Associate Professor in Nutrition Science job with DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

• Based at our Burwood Campus
• Full-time and Continuing
• Level D $153,058 – $168,353 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public college in Victoria with 61,000 college students throughout 5 campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the web Cloud Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded college, with the very best scholar satisfaction in Victoria and persistently ranked within the high 1% of the world’s universities.

The faculty of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences is in search of to nominate an Associate Professor who will probably be required to show, undertake analysis, publish and appeal to funding within the space of Nutrition Science. The educating will cowl matters comparable to diet throughout the lifespan, assessing meals consumption, weight loss plan and way of life associated ailments and/or rules of diet.

We need to develop analysis functionality in human dietary interventions, specializing in food-based dietary trials, and dietary methods for wholesome ageing and the prevention, therapy or administration of persistent illness.

In addition to creating an unbiased contribution to the School’s educating, analysis, and program improvement, this place will promote the School and keep hyperlinks and partnerships with related tutorial, trade {and professional} communities. The appointee will change into a member of the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN)

Your key obligations will embrace:

• Apply information of human dietary interventions for wholesome ageing and the prevention, therapy or administration of persistent illness into undergraduate studying experiences and sources and postgraduate scholar supervision.
• Lead educating groups in areas of diet throughout the lifespan, assessing meals consumption, weight loss plan and way of life associated ailments and/or rules of diet to develop efficient unit and course curricula and studying materials inside a course
• Deliver learner-centric, research-informed educating practices throughout completely different ranges / modes of supply
• Lead efficient unit and course educating groups and work collaboratively with different educating groups inside a course and /or throughout the college
• Lead the event of efficient evaluation duties and rubrics throughout the self-discipline inside the School and lead moderation of evaluation duties on the self-discipline stage and implement revolutionary practices to enhance studying outcomes
• Support various learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit and course materials and practices
• Play a number one function in human dietary interventions specializing in food-based dietary trials, and dietary methods for wholesome ageing and the prevention, therapy or administration of persistent illness
• Develop and lead partnerships and collaborations to allow main breakthroughs, revolutionary options for future translation into actual world impression
• Develop and more and more lead intra- and inter-disciplinary analysis collaborations to allow main breakthroughs in information, understanding and options to complicated issues in diet science.
• Engage in and more and more develop and lead tutorial or different collaborations that allow novel, high-quality and extremely impactful analysis in in diet science.
• Demonstrate sustained nationwide and constructing worldwide status as rising world chief in human interventions specializing in food-based dietary trials and dietary methods for wholesome ageing and the prevention, therapy and administration of dietary of persistent illness.
• Recruit and supervise HDR college students with well timed completions and manufacturing of high-quality outcomes

Key choice standards for this function:

• PhD in diet science
• Successful monitor document of attracting aggressive funding, significantly in in human dietary interventions specializing in food-based dietary trials and dietary methods for wholesome ageing and the prevention, therapy or administration of persistent illness. 
• Successful monitor document of analysis and publication in extremely ranked tutorial journals, significantly in human dietary interventions specializing in food-based dietary trials and dietary methods for wholesome ageing and the prevention, therapy or administration of persistent illness. 
• Significant expertise in supervising PhD college students in diet science  
• Experience of working as a productive member of a analysis workforce with a scholarly publication document based mostly on analysis or follow.
• A document of feat in contributing to undergraduate and put up graduate educating applications in a way that influences, motivates and conjures up college students to be taught.
• Demonstrated means to develop and administer evaluation regimes and supply suggestions that fosters unbiased studying.
• Experience or demonstrated functionality in growing curricula and sources that mirror an understanding of diet throughout the lifespan, measuring meals consumption, weight loss plan and way of life ailments and/or rules of diet.
• Knowledge of multi-literacies and expertise in educating successfully in a technology-enhanced up to date greater training surroundings.
• Experience in effectively administering tutorial applications.
• Demonstrated means to contribute to the event and upkeep of partnerships with skilled associations and with home instructional establishments.
• Demonstrated dedication to Equal Opportunity rules and practices, and Occupational Health and Safety.
• Active involvement in related committees or boards

Desirable Criteria

• Eligible for membership with the Dietitians Australia and as an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD)
• Eligible for membership of the Nutrition Society of Australia and standing as a Registered Nutritionist.

Applications for this place shut on 7 November 2022

Successful candidates might want to adjust to vaccination mandates imposed by the related state/territory authorities. Applicants who attend third-party websites to undertake University actions may also be required to adjust to another instructions or necessities in place on the third-party location.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent/Regular/Infrequent journey will probably be required describe additional (e.g., interstate or abroad journey is required or common journey inside Victoria, not together with between campuses)
• Drivers Licence 
• Working with Children Check (seek advice from Recruitment Procedure)

Please submit your resume, a brief cowl letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential dialogue concerning this place, please contact Brad Aisbett, Head of School, at [email protected]

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian college with a world impression. We are an agile, dynamic and revolutionary college dedicated to creating a optimistic impression by means of our excellence in training, analysis and innovation and the contributions we make to the broader neighborhood.

We perceive that our status has been constructed on the dedication and experience of our employees and we provide a dynamic and various working surroundings with alternatives to develop and develop careers. We consider {that a} progressive, thriving tradition will be certain that folks select to return, and keep at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We worth range and intention to construct an inclusive surroundings that champions, embraces and respects variations. We help and encourage functions from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander folks, and other people of all skills, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

We perceive that our tutorial workforce is more and more various, and we recognise tutorial careers could also be positioned on maintain all through many life circumstances. Achievement relative to alternative locations extra emphasis on the standard, versus the amount of analysis outputs. In your utility, we strongly encourage you to remark in your achievements relative to alternative.