• Opportunity to support the successful delivery of the Sydney Medical Program
• Located at Camperdown Campus
• Part time (4 days/week) 12 month fixed term opportunity; base salary $84K-$90K p.a. plus superannuation

About the opportunity 

The Sydney Medical Program (SMP) is a graduate entry medicine course with an annual intake of approximately 300 students (220-230 domestic, 70-80 international).  We are now seeking to appoint a Learning and Teaching Officer to provide broad range of education administrative and operational support to Academic and Teaching staff to meet the educational support needs of the Doctor of Medicine Program.

This role is part-time (0.8 FTE) which is equivalent to 4 days per week. There is flexibility in which 4 working days you prefer to work.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Learning and Teaching Officer who has:

• experience delivering education programmers, preferably in a tertiary education environment
• experience working in a tertiary environment with working knowledge of using Learning Management Systems such as Canvas
• sound understanding of timetabling/rostering of student activities
• extensive knowledge of University policies and procedures and administrative processes within a tertiary environment

The Learning and Teaching Officer will be working in a fast paced and dynamic environment so we’re looking for candidates with excellent communication, workload management and problem-solving skills.

About us

The SMP is part of the wider Faculty of Medicine and Health. The SMP has undergone internal and external reviews in 2015 and the time is right to revise and renew the curriculum to fit the needs of patients, health services and students. The new curriculum will be implemented from 2020. The SMP is delivered on main campus and within a large number of urban and rural clinical sites in hospital and community environments. The Learning and Teaching Officer will work under guidance from the Foundations Studies Coordinator, the Clinical Skills Coordinator, the MD Program Administrator and the Co-directors of the Medical Program and academic teams to ensure smooth delivery of the Sydney Medical Program.

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

How to apply

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 004/0119F to apply.

Closing date: 11:30pm, Thursday 24 January 2019

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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