Teaching Development and Recognition Specialist
This role plays a pivotal part in driving the University's Transformative Teaching and Learning Core Plan 2022-2026 forward by providing engagement and advocacy in educational innovation, teaching excellence and teaching recognition.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and coordinate teaching and learning professional development plans and promote teacher recognition opportunities
* Implement HE Faculty and TAFE professional development plans and associated activities
* Provide support to academic teaching staff to engage with internal and external award and grant schemes
Requirements
* A postgraduate qualification or progress towards a postgraduate qualification and equivalent experience, knowledge and training in teaching and learning, provision of professional learning, project management, and teaching recognition programs to achieve strategic and operational outcomes
* Demonstrated ability for collaborative leadership to implement transformative strategies that focus on delivering innovative and quality professional learning and recognition programs that motivate and engage stakeholders
* Demonstrated ability to support the promotion of and application for teaching recognition awards and grants
* Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of educational compliance, standards and regulatory requirements
* Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and practice of effective professional learning practice and facilitation strategies
* Proven capacity to deliver professional learning activities and assist in identifying possible candidates, providing encouragement, support and feedback with confidentiality and discretion
* Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and application of cultural diversity, especially Indigenous cultures
* Excellent organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail to independently facilitate the planning, administration, records and data management, document control and stakeholder liaison
* Proven time-management skills to manage multiple groups of teaching recognition nominations, applications, and submissions against fixed deadlines
* Highly developed communication skills to liaise effectively with external award, funding, and accreditation bodies, with the ability to source information from a variety of external bodies and establish and maintain productive relationships with contacts
* Proven ability to demonstrate initiative, creativity, and accountability
What We Offer
* Appointment to this role will be at Professional Level 8. The base salary will be in the range of $104,888 to $118,578 per annum. Plus 17% superannuation and six weeks annual leave.
* An enviable lifestyle in the spectacular Northern Territory
* Up to six weeks of paid annual leave (dependent on work location)
* Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave (primary care giver), in addition to government payments (eligibility criteria apply)
* Recognition of prior service with another Australian university / NT Government for Long Service Leave (recognition applied to qualifying period only)
* Ability to negotiate transfer of leave entitlements under the Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989
* Free on-campus parking in designated areas
* Employee Assistance Program
* Salary Packaging opportunities
About Us
We are a University committed to changing people's lives for the better through training, education and research. We innovate, embrace new ideas, and act with courage and kindness. We're about what we can give to the world rather than what we take, and we believe in the transformative power of education. We work hard to make sure every member of our University community feels they truly belong. Understandingthat it is through our focus on our people and leveraging our differences that will make us the most connected University in Australia, we are striving to ensure that our culture and our community are inclusive of all our staff, students, and visitors. We are committed to maintaining a culture where everyone feels respected, safe, encouraged to speak up and supported in achieving their professional goals.