Indigenous Academic Opportunities Available in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointments
Remuneration:
$118,974 - $141,283 pa Level B (plus 17% employer superannuation)
$145,740 - $168,049 pa Level C (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
About Monash Arts
At Monash Arts, you'll be joining one of Australia's largest and most dynamic arts faculties, known for its excellence in the humanities, performing arts, languages, and social sciences. We encourage innovative studies that cross traditional academic boundaries, offered through six schools across five campuses in Australia and internationally. Whether you're pursuing an undergraduate diploma, a degree, or a postgraduate qualification, you'll be learning from staff who are leaders in their fields, bringing their cutting-edge research and passion into the classroom.
With nearly 70,000 alumni worldwide and campuses around the globe, Monash Arts provides you with global opportunities and a world-class education. Our programs are designed to equip you with essential skills like communication, creativity, problem-solving, collaboration, and critical thinking, preparing you for the future's challenges. Our research in the humanities and social sciences aims to foster greater understanding and drive social change, making a real impact on people's lives.
The School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics is one of the largest Schools in the Faculty of Arts with 80 academic staff and 6300 students. The School offers a wide-ranging undergraduate program in European languages and cultures including French, German, Italian and Spanish - and including the imperial impact of these languages around the world, in Latin America, Africa and Asia. We also offer a broad and diverse Asian languages and cultures curriculum including Chinese, Indonesian, Korean and Japanese studies. English, too, is thriving, particularly in the teaching of linguistics, literary studies and creative writing, The School offers postgraduate coursework degrees in Translation and Interpreting studies, Applied Linguistics and Tourism, as well as graduate research supervision through the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and Literary and Cultural Studies programs. Members of the academic staff in the School have a range of disciplinary expertise (from literary and cultural studies to history and the social sciences) with particular research interests in migration and mobilities, socio-cultural Asian and European Studies, and the ways in which linguistic cultural groups intersect.
The School is highly-engaged with international partnerships and projects and is poised to make a significant contribution to the three global challenges of Monash’s Impact 2030 strategy: climate change, geopolitical security and thriving communities. The School is home to four centres and hubs delivering to this strategy and creating significant impact and engagement beyond academia: the Herb Feith Indonesian Engagement Centre, the Monash Intercultural Lab, the Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub, and the Japanese Studies Centre.
Academic Levels available including Lecturer (Level B) and Senior Lecturer (Level C)
Teaching & Research Roles
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In these positions, you will make contributions to the educational activities of the Faculty and University, as well as maintaining and developing your scholarly, research and discipline-relevant professional and engagement activities.
About You
We are excited to welcome excellent and collegiate academics who are eager to contribute to the success of the Faculty of Arts, and who have a passion for educational excellence and rigorous, impactful research.
We are interested to hear from outstanding academics in;
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Creative Writing, which may include fiction, poetry, drama (stage and/or screen), literary non-fiction, cultural journalism and Indigenous narrative.
To find out more, or to apply
Please submit your CV, and covering letter outlining your alignment to the position and the strengths you will bring to this role, via the relevant link below.
For enquiries that relate to the position within the School, please contact Professor Jo Winning, Head of School, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics - jo.winning@monash.edu
For more information on our recruitment process please visit our dedicated website, or for support during your recruitment journey, please contact Andrea Lund, Indigenous Talent Partner - Andrea.Lund@monash.edu
Position Descriptions:
Level B - Lecturer - School of Languages, Literature, Cultures and Linguistics
Level C - Senior Lecturer - School of Languages, Literature, Cultures and Linguistics
Applications Close: Sunday 20 July 2025, 11:55pm AEST
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
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