- One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
- Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
- Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

This Job is based in Australia

- One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
- Vibrant campus life with a solid sense of community & inclusion
- Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

THIS ROLE IS LOCATED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

The Lecturer (Level B) / Senior Lecturer (Level C) is expected to carry out activities to develop their scholarly research and professional activities both nationally and internationally and to contribute significantly to achieving the teaching and service missions of the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and the Faculty of Science at UNSW.

This role is required to establish a distinctive research and teaching program in One Health microbiology, with a clear emphasis on environmental and planetary health. The Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer will draw on field, experimental, culture-based, genomic, multi-omic, computational, modelling or engineering approaches as appropriate to develop an independent research platform to study microbiomes. This role will also contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in microbiology and related disciplines and help renew the curriculum through research-led education..

About The Role

- LEVEL B - $133 - $156 / LEVEL C - $161k - $185k plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading




- Fixed Term – 2 years – Convertible Tenure Track
- Full time (35 hours)

LEVEL B

Specific responsibilities for this role include

- Establish internationally competitive research in environmental One Health microbiology, producing high-quality research outputs and competitive grant applications.
- Develop new understanding of microbiome connectivity across environmental, plant, animal-associated systems, with environmental and planetary health as the primary focus.
- Collaborate across disciplines, Schools and Faculties, and develop productive partnerships with government, industry, environmental managers, agriculture, research organisations, communities and other research end-users.
- Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in microbiology, microbial ecology, environmental biotechnology, genomics, One Health, planetary health or related areas.
- Develop research-led learning activities and resources and contribute to curriculum innovation, including the potential development and coordination of a 'Frontiers in Microbiology' course
- Mentor and guide students and colleagues, develop the next generation of academics through involvement in supervision of HDRs and contribute to a collegial,



inclusive and safe research culture.
- Apply a well-defined teaching philosophy and a critically reflective teaching practice that inspires student learning, and provide assessment and feedback using suitable approaches and learning environments.
- Make a positive contribution to School meetings, seminars and committees and to Faculty and University service as required.
- Align with and actively demonstrate the Code of Conduct and Values.
- Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.

LEVEL C (in addition to the above)

- Supervise HDRs to timely completion as primary supervisor; and contribute to HDR review panels.
- Establish and lead an independent research program in functional genomics and disease modelling, producing high-quality publications and competitive grant applications.
- Obtain research income through nationally competitive research grants (and/or research fellowships) and partnerships with research end-users, as a member or leader, at or above the level that is relevant to the discipline in leading universities.

About The Successful Applicant

LEVEL B

- A PhD in environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, microbiome science, environmental biotechnology, microbial genomics, plant or soil microbiology, infectious disease ecology, One Health or a closely related discipline.
- A demonstrated research track record appropriate to career stage in

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📌 Lecturer or Senior Lecturer - One Health Microbiology (Sydney)
🏢 UNSW
📍 Sydney