Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor - Learning Sciences

Monash•Clayton, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Faculty of Education is seeking to appoint two academics to contribute to excellence and innovation in mathematics and literacy education from a learning sciences perspective. These positions support the University’s academic mission through impactful research, scholarly engagement and curriculum innovation, strengthening the Faculty’s leadership and broader academic profile in learning sciences and educational impact. The opportunity is available at Senior Lecturer (Level C) or Associate Professor (Level D), based on the successful candidate’s experience, expertise and demonstrated contribution to the field. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering and coordinating teaching across mathematics or literacy education from a learning sciences perspective, developing curriculum and learning materials, supervising honours and higher degree research students, and contributing to research and scholarly publications. At Level C, you will lead unit development, contribute to research projects, and support Faculty initiatives and committee activities. At Level D, you will provide academic leadership through research mentoring, curriculum planning, competitive grant development, staff supervision, and strengthening national and international partnerships.

Requirements

Expertise in learning sciences within mathematics or literacy education
Strong research publication record
Advanced curriculum design capability
Excellence in innovative teaching practice
Experience in research supervision (at Level C)
Unit coordination (at Level C)
Developing collaborative research partnerships (at Level C)
Leadership in securing competitive research funding (at Level D)
Mentoring researchers (at Level D)
Expanding HDR supervision (at Level D)
Building nationally and internationally recognised research collaborations and academic networks (at Level D)

Responsibilities

Delivering and coordinating teaching across mathematics or literacy education from a learning sciences perspective
Developing curriculum and learning materials
Supervising honours and higher degree research students
Contributing to research and scholarly publications
Leading unit development (at Level C)
Contributing to research projects (at Level C)
Supporting Faculty initiatives and committee activities (at Level C)
Providing academic leadership through research mentoring (at Level D)
Curriculum planning (at Level D)
Competitive grant development (at Level D)
Staff supervision (at Level D)
Strengthening national and international partnerships (at Level D)