HOW TO APPLY
Your application must include:
- a covering letter outlining your interest in the position
- a statement of your suitability against each of the Key Selection Criteria
- your current curriculum vitae containing names, postal addresses, telephone numbers and where available, e-mail addresses and facsimile numbers of three referees who will provide references when required, and
- a completed Job Application Sheet.
Your application should also include the following details:
- Educational, professional and other relevant qualifications
- Relevant work experience
- If successful, period of notice required to join
- Details of service with other educational institutions, public authorities and military service where applicable
RMIT’s Vocational Education and Training Sector (TAFE Sector) cannot employ persons who have within the last three years received a Voluntary Departure Package from any Victorian Public Sector Department or Government Agency.
The University also has restrictions relating to the re-employment of ex-staff members who had left RMIT with Voluntary Departure Packages, redundancy or negotiated separation packages. The nature of the restrictions depends on individual cases.
Do not send valuable original documents or exhibits with your application, as articles may be lost in transit.
Written applications quoting the relevant reference number should be addressed to:
People Services OR emailed to
Joyce Farrugia
RMIT University
City Campus
P.O. Box 188
Carlton South VIC 3053
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JOB APPLICATION SHEET
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Joyce Farrugia
RMIT University
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1. POSITION SUMMARY
Position Title: Lecturer - Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing
Technologies
Position Number: To be determined
Time Fraction: 100%
Tenure Status: Continuing
Classification: Academic Level B-C
Salary Range: $52,898 to $74,719
Faculty: Faculty of Applied Science
Department: Department of Geospatial Science
Campus Location: Based at the City campus but may be required to work at other campuses of the University.
2. THE UNIVERSITY
RMIT University is a multi-level dual sector education, training and research service organisation, offering programs ranging from certificate level vocational programs through tailored programs for industry and community clients, to post-graduate research programs. The University has several companies which are responsible for commercial activities relating to the University’s core functions.
The University’s goal is to create and sustain a distinctive world-class university at the forefront of technical and professional education and real-world research, through continuous improvement and with all staff committed to quality management processes. As a world-class university, RMIT will be recognised as a leader in its teaching and learning processes, research activities and community services.
Also see www.rmit.edu.au
3. THE FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE
The Faculty of Applied Science is one of seven faculties at RMIT and enrols over 3,500 students in educational programs ranging from certificates and diplomas at VET level through bachelor degrees to PhD degrees. Over 300 staff deliver these programs to students in a variety of modes and over two campuses.
The Faculty consists of nine academic units: Departments of Applied Chemistry, Applied Physics, Geospatial Science, Food Science, Psychology & Disability Studies, Mathematics, Statistics & Operations Research, and Applied & Environmental Sciences (VET), and a School of Computer Science and Information Technology. Six of the units operate on more than one campus.
A special feature of RMIT Applied Science programs is the vocational emphasis and individual orientation of each program enabling students to commence activities in technology specific areas in the first year of their professional career or, as an option, delaying their choice until the end of the first year. Industry has clearly recognised and strongly supports this vocational bias.
Master and Doctoral degrees by research are offered either full - time or part - time and may be conducted within the university or at the candidate's employment, where appropriate, or jointly between academic units. Collaborative research projects involving the candidate's employers or other relevant outside organisations are not only welcomed but also actively encouraged. Professional Doctorates are also available in some areas.
The Faculty is a major provider of teaching and learning and research and development and other services to a number of other Faculties within the University. Approximately 30% of the activity of the Faculty is directed in this way.
The Faculty also has significant activities in the commercial area by way of undertaking contract research and development, commercial consulting and contracts and commercialising its intellectual property through, for example, the establishment of spin-off companies in collaboration with investment partners.
4. THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE
The Department of Geospatial Science has, for many years, provided a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the Geospatial Sciences.
As the largest academic organisation in Australia involved in the education of Geospatial Scientists at the tertiary level, the Department is well equipped and has staff with a diverse range of experience. Up-to-date laboratories and instrumentation are indicative of the emphasis placed on the practical and applied aspects of the Department’s programs.
The mission of the Department is to become recognised as the best university Department for the geospatial sciences in Australia by 2004, and one that is recognised internationally for its academic excellence and outstanding scholarship.
The corporate objectives are:
- To provide opportunities for every student of the Department to achieve their full academic potential as preparation for a complete and rewarding life.
- To provide the best environment for the pursuit of scholarship and excellence in knowledge creation, knowledge application, teaching and learning, and other activities with which the Department is associated.
- To foster high morale and work satisfaction among the staff.
- To create a corporate ethos of common purpose in the activities and direction of the Department.
The Department is managed by the Head of Department (HOD), with advice from a Departmental Executive comprising the HOD, the Director of Academic Programs (teaching and learning), Director of R & D Programs, and the CEO of the Geospatial Science Initiative. The teaching programs are under the control of postgraduate and undergraduate Course Team Leaders. The research and consultancy activities of the Department are coordinated within several academic nodes, each headed by a discipline leader and comprising staff and research students whose interests coincide with those of the discipline.
The Geospatial Science Initiative (GSI) began in 1999 and is designed to optimise the commercialisation of the Department's intellectual property and to build strong links with industry locally, domestically and internationally in key areas of geospatial science that the Department wishes to promote. The GSI also has a mandate to enter into partnering arrangements with companies and to create new companies and joint ventures where the opportunity arises and is backed by a viable business case. Spatial Vision Innovations Pty Ltd is the first partnering company (joint venture) to be conceived and "incubated" by the GSI. The GSI comprises a CEO, Business Manager and Business Development Manager. This group is supported by a finance officer and receives legal and accounting advice from external sources. A Departmental Industry Advisory Board provides independent industry support and advice on key directions and issues.
The major research themes within the Department are:
· Measurement Sciences (including surveying, satellite positioning, geodesy and data uncertainty)
· Geographical Visualization Sciences (including multimedia, visualization and web)
· Remote sensing technologies and applications
· Geographic information system technologies and applications
· Environmental sustainability (including resource management and community safety).
The Department has a strong involvement in the provision of continuing professional development programs for industry. It offers up to 20 short courses each year, and can provide customised programs for both local or international markets in various fields related to Geospatial Science.
The Department has the equivalent of 23 academic staff and 3.8 business management staff. Support is provided by 4 technical staff and 3 administrative staff. Teaching is also carried out by a variety of sessional lecturers, tutors and demonstrators and use is made of guest lecturers from industry.
The Department has approximately 350 students, undertaking the following formal academic programs:
Bachelor of Applied Science in Surveying (4 years full time)
Bachelor of Applied Science in Geomatics (4 years full time)
Bachelor of Applied Science in Multimedia Cartography (3 years F/T + honours)
Graduate Certificate of Urban Development (1 year part time)
Graduate Diploma in Geospatial Information (1 year full time)
Master of Geospatial Information (3 semesters full time)
Master degrees and Doctoral degrees by research
The Department operates within a well defined constitution placing considerable responsibility upon its course and discipline leaders.
Facilities of Department
The Department is concentrated in an area in Building 12 (the Gillespie Wing) of the City Campus of RMIT. There are two computing laboratories, a remote sensing and GIS laboratory, and a cartographic studio. A workshop and photogrammetry laboratory is in Building 14, the Department maintains a well-equipped field survey Annexe at Studley Park, Kew, and astronomy observations are carried out on the roof of the Gillespie Wing. Equipment includes a range of GPS receivers (and proprietary GPS software), personal computers and workstations with a variety of survey computing, GIS and image analysis software, and both analogue and analytical photogrammetric instrumentation including workstations with soft copy photogrammetric software. Cartographic production equipment is complemented by state of the art multimedia hardware and software. Field survey instrumentation includes a variety of total stations and data recorders as well as more traditional survey instruments and other, specialised measurement equipment. The Department operates two motor vehicles.
The Department has a synergistic R & D relationship with its partnering company, Spatial Vision Innovations Pty Ltd., and close working relationship with RMIT's Virtual Reality Centre.
5. JOB SUMMARY
The main purpose of the position is to contribute to the academic activities of the Department of Geospatial Science in the specialist area of remote sensing and its application to address significant sustainable development issues. The successful applicant will lead the remote sensing theme activities of the Department, and will be expected to:
· lead, undertake and participate in teaching and learning programs of the Department in remote sensing and its related areas of geomatics. This will include contributions to on-line development of courseware, and appropriate related organisational and administration aspects.
· lead the remote sensing technologies and applications research theme of the Department and build critical research “mass” in this area through the involvement of postgraduate students (as supervisor and co-supervisor) and postdoctoral fellows.
· collaborate with others and play a significant role in the research and development program of the Department, overall.
· initiate new activities as appropriate, particularly in the areas of short courses, collaborative projects with industry, research projects, consultancies and curriculum development.
· Contribute significantly to the academic programs of the Department in relation to its five year strategy plan and business plan.
6. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
The position will report directly to the Head of Department. The appointee is expected to work closely with other academic staff involved in the remote sensing and geomatics themes of the Department and to collaborate with staff of the Geospatial Science Initiative. An Organisational Chart is attached.
7. SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES
The principal objectives and accountabilities of the role are:
- Provide leadership and contribute to the development and delivery of teaching and learning programs in remote sensing and related areas of geomatics that are delivered by the Department, including as on-line subjects.
- Lead, undertake, support and foster research in remote sensing and related geospatial sciences, and win nationally-competitive grants from funding agencies.
- Lead, undertake, support and foster interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary research in remote sensing and geomatics more broadly, and ensure that quality research is communicated and published in an appropriate and timely manner.
- Support the academic profile of the Department by representing it at leading academic and scientific conferences and other forums, as well as across RMIT.
- Undertake, support and foster the supervision of postgraduate students in the Department of Geospatial Science and other relevant areas of RMIT, especially in the areas of remote sensing and its applications to sustainable development and sustainable resource management.
- Support and foster academic interactions, collaborations, partnerships and linkages with industry and government.
- Support and, as appropriate, contribute to the commercial research and development activities of the Geospatial Science Initiative, including the generation of external commercial income.
- Support and contribute to the community service activities of the Department as consistent with the Department’s Strategy Plan 2000-2005.
Corporate Accountabilities
· To contribute to the strategic direction setting and policy making processes of the University by participating in key University forums and undertaking specific project and tasks.
Personal Development
· To assume joint responsibility for career development by actively participating in various activities (mentoring, job rotation, secondments and joint group projects) and producing a jointly agreed development plan identifying key areas which will assist in your personal and professional development. These activities should be consistent with the Department’s Strategic Goals.
8. QUALIFICATIONS
Mandatory: A PhD or equivalent in remote sensing with demonstrated academic and related experience in geomatics and the application of remote sensing technologies to address sustainable development issues.
9. KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate:
1. Knowledge and experience in a relatively wide range of remote sensing technologies.
2. The ability to lead or contribute significantly to the Department’s academic programs in remote sensing and related areas of geomatics.
3. A commitment to teaching and learning, and research and development in remote sensing and the geospatial sciences to advance these sciences.
4. Demonstrated ability to supervise postgraduate students.
5. Experience in interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary research in remote sensing and the geospatial sciences.
6. The ability to undertake R & D that supports the high-value application of geospatial science technologies to sustainable development issues of national and international significance.