Apple Foundation Program Educational Facilitator

Overview:

- Full-time, Fixed Term position - 2 Years
- Salary Level HEW 8 + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
- Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, but may be required to work and/or be based at other campuses of the University

About You

RMIT University, in partnership with Apple, is looking for educational facilitators that are highly motivated to inspire new and diverse cohorts of participants to pursue a career in technology and App development through an innovative short program. We will target traditionally underrepresented groups in the Tech sector, including girls and young women, indigenous, those who are neurodiverse, etc.

You will work with a team including experienced facilitators/instructors from both Apple and RMIT to create new, fully integrated, cross-curricular learning experiences for the aspiring developers in the Apple Foundation Program. You must be excited about exploring new learning strategies and non-traditional pedagogy. You will be expected to learn alongside your participants, and model engaged learning as a senior learner. You will be expected to work with an extended team to build a strong collection of promising practices and learning materials including creating technical solutions for use in-house by students, mentors, and administrators of the foundation program.

Imagine what you can do as part of a team preparing the next generations of world-class App developers who will go on to redefine how technology will positively impact our lives. Applicants must have a passion for change, bring agility and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

To be successful in this position, you’ll have as a minimum:

- Extensive experience in, and a demonstrated passion for, technology-based instructional learning and empowering novice participants or mentees to reach their potential.
- A commitment to increasing diversity in technology.
- A willingness to challenge the status quo and to experiment with new and exciting short course facilitation and learning practices.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the demonstrated ability to deliver learning materials in an engaging manner to a variety of audiences.
- Proven ability to identify, build and maintain relationships with success in networking and stakeholder engagement.
- Sound understanding of the relationship between creativity, design and implementation.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating design fundamentals (composition, colour theories, typography).

About the Portfolio

The STEM College (“the College”) holds a leading position and expertise in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and health (STEM) fields. We are uniquely positioned to influence and partner with industry, as never before. The College is a community of exceptional STEM researchers, teachers, inventors, designers and game-changers, supported by talented professional staff. We offer higher education programs across all STEM disciplines at the Bachelor, Master and PhD levels, and ensure our students experience an education that is work-aligned and life-changing.

The College is renowned for its exemplary research in many STEM areas including advanced manufacturing and design; computing technologies; health innovation and translational medicine; nano materials and devices; and sustainable systems. Our brilliant researchers attract funding from government and industry sources.

Industry is at the heart of what we do. It ensures our research has real world impact, and our students are truly work-ready. Under the leadership of Deputy Vice-Chancellor STEM College & Vice President, Digital Innovation, we have established new hubs of industry-connected digital innovation and endeavour and are engaging with global STEM organisations at scale.

Our diversity and shared values empower our work, and we are proud of the College’s inclusive, caring culture. We offer a safe, dynamic work environment, and support every member of our community of achieve their potential. The College appointed Victoria’s first ever Dean of STEM, Diversity & Inclusion in 2020, and this role drives gender equity, diversity and inclusion strategies across the College.

The STEM College employs 1,000 staff who deliver onshore and offshore programs to approximately 20,000 students.

We are here to positively impact the world and create the next generation of STEM leaders.


School of Computing Technologies

The School of Computing Technologies (“SCT”) is a centre for digital innovation, world class research, and education in STEM via streamlined collaboration across relevant disciplines. We are committed to impact on the world around us, through solving complex technical problems and preparing students for fulfilling technical careers.

The school is led by the Dean, School of Computing Technologies, and has three disciplines:

- Data Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cloud Systems and Security