Job Title : Lecturers (Casual role) in Information Technology and Systems - Sydney

About the role :

Lecturer (Casual role) positions are available in 2024 at our Sydney. These positions report directly to the Executive Dean /Academic Discipline Head. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent, an outstanding record of teaching relevant to the advertised positions below, enthusiasm for educating international students in Higher Education, a record of scholarly engagement in a relevant discipline and experience working collaboratively with partner organisations, industry, and community groups.

VIT provides a competitive salary package, rich growth opportunities and career satisfaction for motivated, organisation savvy employees.

Employment Type: Casual

Campus: Sydney

Candidates should be able to teach multiple units across Bachelor and Master’s Degrees. Preference will be given to those who are able to teach in the following areas:

• Data Analytics
• Enterprise & Solutions Architecture
• Application and Solutions Integration
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber Security
• Cloud Computing
• Advanced Software Engineering & Software Development
• Advanced & Practice Oriented IT Networking
• IT Project Management
• ICT Capstone Projects
• DevOps
• Mobile Computing
• Agile Methodology

Person Specifications:

• PhD in Information and Communications Technology or a closely related discipline.
• Must have at least three years of Higher Education ICT teaching experience in Australia.
• Must have experience in digital delivery of units in Higher Education.
• Strong courseware development skills are essential.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills especially in student facing situations.
• Australian FULL work rights are essential.
• Professional IT certification and/or hands on industry experience is advantageous.

Desirable :

• Course administration experience is desirable.
• Good knowledge of academic related administration in university set up is advantageous.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain on campus hours as rostered
• Teach ICT Bachelor / Master course units (face-to-face and/or online) assigned by Discipline Head or delegates.
• Conduct tutorials and labs and support student learning through active consulting (face-to-face and/or online).
• Carry out assessment/examination/project marking.
• Prepare/Develop quality learning materials that can support multi-modal learning environment.
• Undertake course management and administration tasks in areas of student progress, examinations, maintain academic records management etc.
• Provide pastoral care and support to students.
• Willing to teach at times, location, and modalities to meet the needs of our students
• Willingness to participate in the institution’s continuous improvement process
• Willingness to work with peers to support the mission of the Institution.
• Participation in designated committee activities as required.
• Participate in professional development activities as required.
• Other professional duties as assigned by the Executive Dean and/or Discipline Head