continuing 

  • Level A ($86,599 – $116,417) + 17% superannuation (pro rata, part time) 

  • Level B ($122,391 – $144,759) + 17% superannuation (pro rata, part time) 

  • Level C ($149,230 – $ 171,602) + 17% superannuation (pro rata, part time) 

  • Level D ($179,058 – $ 196,952) + 17% superannuation (pro rata, part time)  

Deakin Law School 

Deakin University, located in the cities of Melbourne and Geelong, is committed to educational excellence and innovation that provides transformative learning experiences, and to high quality, high impact research. Deakin Law School, which sits within the Faculty of Business and Law, is a diverse community of scholars teaching and researching in Australian, comparative, transnational and international law. 

At Deakin you will have access to benefits such as a variety of leave options including generous parental leave and the ability to purchase additional leave; flexible working arrangements to help manage your work-life balance; ongoing learning and development opportunities to grow your career; and an inclusive and supportive culture and environment to work in, both online and on campus. 

The Positions 

Deakin Law school is looking to appoint several developing or established scholars to ongoing academic positions, both teaching and research roles (Level A and B) and education-focused roles (Level A-D). 

In the Deakin Law School you will be actively involved in teaching, including: 

  • Delivering student-centred education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, across a variety of teaching modes (asynchronous, synchronous online, and face-to-face); 

  • As a member or a leader of teaching teams, developing and implementing effective and innovative curriculum design and educational resources; 

  • Creating and administering a variety of assessment tasks, providing clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to students; 

  • Supervising research students (Honours and PhD); 

  • Contributing to a culture of collaboration and educational excellence within the Law School, including mentoring of colleagues and building teaching and learning capability. 

In a teaching and research role, you will also undertake scholarly research, publish in quality journals and secure research funding. By developing a body of work recognised for quality and impact you will build a national reputation.

In an education-focused role, you will contribute to the advancement of knowledge within your field, or in relation to legal pedagogy. 

You will foster relationships with other academics and universities, the community, government and the legal profession, contributing to the University’s community engagement agenda and enhancing the scholarly reputation of the University. 

Key Selection Criteria

To be successful, you will have: 

  • a PhD in Law (Levels B - D) or substantial progress towards completion of a PhD in Law (Level A); 

  • a strong (Level A), or excellent (Levels B, C and D) record of scholarly learning and teaching in undergraduate and/or postgraduate programs; 

  • for teaching and research applicants, a developing research agenda (Level A), or an emerging (Level B), research reputation, underpinned by publications in quality journals and/or success in obtaining research funding; 

  • an ability to contribute to service and leadership within the Law School, commensurate with the role and level sought; 
  • an ability to contribute to community engagement around legal research (teaching and research roles) and the teaching of law (all roles); 

  • strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues; 

  • a commitment to fostering relationships with fellow scholars, the community, the profession, and government, and with other higher educational institutions. 

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and selection criteria for all roles, please review the position descriptions below. 

How to apply: 

To be eligible to apply for Level A and B, Teaching and Research roles and Level A to D Education-Focused roles, 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 on +61 3 5247 9999 or peopleconnect@deakin.edu.au 

Please submit your current academic curriculum vitae, a cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria that clearly states which level and role you are applying for.

Position Descriptions for each of the positions are available below: 

Download File Teaching & Research Level A - Law.pdf

Download File Teaching & Research Level B - Law.pdf

Download File Education Focused Level A - Law.pdf

Download File Education Focused Level B - Law.pdf

Download File Education Focused Level C - Law.pdf

Download File Education Focused Level D - Law.pdf

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Professor Patrick Emerton, Dean, Deakin Law School at p.emerton@deakin.edu.au

Applications close on Sunday 27th September at 11.55pm.

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