Lecturer In Microbial Biotechnology - Parkville, Australia - University of Melbourne

Description

About the Role

The School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences is seeking to appoint a new staff member within the area of Microbial Biotechnology. You will be expected to teach environmental microbiology, develop relevant curriculum, and conduct research aligned with the Faculty's strategy and an ARC Future Fellowship. This role expertise in environmental microbiology and biology with a broad knowledge base along with strong interpersonal skills for collaboration and mentoring.

Your responsibilities will include:

Design and develop a curriculum in areas of environmental microbiomes that complement and build on the existing strengths of the School.

Preparation and delivery of lectures, tutorials and seminars as appropriate and in line with Faculty of Science minimum thresholds for teaching satisfaction

Provide academic mentoring and assistance to students

In collaboration with Senior Academic staff conduct internationally competitive research, resulting in publications in high impact journals

Contribute to and publish academic papers and other scholarly outputs to a high academic standard in accordance with the research expectations of the University of Melbourne

Contribute to the preparation, or where appropriate individual preparation of research proposal submissions to internal or external funding bodies as relevant.

Who We Are Looking For
You will ideally have a strong track record in publications and possess excellent research skills in environmental microbiology. Additionally, you will bring a couple of years of university-level teaching experience, encompassing student supervision and curriculum design, as well as expertise in viruses. Alongside these qualifications, you will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.

You will also have:

Completion of a PhD in environmental microbiology, soil biology, microbial biotechnology or related discipline

Demonstrated experience in effective teaching in areas of microbiology at a university level

Demonstrated experience, relative to opportunity, in developing undergraduate and graduate teaching programs

Proven ability to undertake independent research and deliver against research objectives, as evidenced by a record of contributions in peer-reviewed publications and presentations to scientific and industry audiences

Experience in supervising research students, relative to opportunity

Knowledge of virology is desirable.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position . This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

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