Senior Lecturer – Graduate Director for Our Oceans

• One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
• Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
• Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

This Job is based in Australia

• One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
• Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
• Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

THIS ROLE IS LOCATED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

The Graduate Director is responsible for leading the development and implementation of an integrated researcher development program at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Our Future Oceans. This program spans five universities: UNSW, ANU, The University of Tasmania, The University of Western Australia and the University of Queensland. The key participants in the researcher development program are PhD students and early to mid-career research associates.

The program also extends to honours students and undergraduate students undertaking summer research projects as well as providing opportunities for ongoing mentoring and professional development opportunities for all Centre research staff.

The Centre’s integrated program of researcher development activities includes targeted training and workshops, creating mentoring opportunities and establishing linkages for cohorts of young researchers across the Centre, its partner organisations and beyond the university sector. The Graduate Director will ensure that students and postdoctoral researchers gain a world-class ‘value-added’ learning and development experience throughout the candidature or contract duration.

Proposed start date February 2027.

• Level C - (161k – 185k) - plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading
• Fixed Term – 3 years (with possible multi year extension based on performance and funding)
• Full-time (35 hours per week)

• Lead, develop and implement the Centre’s inter-disciplinary Researcher Development Program in Oceanography. This program includes fundamental scientific research and communication skills, professional development, mentoring and leadership opportunities and will involve all Centre researchers
• Provide advice and mentoring to students and early career researchers in the Centre of Excellence
• Design and develop learning activities and resources using a range of suitable approaches and learning environments for post-graduate students and early career researchers
• Maintain and develop links within the discipline industry and profession (e.g. contribute to professional development activities)
• Attract quality research students by nurturing and developing an interest and awareness of research in prospective students, research students and postdoctoral fellows
• Conceptualise, coordinate and run a suite of training and development opportunities for students and early-career researchers including scientific winter schools, writing workshops, technical training sessions and sessions that address professional and personal development
• Establish a research performance culture that fosters and develops research students in order to maintain high PhD completion rates and employment opportunities
• Develop strategies to recruit and retain students and researchers from under-represented groups
• Work in collaboration with enrolling institutions to identify student internships and other work integrated learning opportunities for graduate students in the Centre
• Work collaboratively to identify and apply for additional funding that benefits the Centre of Excellence and the career progression of the Centre’s HDR and ECR…