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The Faculty of Arts offers sessional, fixed term and continuing academic appointments throughout the year.
In 2022 the Faculty will be offering fixed term Graduate Research Teaching Fellowships, and we will be seeking applications shortly. Information on how to apply for these roles through the CTRS can be found on this page.
All other continuing and fixed term roles, including Teaching Associate Periodic Roles, and Part-time Teaching Only roles, are advertised on the University's Career's website.
Sessional teaching opportunities will be advertised for 2022 in accordance with the dates below. Information on how to apply for these roles through the CTRS can also be found on this page.
Graduate Research Teaching Fellowships
In 2022, The Faculty of Arts will inaugurate the Graduate Research Teaching Fellowship (GRTF). The Fellowship will enhance and deepen the teaching experience of our graduate researchers. It will increase the opportunity our PhD candidates have to teach and to train in teaching. As such, the Fellowship aims to support PhD candidates by further fostering their inclusion in the academic life of the Faculty.
The GRTF will provide post-confirmation PhD candidates with a maximum .3 fulltime equivalent, fractional appointment at level A2 for 10 months, from February to November, in the second and/or third year of their doctoral candidature. Each teaching fellow will be offered a package of teaching to meet the .3 fraction – approximately three hours of tutorials per week, depending on the level of subject. Fellows will be appointed on the basis of their eligibility and school/program teaching needs.
Fellows will also complete the Centre for the Study of Higher Education Certificate in Small-Group Teaching (CSGT), which is designed specifically for those new to university teaching and for teachers in small-group contexts, or the Melbourne Teaching Certificate (MTC), designed for teachers with some experience.
An information session was held for Research students on 27th October, if you were unable to attend you can view the recording here, FAQs are also available here.
Recruitment dates for 2022
| Study period and role type | Applications open | Applications close | Outcome notification | Teaching starts |
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| Graduate Research Teaching Fellowships Fixed term February - November 2022 | 28/10/2021 | 11/11/2021 | 15/12/2021 | 28/02/2022 |
Fixed Term Roles
Recruitment dates for 2022
| Study period and role type | Applications open | Applications close | Position starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching Associate (Discovery Subject Tutors) Fixed Term roles- semester 1 2022 | 26/10/2021 | 9/11/2021 | 31/1/2022 |
| Teaching Specialist positions 2022 & 2023 | Positions are opened on a rolling basis from 26/10/2021 | two weeks after opening date | 2022 |
| Teaching Associate (Periodic) positions 2022 & 2023 | Positions are opened on a rolling basis from 26/10/2021 | two weeks after opening date | commencement dates vary - see PDs on careers website for exact dates |
| Teaching Associate, (Teaching Only, Part Time) Fixed Term roles - semester 1 and February - November 2022 | Positions are opened on a rolling basis from 26/10/2021 | two weeks after opening date | commencement dates vary - see PDs on careers website for exact dates |
Sessional Academic Tutors
Recruitment Dates for 2022
| Study period and role type | Applications open | Applications close | Outcome notification | Teaching starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Sessional Academic Tutors 2022 | 22/04/2022 | 08/05/2022 | 20/05/2022 | 27/06/2022 |
| Sessional Academic tutors Semester 2 2022 | 16/05/2022 | 14/06/2022 | 08/07/2022 | 25/07/2022 |
Sessional Academic Tutors - Subjects recruiting for Semester Two, 2022
Please note: successful applicants who are new to teaching in the Faculty of Arts will be required to complete compulsory online induction and orientation training modules via Canvas, during the fortnight prior to semester. The modules take a maximum of 7 hours to complete. This time is paid for staff new to the Faculty.
Subjects will continue to be added to the list as need arises. For subject details, please refer to the University Handbook.
In some cases, because these positions are dependent on student enrolments, applicants may not receive a final notification until the teaching start date for the teaching period. The Faculty of Arts reserves the right not to appoint a tutor in the subjects advertised.
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Asia Institute
- ASIA90008 Asia and the World
- CHIN10009 Chinese Cinema
- CHIN20008 China Since Mao
- CHIN20026 Advanced Chinese Translation
- CHIN30001 Classic Chinese Civilization
- CHIN30003 Chinese News Analysis
- ISLM20015 Politics in the Middle East & South Asia
- JAPN10002 Japanese 2
- JAPN10004 Japanese 6
- JAPN10008 Japanese 4
- JAPN10009 Reading Japanese Literature (Marker)
- JAPN30002 Social Problems in Japan
- KORE10002 Korean 2
- KORE10004 Korean 4
- KORE20002 Contemporary Korea
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School of Culture and Communication
- ARTS40001 Research Principles and Practices
- ACUR90001 Issues in Art Conservation
- ACUR90005 Interpreting Exhibitions
- ACUR90006 Exhibition Management
- AHIS10003 World in Twenty Arts Works
- AHIS20018 Art, Market and Methods
- AHIS30005 Contemporary Aboriginal Art
- AHIS30019 Theory and Practice of Art History
- AHIS30020 Contemporary Art
- AHIS30024 Virtual Worlds in Japanese Art
- AHIS90004 The Print Room
- AMGT90004 Cultural Policy (September)
- AMGT90006 Audiences and the Arts
- AMGT90018 The Economics of Culture
- CWRI10003 Creative Writing: Nonfictions, New Media
- CWRI20002 Short Fiction
- CWRI20009 Writing for Screen
- CWRI20010 Scripts for Contemporary Theatre
- CWRI30004 Encounters with Writing
- CWRI30006 Poetry and Poetics
- CWRI30013 Life Writing
- CWRI40004 Thinking Writing: Theory and Creativity
- CWRI40009 Genealogies of Place
- CWRI40014 Writing Australia
- CWRI90009 Writing Fiction for Young People
- ENGL10001 Modern and Contemporary Literature
- ENGL20020 Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution
- ENGL20030 Modern and Contemporary Theatre
- ENGL20032 Poetry, Love, and Death
- ENGL20035 Critical Debates
- ENGL30047 Literature, Ecology, Crisis
- ENGL30048 Performance and the World
- ENGL30049 Exploring Irish Literature
- ENGL30052 English, Theatre, & Contemporary Culture
- GEND10001 Sex, Gender and Culture: An Introduction
- GEND30003 Gender at Work in The World
- INDG10002 First Peoples in a Global Context
- INDG20002 Indigenous Environmental Heritage
- INDG20003 Aboriginal Women and Coloniality
- INDG30001 Being Indigenous in the 21st Century
- FNCE90085 Communicating Current Issues in Finance
- JOUR90008 Video Journalism
- JOUR90009 Advanced Non Fiction Writing
- JOUR90023 International Business Journalism
- JOUR90024 Advanced Audio Podcasting
- JOUR90025 Journalism Project Part 1
- JOUR90026 Journalism Project Part 2
- MECM40007 Change in Journalism
- MECM90009 Global Crisis Reporting
- MECM10006 Introduction to Media Writing
- MECM20003 Internet Communications
- MECM20011 Approaches to Media Research
- MECM20014 Visual Communication and Digital Media
- MECM30002 Perspectives in Global Media Cultures
- MECM30004 Media Futures and New Technologies
- MECM30013 Marketing Communications
- MECM30017 Digital and Mobile Journalism
- MECM40006 Public Relations and Communications
- MECM90003 Mobility, Culture and Communications
- MECM90007 Media Convergence and Digital Culture
- MECM90016 Digital Politics
- MECM90017 Media Writing: Rhetoric and Practice
- MECM90020 Global Media: Theory and Research
- MECM90024 Strategic Content Creation
- MECM90031 Audiovisual Communications
- MECM90034 Marketing & Media in a Global Context
- MECM90035 Integrated Marketing Communications
- MECM90036 Foundations of Marketing & Communications
- MECM90038 Researching Media & Communications
- MECM90039 Understanding Media & Communications
- PUBL90001 Structural Editing
- PUBL90002 Editorial English
- PUBL90006 Writing and Editing for Digital Media
- PUBL90019 Book Markets: Structures and Strategies
- PUBL90020 Advanced Book Publishing
- CICU30012 Creating Screen and Cultural Worlds
- CULS10005 Media, Identity and Everyday Life
- CULS20017 Gender & Contemporary Culture
- CULS30005 City Cultures, Urban Ecologies
- CULS30006 Global Cultures
- CULS90004 Cultural Complexity and Intelligence
- SCRN20013 Australian Film and Television
- SCRN20014 Ensemble Filmmaking, Art and Industry
- SCRN30001 Art Cinema and the Love Story
- SCRN30004 Film Noir: History and Sexuality
- SCRN90002 Film Production: From Script to Screen
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School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
- ANCW20022 History of Greece: Homer to Alexander
- ANCW30017 Interpreting the Ancient World
- HIST10017 Gender, Rights, and Leadership in History
- HPSC10001 From Plato to Einstein
- HPSC20024 Debating Science in Society
- HPSC30019 Minds and Madness
- JEWI20006 Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict, Peace
- PHIL10003 Philosophy: The Great Thinkers
- PHIL20008 Ethical Theory
- PHIL20033 The Philosophy of Minds
- PHIL20043 History of Early Modern Philosophy
- PHIL20044 The Ethics of Capitalism
- UNIB10003 An Ecological History of Humanity
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School of Languages and Linguistics
- ESLA90001 Professional Speaking Communication
- ESLA90003 Professional Literacies
- EURO10002 Eurovisions
- EURO20001 Language and Society in Europe
- FREN10003 French 4
- FREN10007 French 6
- FREN20004 French Translation (Marking-only position)
- GERM10005 German 2
- GERM10007 German 6
- ITAL10005 Italian 2
- ITAL10007 Italian 6
- LING10001 The Secret Life of Language
- LING20003 Second Language Learning and Teaching
- LING20006 Syntax
- LING30001 Exploring Linguistic Diversity
- LING30002 Phonology
- LING30014 Australian Indigenous Languages
- LING90002 Presenting Academic Discourse
- LING90020 Second Language Writing
- LING90026 Transcultural Communication at Work
- UNIB20018 Going Places - Travelling Smarter
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School of Social and Political Sciences
- ANTH10002 Anthropology & Food in Everyday Life
- ANTH20013 Diplomat, Soldier, Spy: The Deep State
- ANTH30005 Power, Ideology and Inequality
- CRIM10002 Law in Society
- CRIM20004 Order, Disorder, Crime, Deviance
- CRIM20006 Punishment & Social Control
- CRIM20008 Terrorism & State Violence
- CRIM20009 Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice
- CRIM30001 Crime & Public Policy
- CRIM30005 Corporate Power and White Collar Crime
- CRIM30012 Law in Social Theory
- CRIM30013 Gender and Crime
- CRIM90010 Crime Prevention: Critical Approaches
- CRIM90015 Terror, Law and War
- CRIM90017 Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation
- CRIM90019 Advances in Criminological Research
- CRIM90035 Victims: Recognition and Redress
- DEVT20001 Development in the 21st Century
- DEVT90035 Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
- DEVT90039 Civil Society, NGOs and the State
- DEVT90040 Gender Issues in Development
- DEVT90044 Practicing Community-led Development
- GEND20001 Sex, Gender and Power
- GEND40003 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- GEND90007 Rethinking Rights & Global Development
- MULT30017 Australian Indigenous Public Policy
- MULT30018 Applied Research Methods
- POLS10001 Australian Politics
- POLS10003 Introduction to Political Ideas
- POLS20006 Contemporary Political Theory
- POLS20008 Public Policy Making
- POLS20025 International Relations: Key Questions
- POLS20031 Political Economy
- POLS30007 Australian Politics in the Long Run
- POLS30022 Global Environmental Politics
- POLS30030 American Politics
- POLS30034 Political Psychology
- POLS90012 Trade Policy Politics and Governance
- POLS90013 Politics & Business in Post-Mao China
- POLS90016 The United Nations: Review & Reform
- POLS90022 International Security
- POLS90026 International Political Economy
- POLS90034 International Policymaking in Practice
- PPMN90006 Executive Leadership & Management (25 points)
- PPMN90007 Public Policy Analysis (25 points)
- PPMN90032 Innovative Design & Service Delivery
- PPMN90037 Governance (25 points)
- PPMN90056 Business & Government
- SOCI10001 Understanding Society
- SOCI20014 Sociology of Youth
- SOCI20016 Sociology of Culture
- SOCI20018 Families, Relationships & Society
- SOCI30014 Sociology of 'Race' and Ethnicities
- SOCI30015 Sociology of Work: The Future of Work
- SOCI90003 Comparative Social Policy
- SOCI90005 Social Research Design and Evaluation
- SOCI90018 Indigenous Policy Analysis
Applications
Sessional Positions
Please note: To apply for available positions follow the ‘Apply Now’ link and create a user account in the CTRS. Through the CTRS you will be able to upload your credentials and select the subjects (sessional appointments) for which you would like to be considered. You will be asked for responses to set questions relating to essential selection criteria, as a part of the application process.
During the period of advertising for casual tutors, subjects will be added on a rolling basis so please continue to check the CTRS to see what is open.
Graduate Research Teaching Fellowships
Please note: To apply for available positions follow the ‘Apply Now’ link and create a user account in the CTRS. Through the CTRS you will be able to upload your CV with an attached covering letter and select the discipline area for which you would like to be considered.
All Sessional and Graduate Research Teaching Fellowship applications must be lodged through the CTRS to be considered. For more information please see CTRS user guides below.
Working With Children Check
All casual staff engaged on an academic teaching or teaching support contract are required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check. Further information is available on the Working with Children website or by contacting the University’s HR Assist team.
Important notes
- It is expected that the majority of applicants will receive an outcome within the timeframe listed in the ‘Outcome notification’ section of the table above. In some cases, because these positions are dependent on student enrolments, applicants may not receive a final notification until the teaching start date for the teaching period.
- Applicants for sessional teaching who are enrolled as PhD or Masters students must have been confirmed in their candidature and not be past 3.5 years (PhD) and 1.5 years (MA) full-time equivalency. Currently enrolled Research Higher Degrees (RHD) students at the University of Melbourne applying to become a tutor must have the support of their supervisor.
- Applicants for Graduate Research Teaching Fellowships must be confirmed in their PhD candidature, successful applicants will be in their second or third year of candidature with a minimum of 6 months EFT candidature remaining.
- In most cases, it is essential to have a minimum of an honours degree in a relevant discipline (Please note: that if you are applying for a casual academic staff role in the Asia Institute or the School of Languages and Linguistics this criterion may not apply. Please contact the Program Convenor for clarification)
- Late applications will not be accepted unless an exceptional circumstance arises based on a school’s requirements. All casual academic staff selected need to have applied formally
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Download position descriptions
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CTRS user guides
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Employee support
Casual Academic Staff are provided with resources and facilities to assist with undertaking their teaching responsibilities. These provisions vary across each School. The following information is provided to assist Casual Academic staff with the onboarding process, and to familiarise them with the facilities and resources available to them as an employee of a particular School within the Faculty of Arts.
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Onboarding
- Accounts and passwords: activate up your email using the Identity management system
- IT information
- Themis timecards
- Casual pay dates
- After Hours Building Access: Please note that after-hours building access is not generally provided to casual academic staff. All after-hours access requests must be endorsed by the School and is only provided if absolutely necessary
- Occupational Health and Safety Induction: Online TrainME training
- Desk Space: All Schools provide Casual Academics with designated hot-desk office space. Please contact the relevant School for further details
- Lockers: Some Schools provide lockers in designated hot-desk office space. Please contact the relevant School for further details
- Stationery: Please contact the relevant School for further details
- Lectern keys: Lectern keys for teaching spaces are not normally required, but will be available upon request. Please contact the relevant School for assistance
- Meeting /Consultation rooms: Please contact the relevant School for assistance
- Staff cards: Obtain or update a staff ID card
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Contacts
- If you have a general question regarding the application process, please email Arts Human Resources
- If you require help or technical support with using the CTRS, please email Arts CTRS
- If your enquiry is specific to the school and subjects you’re applying for, please refer to the table below:
School Name Position Contact Asia Institute (AI) Robyn Borg Team Leader, Academic Programs, AI borgr@unimelb.edu.au School of Historical and Philosophical Studies (SHAPS) Lou Benson Team Leader, Academic Programs, SHAPS lou.benson@unimelb.edu.au School of Languages and Linguistics (SoLL) Wendy Yap Team Leader, Academic Programs, SOLL astelarc@unimelb.edu.au School of Culture and Communication (SCC) Chloe Mackenzie Team Leader, Academic Programs, SCC mackenzie.c@unimelb.edu.au School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) Jo Helsby Team Leader, Academic Programs, SSPS jhelsby@unimelb.edu.au Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (GSHSS) Allison Dutka Manager, Graduate Programs. Academic Support Office adutka@unimelb.edu.au or EMA-information@unimelb.edu.au -
Other useful contact information
- Staff Hub
- Faculty of Arts staff intranet
- Email Asia Institute
- Email School of Culture and Communication
- Email School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
- Email School of Languages and Linguistics
- Email School of Social and Political Sciences
- IT and Printer Support: +61 3 8344 0888
- Themis Support: +61 3 8344 0888
- Security: +61 3 8344 6666