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[Commlist] Lecturer in Digital Cultures - University of Sydney

Wed Jul 28 16:45:08 GMT 2021





*The University of Sydney* is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Digital Cultures to join our rapidly growing and highly successful departmentof Media and Communications.

The advertisement is on the University of Sydney website for this role (see link below). The closing date for applications is *11:30pm, 15 August 2021*.

https://usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/job/Camperdown-Campus/Lecturer-in-Digital-Cultures_0082980-2?source=timeshighereducation_json

We are a great collegial interdisciplinary team of researchers and teachers and our department is going through a period of expansion.

https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/schools/school-of-literature-art-and-media/department-of-media-and-communications.html <https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/schools/school-of-literature-art-and-media/department-of-media-and-communications.html>

Please consider applying to join us in the Digital Cultures Program in the Department of Media and Communications.

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Exciting opportunity to join the Digital Cultures Program within the rapidly growing and highly successful Department of Media and Communications

    Located at our Camperdown/Darlington campus

Full time continuing Academic Level B position offering a base salary commencing at $110K p.a., and generous employer’s contribution to superannuation

About the opportunity

The School of Literature, Arts and Media is a vibrant school whose pedagogic practice, research profile and external engagements are shaped by lively synergies between traditional disciplines such as Art History, English and Linguistics and newer formations such as Media and Communications and Film and Museum Studies.

The School is now seeking to appoint an outstanding academic at the level of Lecturer in Digital Cultures to join our rapidly growing and highly successful department. This is a teaching and research opportunity intended to build capacity in the fast-growing undergraduate Digital Cultures program and the Masters of Digital Communication and Culture, located in the Department of Media and Communications. The successful candidate will possess a proven track record of critical, reflexive research and be able to articulate strong intellectual and pedagogical visions across the interdisciplinary spectrum of digital cultures fields, which can include: Internet cultures and governance, platform-based digital entertainment, emerging technologies (AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, robotics), and human-machine communication.

The successful candidate would have responsibility for unit co-ordination in some of the following: Digital Audiences and Communities; Internet Cultures & Governance; Games and Mixed Realities; Past and Futures of Digital Cultures. They would work with the Digital Cultures academic group on development of a new first-year foundational unit, and a new unit on platform-based digital entertainment.

The position is a teaching/research position, that will include HDR supervision. The successful candidate will be expected to develop curriculum and undertake research leadership that also informs teaching and curriculum development.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Lecturer in Digital Cultures who brings:

    a relevant PHD

a research profile evidenced by original, high-quality and independent research across a spectrum of digital culture fields

broad experience in teaching and learning, as evidenced by participation in team teaching, HDR supervision and experience in teaching in a variety of settings

demonstrated success in designing, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning initiatives which inform curriculum development

a developing network of relationships with key academic, industry and professional institutions, partners and stakeholders

experience in supervising or mentoring others and/or coordinating team activities

relevant knowledge and skills in using and making digital media are desirable

    engagement with digital cultures in the Asia Pacific is also desirable.

Other

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

Cover Letter

Please address the selection criteria in the above “About You” section.

Closing date: 11:30pm, 15 August 2021

How to Apply

Applications (including a cover letter, CV and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page.

If you are a current employee of the University and would like to submit an application, please login into your Workday account.

Navigate to the Career icon on your Dashboard once logged into Workday and click on the USYD Find Jobs report to apply.

For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or support filling out this application, please contact Paulina Rojas (Mon- Wed) and Nicole Feain (Thu-Fri) Recruitment Officers, Recruitment Operations, Human Resources on (recruitment.ablc /at/ sydney.edu.au)

For role specific questions, please contact Terry Flew at (terry.flew /at/ sydney.edu.au)

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

© The University of Sydney

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

Closing Date: 15 August 2021
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