Associate Lecturer in Visual Art (Southbank)

**Role type**:Part time (0.4 FTE); Fixed term till 5 Dec 2025 **Faculty**:Fine Arts and Music **School**:Victorian College of the Arts **Salary**:Level A
- $85,555
- $116,094 p.a. plus 17% super (pro rata to part time)
- Influence future artists / Contribute to nationally renowned program / Engage in innovative teaching practices
- Investing in you
- benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

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**Your next career opportunity** As a Lecturer in Visual Arts at VCA Art, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of art education in Australia. You'll develop and deliver high-quality curricula in drawing and printmaking, mentor aspiring artists, and contribute to a vibrant artistic community. Your expertise and passion for teaching will directly impact the next generation of professional artists, while you engage in research-informed teaching and collaborate with industry professionals.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Deliver Innovative Curricula: Create and maintain high-quality course materials, focusing on drawing and printmaking, while incorporating innovative teaching methodologies.
- Inspire and Mentor Students: Deliver engaging workshops, lectures, and tutorials at undergraduate levels, providing guidance and fostering student achievement.
- Contribute to Research and Engagement: Participate in artistic research programs and engage with the professional arts sector to inform teaching practices.
- Support Faculty Initiatives: Actively contribute to VCA Art's key events, widening participation initiatives, and diversity and inclusion action plans.

**You may be a great fit if**: You are an active and well-respected artist with expertise in teaching, particularly in drawing and printmaking, and possess the ability to work collaboratively to shape and enhance VCA Art's undergraduate coursework programs.

**You may also**:

- Hold a Masters degree and/or have equivalent active professional practice in contemporary art.
- Have teaching experience and coordination skills in an Art school context, especially in drawing, printmaking, and contemporary art.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching excellence and innovation in curriculum design.
- Possess scholarship and research of locally recognised standing in your field.
- Show capacity for leadership in fostering teaching excellence and representing the discipline externally.

For further information please refer to the attached PD.

**What we offer you!** We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment, including:

- Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
- Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance
- Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance
- Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive career development and training, plus a 25% discount on UniMelb graduate courses for your immediate family members!

**Your New Team
- Victorian College of the Arts** The VCA is known internationally as a leading tertiary institution for artistic invention. It has a proven track record of developing the change-makers of the future as evidenced by the achievements of its alumni. The VCA today offers a unique range of programs across the visual arts, performing arts and media, taught by staff who are experts in their fields.

The VCA is co-located with the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music on the University of Melbourne’s Southbank campus in the heart of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct. We respectfully acknowledge the people of the Boonwurrung and the Woi Wurrung, who have danced their dances, sung their songs and lived their culture on this land for tens of thousands of years.

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