Swinburne University of Technology Hiring for Educational Developer Job at Melbourne, Australia Full Time

In this role, you will be responsible for building Swinburne’s capacity relating to the development, coordination and delivery of WIL and associated career development learning within the higher education curriculum. This position designs and develops WIL curriculum resources; consults with staff to integrate WIL into curriculum; and builds and delivers staff professional learning opportunities and resources relating to WIL teaching. The position is responsible for providing up-to-date WIL and employability curriculum support through partnerships with Schools and other business units in the University.

The role resides within the Employability Unit within the Education, Experience and Employability Portfolio and will report to the Senior Project Manager, WIL Transformation Project. As part of this role, you will also maintain strong links with the wider Employability team and WIL academics across the institution, working to build collective capacity towards curricular engagement with WIL.

Swinburne’s Transforming WIL strategic project comprises nine work packages (to learn more please refer to the position description). You will take a leadership role in the work packages which deal with curriculum design and development as well as educator support and professional learning for curriculum implementation and delivery; co-designing and developing curriculum within WIL units across the university, and supporting academic staff to create new WIL units. You will also facilitate and curate educator professional learning relating to the delivery of WIL in curriculum, and will contribute to outcomes.

About You
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:

• Extensive and broad curriculum design experience and experience in the design of curriculum resources in areas relevant to WIL.
• Experience in tertiary teaching in areas relevant to WIL. This includes a strong record of teaching, curriculum development and group facilitation.
• Demonstrated experience developing and facilitating professional learning for academic staff
• Demonstrated ability to participate effectively in continuous improvement, audit processes, and the maintenance of high-quality training and assessment materials.

Qualifications
An earned doctoral qualification or substantial progress toward a doctoral qualification.

About Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship, and proud of it. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that:

• Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience

• Every Swinburne graduate gets a job

• Every Swinburne partner gets a tech solution

• Swinburne is the prototype of global best practice

The achievement of our 2025 moon shots depends on our capacity to work collectively, always, as One Swinburne.

To Apply
Please submit your CV and cover letter addressing why you believe you are suitable for this position.

For further information about this role and to review the position description; please click ‘apply’ or click onto it at the bottom of the advert.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Swinburne Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected]

Applications Close: 5pm, Friday 5th August 2022

Swinburne offers flexible working options, leave and parenting/carer policies to support work life balance.

Diversity and Inclusion
Swinburne is a large and culturally diverse organisation and we are proud of our commitment to equity and inclusion through key initiatives. For further information on all our initiatives visit our equity and diversity website

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates. If you have specific accessibility or support requirements please contact Maree Norden, Diversity & Inclusion Manager at [email protected]

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

For any support please contact our Aboriginal Employment Coordinator at [email protected] or for more information on our Indigenous strategies please follow the link to our RAP Reconciliation Action Plan

We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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