Lecturer in Screenwriting

**Job no**:0060282
**Location**:Parkville***
**Role type**: Full-time; Continuing
**Faculty**: Arts
**School**: Culture and Communication***
**Salary**: Level B** **$114,645.00 - $136,136.00 p.a. plus 17% super
- Teach and research creative writing, with a focus on screenwriting
- Contribute to teaching at undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate levels
- Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families

**About the Role**

You will teach and conduct research in Creative Writing, focusing on multimodal forms. You'll contribute to teaching at undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate levels, engage in research activities, and participate in the development of national and international institutional partnerships while promoting respectful and inclusive behaviours among colleagues.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Subject coordination, preparing and marking assessments, selecting and supervising tutors, and consulting with students.
- Contributing to curriculum design and innovation, including cross-disciplinary approaches.
- Developing technology-based teaching, learning, and assessment programs and resources.

**Who We Are Looking For**

You will demonstrate teaching excellence across various forms of modern multimodal writing, including screenplays, podcasts, and serial storytelling. Your role is pivotal in shaping the next generation of creative writers, so you will demonstrate a strong commitment to ethical responsibility, social justice, and widening access to writing education. You will balance your time effectively between teaching, research, and leadership, contributing significantly to the program's academic growth, and demonstrating strong leadership and commitment to inclusive behaviours.

You will also have:

- Completed PhD in a relevant discipline, with specialisation in screenwriting.
- Profound understanding of diverse student learning orientations and facilitating inclusive learning environments.
- Strong research record with distinctive, impactful creative and scholarly outputs, and an ability to secure research grants and forge ethical relationships within writing communities and industries.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
- This position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check to ensure the University provides a safe environment for everyone. _

**Please note: Visa sponsorship is available for this position.**

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The Faculty of Arts is a leading academic community dedicated to exploring and understanding the complexities of our ever-changing world. Our five schools, including the Asia Institute, School of Culture and Communication, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, School of Languages and Linguistics, and School of Social and Political Sciences, house renowned researchers and intellectually engaged students. We embrace diversity and inclusion, actively welcoming and valuing the unique contributions of individuals from all backgrounds to achieve our vision.

**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page

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