All applications must be submitted by the Thursday one full week prior to the next meeting. Applications (including all supporting documentation) are to be emailed to .

If any documentation is missing, applications will not be reviewed until all information is supplied.

Required documentation:

·  This application completed in full

·  Cover letter/email from Dean approving application

·  Budget Template/Forecast (must be supplied in excel – do not PDF)

·  Resume/CV of person being recommended

·  NB. It is the responsibility of the Dean to ensure that due diligence is followed in relation to referee checks during any SHARP-approved recruitment process.

The application form and budget template should be downloaded from the SHARP website to ensure the most recent versions are used. Meeting dates are also available. See https://research.unsw.edu.au/SHARP.

COVER PAGE

DO NOT EXCEED ONE PAGE

Date of submission
Faculty / Division
School / Centre
Contact Person/s in Faculty
Name of Person being recommended
Project Description/Summary of Case (200 words max.)

SELECTION CRITERIA

1.  Diversity
·  UNSW’s objective is for its staff profile to reflect, at all levels, the demographics of our society. The mix of candidates brought to SHARP should reflect the gender and other diversity goals set for each Faculty in their agreed KPIs.
·  Please provide diversity data on previous SHARP nominations and successful hires within the Faculty at level D or E. Please provide the current diversity data for your Faculty at level D and E. Describe how this appointment will assist in meeting the Faculty diversity KPIs.
·  Please provide any additional information about the candidate that would support achieving UNSW’s diversity goals. This may include information on the applicants themselves, or the search process used to identify candidates.
2.  Academic Excellence (address all relevant criteria: Research, Teaching or Leadership, below)
·  Benchmarking: Please provide evidence for outstanding performance relative to opportunity against peers using recognised benchmarks appropriate for the discipline e.g.:
For research this should include citations or other quantitative assessment of peer recognition;
for teaching this should include not only student feedback but other measures including evidence of national/international adoption of teaching methods;
for leadership this should include demonstration of applicants’ ability to change the research landscape. Clearly make the case, based on evidence, that the applicant is excellent within their own discipline.
Please include sources for all the assessment metrics and the timeframe(s) the metrics cover.
·  Please include additional significant achievements (e.g. awards, honours, keynote invitations)
Research
Teaching
Leadership
3.  Strategic Fit (address all criteria below)
·  Please provide evidence of strong alignment with the implementation of UNSW’s 2025 strategy associated with the priorities of academic excellence, social engagement and global impact.
·  Please provide evidence of strong alignment with the research/teaching priorities (existing or strategic/new) of the Faculty/School. Provide evidence of how the candidate fits an agreed strategic research priority in the faculty or school plan.
·  Expected outcomes: please provide 3-5 points on the anticipated achievements/projected outcomes that would result from the recruitment and the contribution of outcomes to the Faculty/School’s KPIs. These would be developed into the applicant’s KPTs.
Alignment to
2025 Strategy
Alignment to Faculty and/or School’s academic priorities
Expected outcomes
4.  Salary and Support
·  Please provide summary of estimates for full costs associated with the recruitment. Please include full costs including on-costs.
·  Also provide indication of applicant’s ability to raise research income as part of the long-term sustainability of the appointment.
Proposed Level and salary range
Additional costs:
Supporting research team
Additional costs:
Space and infrastructure requirements
Additional costs: other
Applicant’s ability to contribute towards sustainability of the position via research income