Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship - Women in STEM

About the job
Swinburne’s School of Engineering are recruiting a Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship – Women in STEM. This is a 3-year research-intensive fellowship, followed by an ongoing standard research and teaching academic position available. In this prestigious position, you will be located within the School of Engineering and work as part of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, which has a strong culture of research excellence and industry partnerships.
During your 3 year Fellowship, you will have the opportunity to undertake research as part of two of our key Research Institutes: Smart Cities and Manufacturing Futures. These two institutes are leading the way to creating sustainable and community focussed solutions with high research impact. You will have the opportutnity work with prominent international and local engineers. In your research, you will make an independent contribution that expands knowledge, contributing to the Faculty’s research excellence and impact in collaboration with external partners as required.

Upon conclusion of your Fellowship, an ongoing Lecturer position will be available to you in Civil and/or Mechanical Engineering, where you will be contributing to other appropriate professional activities within the Faculty. As one of our academics, you will perform teaching duties, including developing and supporting academic programs and working with the academic team in the development of program change and innovation.

About Swinburne
Swinburne University of Technology has a long, proud history of educating and training students for over 100 years. Swinburne focuses on providing high-quality, career-oriented education with strong links to industry and the community. Swinburne currently has over 54,000 students.

About you
To be successful in the role, you will have:

• An earned doctoral qualification in Civil, Mechanical, Robotics or a related field

• Demonstrated strong record of published work in top quality journal publications with good citation record, and other demonstrated activities, that evidence research standing

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary research team

• Demonstrated expertise in the designated discipline, with ability to design and conduct research projects, both independently and within a broader team

A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description

Benefits

• Participate in regular staff and management development programs

• Onsite child care

• Flexible working arrangements

• Salary package your car parking, superannuation and vehicle lease plans. It can help you get the most value from what you earn.

Discover more discounts when you start at Swinburne. Receive movie tickets and staff membership options at the Swinburne bookshop. Theres news subscriptions and computer and software discounts on offer.

Further information and how to apply
As a member of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) program, Swinburne is taking positive steps to effect change and we are committed to advancing gender equality in academia and in particular in STEM disciplines. While women comprise almost half of the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) PhD graduates, less than 20% of senior academics in STEM disciplines at Australian universities are women. We understand that to attract and retain the best scientists and ensure research excellence and impact, it is important that we commit to providing diverse, secure, exciting and rewarding career paths to our best researchers who will be our future STEM academic leaders.

As part of our plan to increase the participation of women in our STEM academic workforce, Swinburne is now offering Research Fellowships through our Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship scheme - “Women in STEM”.

Pursuant to a Special Measure under Section 12 (1) of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic), we will only consider applications from suitably qualified women candidates for these positions (includes all people who identify as a woman).

To find out more about how we support women in STEM, please visit:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/strategy-initiatives/safety-equity/equity-diversity/sage/

To view the position description or to start an application click on apply' at the bottom of this page and submit a resume, cover letter and response to the Key Selection Criteria, as listed in the Position Description.

For further information about the position, please contact Ania Archer (Recruitment Consultant) on +613 9214 4856.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au

Should you require further support for an interview due to special needs or consideration, please contact our Diversity Consultant, Dr. Walter Robles, on inclusion@swin.edu.au. For support or queries related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment, please contact DeadlyCareers@swin.edu.au.


Applications close at 5pm on 21 June 2019