King’s Own Institute (KOI) is a leading private institution of higher education located in central Sydney and Newcastle, Australia, offering high quality accredited diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Accounting, Business, Management, Information Technology (IT) and postgraduate courses in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).

KOI is looking for a Senior Lecturer (Information Technology) to join the Academic Lecturer team. The Senior Lecturer's main purpose is to also play a role in scholarship and professional activities.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Teach within the Program and act as Subject Coordinator when required

Possible role in research and/or scholarly projects

Active involvement in professional activity and development

Assist the Heads of Program with moderation of all assessment activities within the Program’s discipline

Be responsible for a broad range of administrative functions

Active participation at regular staff and committee meetings

Work with the Heads of Program to ensure that the course and subject learning outcomes are being covered by the teaching and content at the relevant AQF level

Attend / lead professional development sessions as advised

Sound knowledge of all of the King’s Own Institute’s (KOI) policies and procedures

Thorough understanding of the information contained within the Staff and Student Handbooks

Assist the Heads of Program to ensure the quality of the courses within the Program

Take a senior role in the daily life of KOI

Act as Head of Program as required

Maintain confidentiality in all matters

Essential Criteria

A PhD in a relevant discipline

Demonstrated subject expertise in the areas of Cyber Security and other Information Technology areas

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar position at other higher education providers

Demonstrated strong capabilities in conducting research and publishing research results in peer-reviewed journals

Experience or active engagement with industry in an area relevant to the field of study of the subject

Strong commitment to student experience and student success

Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Experience working with international students

Demonstrated ability to work in a team and independently

Familiarity with relevant information services and technologies (e.g. Moodle, TechOne)

An understanding of academic scholarship e.g. assessment design and feedback

Involvement in professional activities

Commitment to EEO and WH&S principles

Work Rights

This position requires the full and unlimited right to work in Australia.

Desirable Criteria

Professional experience in the subject and/or business disciplinary area

Appropriate professional qualifications

Membership of appropriate professional associations

Experience in course development and management

Please send through your CV and Cover Letter to our HR Department.

Candidate MUST have unlimited full working rights in Australia.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

No agencies please.