[Commlist] Associate Dean, Media at RMIT University (Melbourne, AUS)

**Link to job advertisement: 
http://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/caw/en/job/582619/associate-dean-media**

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**Work type:*Full time - Continuing/Permanent
*Categories:*Media, Journalism & Communications, Teaching and Research, 
Associate Dean
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  * **Advance**learning and teaching quality, research relevance and
    industry engagement for the Media discipline**
  * **Full-Time, fixed-term for 3 years with underlying continuing
    Professor/Associate Professor position***
  * **Academic level D/E plus 17% superannuation, based at RMIT's
    CBD campus**

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*The Role and Your Responsibilities*

Reporting to the Dean of the School, the Associate Dean, Media is a 
critical leadership and management role responsible for advancing 
learning and teaching quality, research relevance and industry 
engagement for the discipline. They will work across disciplines and 
schools to deliver effective learning and teaching and research outcomes.

The Associate Dean is accountable for providing strategic and academic 
leadership and management to the discipline, consistent with the 
University and College strategic plans and objectives, and for 
contributing at a senior level to the strategic planning and development 
of the School.

The Associate Dean is a member of the School executive team and will 
work collaboratively with all members of the management team and staff 
across the school to ensure the School achieves its strategic objectives.


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*Skills & Experience Required*

To be successful in the role you will possess strong leadership skills 
and experience in leading academic teams in a collegiate environment to 
deliver strategic objectives. You will bring with you a well-developed 
understanding of budget management, quality management, and good governance.

You will have discipline strength and a teaching and research track 
record in one or more of the programs or contextual streams. The 
discipline currently offers the following programs: Bachelor of 
Communication (Media), Master of Media, Bachelor of Communication 
(Journalism), Graduate Diploma in Journalism, and the Bachelor of Arts 
(Music Industry). There are also three contextual streams: Cinema 
Studies, Approaches to Popular Culture and Politics, Economics and 
Communication. A strength in Digital Communication would also be 
advantageous.

The School will value your capacity to think strategically based on 
organisational priorities and objectives while displaying a high level 
of interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills. These skills 
will be required for your interactions with senior executives and 
external bodies and your involvement with cross disciplinary and 
cross-sectoral teams. Your leadership and expertise in learning and 
teaching along with your substantial academic, research and relevant 
professional achievement will contribute to the overall standing of the 
School both nationally and internationally.

We are looking for a person to join our School who is creative, critical 
and ambitious in their approach to media and communication research and 
scholarship and the future evolution of the media discipline. We seek a 
person interested in building capacity within teams and who has 
demonstrable skill and interest in encouraging a collegial workplace as 
a forward-thinking leader.

We are interested in candidates who demonstrate a global outlook, 
international excellence and high quality, high impact research, 
underpinned by supporting cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary 
teams who work with partners to address complex, real-world problems.


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