Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Community Engagement
Overview
The Community Engagement Department invites suitably qualified candidates to join their team. The incumbent is expected to provide academic leadership within the teaching-research-community engagement nexus, enhance the quality of institutional external engagement, accelerate the impact of Engaged Research initiatives, build relationships with community partners, develop an Engaged Research course, support innovative engagement strategies, and manage the Knowledge for Change initiative.
Requirements
- Lecturer: Master's in a relevant discipline, preferably Humanities or Social Science (must be prepared to register for a PhD)
- Experience in Community Development and Community Engagement
- Tutoring, facilitation, or conference presentation experience required
- Experience in conducting Community-Based Participatory Research
- Ability to teach diverse groups in the University and the broader community
- Some administrative experience
- Senior Lecturer: At least a PhD in a relevant discipline, preferably Humanities or Social Science
- Teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels required
- Research supervision at the level of at least a Master's degree required
- Emerging national profile in the discipline
- Track record of administration, management, and/or leadership roles
Responsibilities
- Work with Academics and Academic Departments to enhance external engagement
- Accelerate the impact and quality of Engaged Research initiatives
- Build meaningful relationships with community partner organisations
- Develop and establish an Engaged Research course
- Support researchers and lecturers in developing engagement strategies
- Implement mechanisms to capture evidence of initiatives and impact
- Establish monitoring and evaluation support strategies for Engaged Research
- Make contributions to CE scholarship and lead the RUCE Editorial Team
- Coordinate a CE programme and promote a scholarly approach to community engagement
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