Lecturer in Journalism

**Job no**: 0057977
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Continuing
**Faculty**:Faculty of Arts
**Department/School**:School of Culture and Communication
**Salary**:Level B - $110,236 - $130,900 p.a. plus 17% super

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, celebration, initiation, and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

**About - Faculty of Arts**

The Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne brings together leading scholars across 40 disciplines of study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our academic staff are of international standing and committed to excellence in teaching and research.

The Faculty is home to the University’s first degree, the Bachelor of Arts, which is one of the most sought-after degrees in Australia, consistently attracting outstanding students from around the country and internationally. Our teaching programs encourage critical inquiry, creativity, global perspectives, and the questioning of ideas. In 2016, the Faculty opened Arts West - an award-winning building in the heart of the historic campus and a new home for the Bachelor of Arts. Arts West supports active and informal learning through object-based learning laboratories and purpose-built teaching spaces which has transformed teaching and learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences, setting a new benchmark in the Asia region.

**About the Role**
The Centre for Advancing Journalism (CAJ) is committed to researching and promoting the sustainability of quality journalism for the benefit of society. The journalism practiced by staff informs CAJ’s highly practical and publication-focused approach to teaching and learning in both the Master of Journalism and the Master of International Journalism.

We are seeking a Lecturer in Journalism (New Media and Investigate Reporting) to join the Centre for Advancing Journalism and contribute to teaching and supervision at undergraduate, honors, and postgraduate levels, and conduct research activity appropriate to their discipline.

Responsibilities include:

- Subject (module) coordination and delivery
- Curriculum design and innovation, including cross-disciplinary approaches
- Research outputs including (but not limited to) peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, books, creative works, and commissioned reports
- Active engagement in service, leadership and coordination roles in the discipline, School, and Faculty demonstrating respectful, inclusive behaviours at all times and building trust amongst colleagues

**About You**
You will be an experienced Lecturer specialising in journalism. You will show an ability to provide administrative oversight of a degree program and the capacity to attract research grants and consultancies. You will be able to demonstrate professional and collegial behaviour of a very high standard encompassing commitment to the Faculty’s Values and Behaviours.

You will also have:

- A completed Ph.D. in a relevant discipline
- A demonstrated specialisation in journalism, in the areas of new media storytelling, investigative journalism, general news reporting, and/or finance journalism
- Demonstrated ability for excellence in teaching including the capacity for syllabus/curriculum design
- A strong record in research with a developing profile of outputs relevant to the discipline
- To ensure the University continues to provide a safe environment for everyone, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check._

**About the University**
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

**Benefits of Working with Us**
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

- Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
- Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
- Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
- Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
- Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

**Be Yourself**
We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and cultur