Sessional Lecturer – Early Childhood Education
The Education Centre of Australia (ECA) is a leading and diverse education group that operates at the forefront of Australia's higher education sector with multiple campuses in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Over the past two decades we have helped tens of thousands of students through English language courses, undergraduate degrees, postgraduate degrees and targeted internships.
As a growing network of colleges, we are looking for more people to join us in providing high quality educational experiences and project-based learning opportunities to students from around the world to transform their lives.
Victoria University (VU) has partnered with the Education Centre of Australia since 2007, to deliver courses in Sydney. We offer diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Accounting, Business Analytics, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Information Technology/Systems, Cybersecurity and Early Childhood Education.
We are seeking suitably qualified and experienced individuals for sessional Lecturer roles to teach Early Childhood units within our undergraduate Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (EBEC) and postgraduate Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood (EGEC) programs. If you have appropriate academic qualifications and teaching experience and have what it takes to be a part of dynamic teaching team of VU Sydney, we would like to hear from you.
Required Subject Expertise:
* Early Childhood
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide high quality lecturing/tutoring to students in accordance with VU curricula
* Manage VU Collaborate (VU's online learning systems) for your unit/s
* Create and maintain an innovative learning environment for students to meet learning outcomes and satisfactorily complete their assessment tasks
* Identify students who are 'at risk' of failing a unit and assist them via the appropriate referral to Learning Support team
* Participate in staff meetings and professional development sessions as required
* Provide on-going student support both face to face and online through email/VU collaborate online learning system
* Assure the quality of the assessment and examination processes as directed by the Course Coordinator
* Support the Course Coordinator as required through the provision of academic advice to students, administrative tasks and completion of reports
* Adhere to VU Sydney policies and procedures as instructed by the relevant Course Coordinator
* Ensure Victoria University courses are offered in compliance with all legislative and quality requirements, particularly those prescribed by the ESOS Act.
As the successful candidate you will ideally have:
* Qualifications in Early Childhood or a relevant discipline
* Experience in teaching courses at the higher education diploma, undergraduate or postgraduate level
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Excellent time management with attention to detail
* An ability to work with multiple stakeholders and to manage effective working relationships
* Experience with international students
* Relevant professional and/or industry experience is desirable
* Valid Working with Childrens Check
* Graduate certificate in tertiary teaching is desirable
In return we will offer you:
* A supportive team environment
* Energetic culture that inspires and supports excellence
* Work/life balance
* Expanding network of contacts
* Employee assistance program with Uprise (6 session per year for staff and direct family members)
* Professional development programs
* Travel insurance discount
* Wellbeing brands discounts
* Free access to LinkedIn Learning
ECA is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates must have full working rights to be employed within Australia for a reasonable period of time.
If you feel you meet the above requirements, please send your resume and statement addressing the selection criteria to Due to the expected high volume of responses only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
For further information or to gain an insight into our team, please contact Dr Khaled Kourouche, ,
Thank you for your interest in the position with ECA