Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, Education-focused

• Based at our Melbourne Burwood Campus
• Full-time and continuing in the School of Education
• Level B $117684 - $% Superannuation (pro rata part time)
• Applications are currently being accepted exclusively from our current and former sessional academic cohorts at Deakin. Applicants must have been engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin University within two years of the advertising date to be eligible to apply. Applications that do not meet this criteria will not be considered at this time.

We are pleased to offer Deakins newest employment classification; the Education-focused Academic. These roles are tailored for academics dedicated to student-centred teaching fostering a passion for teaching excellence and pioneering innovative educational practices. We invite applications from current and former sessional academics engaged with Deakin within the past two years. This presents a remarkable opportunity to contribute to shaping and co-designing this new academic career pathway offering a genuine and meaningful option for those whose strengths lie in teaching and learning.

The School of Education is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching learning creativity social development and groundbreaking research and discovery. We work closely with industry partners and government bodies to translate discoveries into real-word impact. This role will specifically be working within the School of Education.

About the role:

The Lecturer Early Childhood Education (Education-focused Academic) will lead unit teaching teams in UG and/or PG programs to improve the student learning experience and outcomes. The position will initiate design and conduct productive high-quality scholarship and creative activities to enhance student experience and teaching learning outcomes in their discipline area. While the focus of the role is on early childhood education it will also include some capacity to teach numeracy and mathematics relevant to the early years.

This position is suited to a person with an emerging record and passion for learning and teaching a keen interest in contributing to community engagement for teaching and employability.

As a Lecturer in Early Childhood Education Education-focused you will:

• Lead unit teaching teams and work collaboratively with other unit teaching teams in the course to develop effective unit curricula and learning resources (including through unit leadership roles). Contribute to the review of units and courses and implement refinements.
• Assist in applying industry clinical and/or research practice into student learning experiences success engagement and resources.
• Adopt innovation in curriculum design at the unit level and deliver learner-centric research-informed teaching practices across different levels / modes of delivery. Maintain deep discipline knowledge which is applied to inform unit design.
• Design collaborative learning opportunities at the unit level. Support diverse learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit material and practices.
• Develop effective assessment tasks and rubrics at unit level. Provide clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes. Monitor and adapt assessment practices to improve learning outcomes.

To be successful youll have:

• PhD in a relevant discipline and/or other relevant qualifications and experience relevant to early childhood education. Some capacity to teach numeracy and mathematics relevant to the early years would be advantageous.
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs including innovative curriculum design
• Demonstrated passion for teaching and learning
• Ability to deliver effective teaching practices to improve student success and engagement
• Emerging record of scholarly learning and teaching in postgraduate or undergraduate programs
• Demonstrated passion for teaching and learning.
• Ability to deliver effective teaching practices to improve student success and engagement.

Heres how to apply:

To be eligible to apply you must currently be a sessional academic at Deakin or have been previously engaged as a sessional academic at Deakin within the last two years of the advertising date. To find out if you are eligible to apply please contact Deakin Help onor

Please submit your updated resume a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a copy of the position description please see below:

PD - Lecturer in Early Childhood Education

Applications for this position close on Sunday 4 January 2026 at 11:55pm.

The university will be closed from 24 December until 4 January 2025 inclusive and applications will be reviewed after this date.

Are You Ready

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile dynamic and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people of all abilities cultures sexual orientation and genders.