Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Small Business Management

• Based at our Melbourne, Burwood Campus + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and continuing
• Level B $117,684 - $139,191 or Level C $143,490 – $165, % Superannuation

• We are exclusively inviting current and former sessional academic individuals who have made valuable contributions to the academic community at Deakin University to apply. To be eligible to apply, you must currently be a sessional academic at Deakin or have been previously engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin within the last two years of the advertising date.

Benefits for working with us

At Deakin, we offer more than just a job — we offer a lifestyle. Across our campuses in Geelong, Melbourne, and regional Victoria, you'll find everything you need to thrive on-site childcare, gyms, medical centres, cafes, accessible public transport, and convenient parking. Enjoy flexible working arrangements that support your work-life balance, generous leave entitlements including extended parental leave and the option to purchase additional time off, plus a wide range of staff discounts on travel and more. Our health and wellbeing services, ongoing professional development opportunities, and inclusive, supportive culture make Deakin a place where you can grow — whether you're working remotely or immersed in the vibrant energy of campus life.

As a Lecturer in Small Business Management, you will:

• Lead unit teaching teams and work collaboratively with other unit teaching teams in the course to develop effective unit curricula and learning resources (including through unit leadership roles). Contribute to the review of units and courses and implement refinements.
• Assist in applying industry, clinical and/or research practice into student learning experiences, success, engagement and resources.
• Adopt innovation in curriculum design at the unit level and deliver learner-centric, research-informed teaching practices across different levels / modes of delivery.
• Develop effective assessment tasks and rubrics at unit level. Provide clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes. Monitor and adapt assessment practices to improve learning outcomes.
• Provide academic support to students within units and guide students to appropriate support services where appropriate.
• Contribute effectively to a culture of educational excellence and engage collaboratively with peers. Build teaching and learning capability related to discipline or pedagogy and effective unit teaching teams and support the professional development of junior colleagues

To be successful, you'll have:

• PhD in a relevant discipline and/or other relevant qualifications and experience
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design
• Emerging reputation in research and scholarship through publications and/or exhibitions and/or success in obtaining external research funding.
• Ability to contribute to communities through research.
• Capacity to contribute to leadership of research and administration.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues.

As a Senior Lecturer in Small Business Management, you will:

• Lead unit and course teaching teams and work collaboratively with other teaching teams in the faculty to develop effective unit/courses curricula and learning materials (including through course leadership roles). Lead review of units and courses and implement refinements.
• Integrate industry, clinical and/or research practice into unit/course design to improve student learning experiences, success, engagement and resources.
• Lead the development and/or adoption of new innovation in curriculum design within a course and deliver learner-centric, research-informed teaching practices across different levels / modes of delivery.
• Design collaborative learning opportunities at the course level. Support diverse learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit and course material and practices.
• Develop effective assessment tasks and rubrics at unit and course level. Provide clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes. Lead moderation of assessment tasks at course level and adapt practices to improve learning outcomes.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and educational excellence within the discipline. Build teaching and learning capability and effective unit and course teaching teams related to discipline or pedagogy and support the professional development of other academics. Conduct mentoring of colleagues to help improve their teaching practices. Integrate of new pedagogical research across all aspects of education and collaborate with teams to support efforts to secure resources to fund pedagogical research opportunities. Make significant advances in knowledge within their fields/areas of teaching, scholarship and pedagogical research activity.

To be successful, you'll have:

• PhD in a relevant discipline and/or advanced qualifications and experience in the relevant discipline area
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design and research supervision
• Nationally recognised research reputation underpinned by publications in quality journals, and exhibitions where relevant to the discipline.
• Positive engagement with research, community, industry and government to enhance the national standing of the discipline.
• Demonstrated capacity and passion for leadership of teaching, research and administration.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues.

Here's how to apply: 

To be eligible to apply, you must currently be a sessional academic at Deakin or have been previously engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin within the last two years of the advertising date. To find out if you are eligible to apply, please contact People Connect on or

Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Colin Higgins (Deputy Dean, Deakin Business School) via email at

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 Level B - Lecturer - Small Business Management Oct

 Level C - Senior Lecturer - Small Business Management Oct

Applications for this position close on Sunday  9th November.

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.