• Continuing Contingent*, part-time appointment (0.7FTE, 24.5 hours per week)
• Level C: $142,646 - $160,878 (pro-rata) + 17% Superannuation
• UOW Southern Highlands or Shoalhaven Campus location (with travel between both sites)

The Graduate School of Medicine’s (GSM) purpose is to improve health and wellbeing through best practice medical education and meaningful research. This will be achieved through:

• Commitment to graduate excellent medical practitioners who have the capacity and desire to contribute to the enhancement of health care of persons in all geographic settings, but particularly in regional, rural and remote communities.
• Commitment to the health and population of regional and rural areas, including addressing health inequities.
• Building strong and enduring community partnerships using a strengths-based approach.
• Commitment to supporting Indigenous-led health and wellbeing research that responds to needs and priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Enhancement of physical and mental health and social wellbeing and to help communities to thrive.
• Contribution to research that has impact, helps reduce health inequities and helps populations and communities to flourish.

The UOW MD program reflects a contemporary approach to medical education. Medical practitioners from UOW local communities as well as and health practitioners from other health professions are extensively involved in all aspects of the MD program.

The MD aims to prepare graduates with knowledge of basic, medical and systems sciences, knowledge of Indigenous health, social and cultural determinants of health, health advocacy skills, skills for clinical practice and culturally safe patient care, and research skills. The MD also prepares graduates to meet the professional expectations, as well as legal and ethical requirements of the medical profession.

About the role:

In this role you will design, develop, implement and report educationally oriented evaluation plans and activities related to rural medical education for medical students. You will be responsible for supporting monitoring and quality improvement of rural medical education (pre-registration) through evaluation of rural medical education areas including the four-year MD program rural medical curriculum, quality of rural education site learning-teaching, quality of rural teaching/supervision, rural end-to-end medical education outcomes, as well as the rural student learning environment. In this teaching-focused position you will also contribute to teaching and assessment within the MD program, relevant to academic areas of expertise, as well as research and research supervision, and academic governance activities for the Graduate School of Medicine.

About you:

To be successful you will hold a PhD with experience in education evaluation research with a focus on areas relevant to teaching in a medical program (pre-registration). You will also have demonstrated experience in a variety of research methods, including quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods. You will have outstanding written communication skills, with the ability to produce reports of evaluation findings in a variety of formats and adapt your communication to suit different audiences. You will also have experience presenting information clearly and effectively to academic staff, clinicians, and students.

If you are passionate about evaluating the quality of education and enjoy working in a dynamic, collaborative setting, we encourage you to apply.

How to apply:

Applicants are requested to submit a CV and cover letter. The cover letter should be no more than 3 pages, summarising your skills and experience as they relate to the selection criteria located in the position description.

For further information about this position, please contact Professor Sandra Kemp, Deputy Dean: Innovation and Scholarship, Medical Education via email: [email protected]

Position description

Closing date: Sunday 30 March 2025, 11:59 PM

Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Only candidates with valid work rights in Australia are eligible to apply.

This position is not suitable for remote work in accordance with the UOW Remote Working Guidelines.

Please note the following special job requirements:

• It is a requirement that the position holder resides rurally in a MM2+region.
• As this position requires attendance at Public Health Facilities, the position holder must comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases (PG1) Policy Directive (PD2024_015)

*Continuing Contingent: Refer to section 21 of the University of Wollongong (Academic Staff) Enterprise Agreement, 2023: This position forms part of the RHMT funding agreement. Should funding cease and not be renewed the continuing appointment may be terminated on the basis of the contingency.

The University of Wollongong is committed to workplace equity, diversity and inclusion. We value and acknowledge the importance of our people’s diverse experiences, talents and cultures that they bring to work with them each day. Embracing diversity and creating inclusion is a key component of attracting and retaining talent in our workforce. The creation of a diverse and inclusive workforce is central to our ability to unlock potential, enhance our success and achieving our vision of being in the Top 1% of universities globally.

About us

The University of Wollongong was born with a mission to transform our region: to educate and empower the people of the Illawarra. Our commitment to a better future has shaped our direction and impact since our inception.

Over the years, we have grown to be a global diverse and inclusive civic university, working to solve global challenges and promoting harmony and social cohesion. We are proud to be a globally recognised and respected university, opening doors for our students, staff and partners.