Classification: Academic Level B or C
Salary package: Level B $99,809 – $113,165 / Level C $119,844 to $133,202 plus 17% superannuation
Term: Full time, Continuing
Deadline: 8 August 2021
Position overview
The ANU School of Art & Design (SOA&D) is focused on achieving excellence in research and teaching in accordance with its position within Australia’s highly ranked university. The School is seeking a new team member to contribute to the School’s aims through its Design, Visual Arts and Art History and Curatorship programs.
The School’s program pursues a conception of practice that is engaged, agile, ethical, transdisciplinary, and inclusive of digital and material practices. It promotes social engagement, critical practice, and cross-disciplinary partnerships to generate new forms of visual art and design, supporting creative scholarship at all levels from undergraduate to PhD. Current research themes include: Art, Politics and Social Engagement, Computational Culture Lab, Materiality, Agency and Data, Nature><Culture, and Asia: Innovation and Transformation; the ANU offers an unmatched setting for developing future research projects and collaborations.
This position involves teaching in and developing a progressive, project-based studio art program, aligning with the Art, Politics and Social Engagement research hub, that privileges collaboration, critical practice, and medium-promiscuity, in courses such as Automation and Autonomy, Politics of Spaces, Politics of Bodies, Politics of Memories, and Socially Engaged Art Practice.
This position will contribute to building the School’s capacity in contemporary visual art and design and contribute to the development of interdisciplinary practice. The position represents a unique opportunity to contribute to a socially-engaged, future-focused program within a vibrant, top 20 internationally ranked university.
The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) is one of seven Colleges at ANU. The College, which is structured into two main research schools, offers degrees in more than 20 discipline areas and excels in research across the creative arts, humanities and social sciences. The College has a substantial international research presence and is a major source of national policy advice. Our academic staff are internationally recognised for their research, and 57 are members of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia, or both. We also host 13 Australian Research Council Future Fellows and three ARC Laureates. A hub of vibrant activity, we host more than 270 lectures, concerts and exhibitions each year, most of which are open to the public. Our students, staff and graduates come from more than 60 nations, bringing a diversity of perspective to campus life.
For further information please contact Dr Beck Davis, T: +61 408 153 738 E: Beck.Davis@anu.edu.au
The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant on indigenous.employment@anu.edu.au.
ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to those of all backgrounds and identities. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion
Application information
In order to apply for this role please make sure that you upload the following documents:
- A statement addressing the selection criteria appropriate to the level you are applying for (Level B or C)
- A current curriculum vitae (CV) which includes the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees you can complete these online when prompted in the application form.
- Other documents, if required.
Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position.
Please note: The successful candidate must have rights to live and work in this country and will be required to undergo a background check during the recruitment process. An offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory results.
