Swinburne University of Technology Faculty of Design is planning to appoint a senior academic in communication design. The appointment will be at Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor level.

Position Summary

The appointee will be responsible for contributing to the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching effort, in the discipline area of Communication Design, in the Faculty. This may involve a range of activities including, but not limited to, delivery of lectures and tutorials, developing learning materials, conducting and marking assessment, supervision of postgraduate research candidates, convening units of study and managing programs of study. The appointee will be expected to function as a member of an interdisciplinary team in order to help the Faculty to achieve its objectives. The appointee will be expected to carry out appropriate activities that will maintain and develop their scholarly, research and/or professional expertise.

About Swinburne

Swinburne University of Technology is a large multi-sectoral and multi-campus institution with a stated mission to be a pre-eminent entrepreneurial university from the Asia-Pacific, thriving on new ideas and knowledge and exploiting its intersectoral heritage to create value for its stakeholders. Swinburne has campuses in metropolitan Melbourne at Hawthorn, Prahran, Lilydale, Wantirna, Croydon and Healesville and an overseas branch campus in Kuching, Sarawak. It also offers an increasing number of subjects and courses via the Internet. Its programs cover the education and training needs of over 40,000 students ranging from apprentices through to doctoral students. Swinburne is proud of its close links with industry, business and the community generally. It has gained a prominent and respected name in education in Australia and overseas through: government funded programs and research; industry and business funded research; consultancy and training; fee-for-service teaching; an international focus for its curricula, student recruitment and operations.

The Faculty of Design includes the Swinburne School of Film and Television and the Design Centre. The Faculty of Design provides 3 year undergraduate (and 4 year honours degrees) in Communication Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Multimedia Design. It also contributes 50% of the Bachelor of Engineering (Product Design Engineering) and the Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Business and 25% of the Bachelor of Communication. All courses are professionally oriented and many undergraduates undertake a period of Industry practice as part of their degree.

Application Process

For a full position description and online application information, visit:
swinburne.nga.net.au. Click on "academic" and go to Position Description - 28293 for full details and an online application form.