RECRUITMENT UNIT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

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1 RECRUITMENT UNIT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS You can choose to have your employment at Victoria University governed by an Australian Workplace Agreement ( AWA ). Victoria University reserves the right to appoint by invitation. REFERENCE NUMBER: POSITION TITLE: FACULTY/SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT: CLASSIFICATION/SALARY RANGE: APPOINTMENT TYPE: LOCATION: GENERAL INQUIRIES: FURTHER INFORMATION: A00028 Senior Lecturer in Psychology Psychology Arts, Education and Human Development Level C $79,660 to $91,853 per annum Full time (36.75 hours per week) Part-time applications will be considered. Continuing appointment St Albans Campus initially, however, staff may be required to work on any campus of the University. Recruitment Unit Ph: (03) Dr Jenny Sharples Head, School of Psychology Ph: (03) jenny.sharples@vu.edu.au CLOSING DATE: 4.00 pm Friday 1 February APPLICATIONS TO: OR POST TO:: employment@vu.edu.au The Recruitment Officer Recruitment Unit Human Resources Victoria University PO Box MELBOURNE VICTORIA 8001 IMPORTANT: Please ensure that your application accords with the following: APPLICATIONS: Electronic applications are preferred. Please to employment@vu.edu.au the Application form, your letter of application addressing systematically the Selection Criteria contained in the Position Description, your resume and any relevant accompanying documentation. Your application may not proceed, unless in the format prescribed by the University and references/referees are provided, if requested as per the below instructions and are in hand by the time of the scheduled interview. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Should the University wish to proceed with your application you will be contacted normally within two weeks of the advertised closing date of the position. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application. REFERENCES: General Staff Positions Three (3) referees should be nominated in your application with contact telephone numbers. Written references are not required unless otherwise indicated.

2 REFERENCES: Academic Positions If you are invited for interview, it is University Policy that written references be provided to support your application. Lecturer Level A-C two (2) referees Level D or above three (3) referees You should immediately ensure that referee reports are ed to the employment@vu.edu.au in the same manner as indicated above for applications. Please provide your referees with a copy of the Position Description. You should advise your referees that your application cannot be proceeded with unless their reports are received by the University prior to interview date. REFERENCES: TAFE Teaching Three (3) referees should be nominated in your application with contact telephone numbers. Written references are not required unless otherwise indicated. NOTE: Applications will not be accepted from Recruitment Agencies on behalf of applicants without prior written agreement by the University. The University reserves the right to make no appointment as a result of any advertising. Applicants must provide appropriate evidence of eligibility to work if they are not an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Privacy Notice to Employment Applicants: 1. In applying for this position you may be providing Victoria University with personal (including possibly sensitive) and health information. If your application provides Victoria University with such information (for example your name and address or information in your resume that actually or reasonably identifies you) Human Resources Department will use the information in order only to deal with your application. 2. If you do not give the Department personal, or health information necessary or desirable in connection with your application, the application may be delayed or its assessment may be adversely affected. 3. You may seek access to (and any correction of) personal, or health, information Human Resources Department holds about you ( please note that your information will be disposed of after 6 months if you are unsuccessful for the position). However there will be occasions when access is denied, for example, where access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others. The forms and processes under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) will apply to any access or correction request. 4. If you provide Human Resources Department with personal, or health, information about others (for example, the names of referees) we request that you inform them that you are disclosing that information to the University and why, that they can seek access to (and any correction of) the information (through FOI forms and processes) if they wish and that the Department does not usually disclose the information to third parties outside the University except with consent or as authorised or required by law. 5. The Department may contacts your referees, and/or other relevant parties in the evaluation of your application and in doing so, we may disclose to them your personal, and health information. Apart from such disclosure, the Department will not usually disclose that information to a third party outside the University without your consent or except as authorised or required by law. The collection, use, disclosure, keeping and security of your personal, and health, information will be consistent with the requirements of the University s Information Privacy Policy, Health Records Privacy Policy and the related Guidelines & Procedures and legislation. Victoria University privacy policies are available on the internet: and or you can contact the University s Human Resources Department on:

3 ACADEMIC STAFF POSITION DESCRIPTION POSITION TITLE: POSITION NUMBER: FACULTY / SCHOOL / DEPARTMENT: Senior Lecturer in Psychology A00028 School of Psychology Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development LOCATION/CAMPUS: CLASSIFICATION: Academic Level C SUPERVISOR: Head of School, Psychology Assoc. Prof. Jenny Sharples / / INCUMBENT: Vacant / / APPROVED BY: Executive Dean Prof. Joanne Finkelstein / / Employee Relations USE ONLY: Classified on: / / OVERALL PURPOSE The overall purpose of the position of the Senior Lecturer in Psychology is to provide: teaching in clinical psychology areas; supervision of clinical psychology practice; supervision of research in the Masters and Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) programs; conduct research in a clinically related area, and create opportunities for external research and or commercial partnerships. The incumbent will be also be required to undertake undergraduate teaching and will have some administrative duties within the school. ORGANISATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Victoria University is a dual-sector, multi-campus University combining substantial activity in three faculties in Higher Education, two in Vocational Education and Victoria University College. The University has over 45,000 students, including more than 2,500 international students on-shore, over 4,000 off-shore, and a workforce of approximately 3,500 staff. The University currently offers courses at Postgraduate and Undergraduate degree, Advanced Diploma, Diploma and Certificate levels, and nonaward courses. There are several affiliated institutions in Melbourne s western region. Campuses of the University are located at Footscray Nicholson, Footscray Park, Melton, Newport, St Albans, Sunbury, Sunshine and Werribee as well as at four locations in the Melbourne Central Business District. The University has embarked on a major repositioning of its core teaching activities, in line with its commitment to Making Victoria University (VU) a New School of Thought, a project to be implemented over the period 2007 to Page 1 of 6

4 The New School of Thought project involves: involving industry in course design; producing job-ready graduates who have experienced work-place learning; providing personalised learning programs for students; revamping our approach to vocational education, and enhancing opportunities in the west of Melbourne. The School of Psychology is one of five Schools in the Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development. Courses in the Faculty are designed to help students reach their creative and conceptual potential, to become expert problem-solvers, social critics and cultural leaders. These skills provide pathways into significant careers in town planning, psychology, public administration, social work, public relations, research, policy-making, librarianship, teaching, community development, writing and many other areas. The School teaches an APAC accredited undergraduate psychology sequence within a range of disciplinary areas. APAC accredited postgraduate programs are: Graduate Diploma in Psychology; Master/Doctor of Applied Psychology, Sport and Community professional streams; and Master/Doctor of Clinical Psychology. The School also supports a substantial cohort of students enrolled in Masters by Research and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The Master of Psychology and Doctor of Psychology degrees in Clinical Psychology provide specialist training in professional psychology accredited by the Australian Psychological Accreditation Council (APAC). A life-span developmental framework is used to train graduates in a wide range of assessment and therapeutic techniques for use with children, adolescents and adults. The clinical psychology stream has an emphasis on a psychodynamic perspective but also provides students with training in other orientations such as cognitive behaviour therapy. The Masters degree requires two years full-time study while the Doctor of Psychology degree is three years of full-time study. Both programs include three interlocking strands of theoretical/knowledge base subjects, research subjects (including a thesis) and clinical practice. In regard to clinical practice Master of Psychology students are required to undertake one internal placement (Victoria University Psychology Clinic) and two external placements with an additional internship (80 days) for the Doctor of Psychology degree in the third year. The position is currently based at the St Albans campus with the likelihood of some teaching at the Footscray Park campus. The position may entail teaching at any present or future campus of Victoria University. The position may be relocated to any other existing or future campus of the University. Intercampus travel may be required. An Organisational Chart is attached. MAJOR CHALLENGES/ FREEDOM TO ACT This position reports to and receives broad direction from the Head of School of Psychology and operates within the University policies, procedures and guidelines. Page 2 of 6

5 A key challenge of the position will be to provide leadership in the teaching, research and administration of the Masters and Doctorate programs in clinical psychology. The courses are convened by the clinical Professor and the Level C Academic position will be expected to work closely and collaboratively with the convenor. The position involves undertaking and supervising research and involvement in the supervision of clinical practice through the Victoria University Psychology Clinic and student placement where appropriate. This will include engagement with relevant community organisations. A Level C Academic will make an independent and significant original contribution to the discipline of Psychology at the national level and will make a significant contribution to research and/or scholarship and/or teaching and administration activities of an organisational unit or an interdisciplinary area at undergraduate, honours and postgraduate level. In research and/or scholarship and/or teaching they will make original contributions, which expand knowledge or practice in their discipline and provide leadership in research, research training and supervision. A Level C Academic will play a major role or provide a significant degree of leadership in scholarly, research and/or professional activities relevant to the profession, discipline and/or community and maybe required to perform the full academic responsibilities of and related administration for the coordination of a large award program or a number of smaller award programs of the institution. MAJOR DUTIES PERFORMED In performing the following duties the incumbent is required to comply with quality assurance policies and procedures, and other relevant legislative requirements applicable to the University. The major duties performed are: 1. Initiate and develop subject materials to teach postgraduate classes in units in the clinical psychology programs and to undertake relevant teaching in the undergraduate program (ongoing). 2. Supervise students undertaking a Masters/ Doctoral research thesis and projects at Honours (ongoing). 3. Provide clinical supervision for students with clients in the Victoria University Psychology Clinic as part of the requirements of the Masters/ Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) degrees (as required). 4. Undertake administrative work associated with the running of the Victoria University Psychology Clinic (as required). 5. Arrange placements for Clinical Psychology students in the field (as required). 6. Independently conduct and disseminate research in areas of expertise (ongoing). Page 3 of 6

6 7. Participate in administrative duties such as; act as unit co-ordinator, act as course co-ordinator, attend school and/or faculty meetings, and/or membership of a number of committees (as required). 8. Independently prepare and deliver lectures and seminars, including tutorial coordination, marking, assessment and consultation with students (ongoing). 9. Adhere to and cooperate with all OHS policies and procedures of the University (ongoing). MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES The position reports to the Head of School of Psychology. The Level C Academic will work effectively in a changing and sometimes uncertain environment, and respond with creativity, resourcefulness and initiative. The Level C Academic will contribute to the growth and development of the School of Psychology and the University s Strategic Plan. The accountabilities will include the development, implementation and evaluation of teaching and research in the clinical psychology area. The appointee will be expected to contribute to research in clinical psychology in the school and develop strong relationships that link the school to the relevant external professional, community and government organisations. The Level C Academic will provide leadership in research including research training and supervision. SELECTION CRITERIA Essential: 1. Knowledge or Training: A doctoral level qualification (PhD or D Psych) in clinical psychology. 2. Eligibility for Membership of the College of Clinical Psychologists of the Australian Psychological Society. 3. Demonstrated clinical psychology expertise and experience. 4. Capacity to participate in course administration and curriculum development and tertiary teaching. 5. Recognised Supervisor status with the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria or capacity to apply for such registration. 6. Demonstrated experience in supervising the clinical work of clinical psychologists and/or clinical Page 4 of 6

7 psychology graduate students. 7. Capacity to supervise masters and doctoral level clinical psychology research projects. 8. Demonstrated research capacity in areas related to the School s interests. 9. Demonstrated ability to work within a collaborative decision-making setting. 10. Awareness of OHS responsibilities and willingness to attend OHS training as required. 11. Willingness to commit to Victoria University s values which are: knowledge and skills, and critical and imaginative inquiry for their capacity to transform individuals and the community; equality of opportunity for students and staff; diversity for its contribution to creativity and the enrichment of life; co-operation as the basis of engagement with local and international communities; integrity, respect and transparency in personal and collaborative action; and the pursuit of excellence in everything we do. Desirable: 1. Demonstrated teaching experience at tertiary level. 2. Expertise in cognitive assessment. 3. Demonstrated involvement in community and/or professional bodies. 4. Experience in working in clinical psychology setting with adults and/or children, adolescents. Page 5 of 6

8 ORGANISATIONAL CHART Faculty Arts, Education and Human Development Head of School, Psychology Faculty Arts, Education and Human Development * Senior Lecturer in Psychology Page 6 of 6