Senior Lecturers/Associate Professors in Cyber Security (Management & Humanities), UNSW Canberra
Employment type: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Duration: Continuing, to commence 2025 or 2026
Remuneration: Level C/D, level C from $155,403/level D from $ 185,917 plus 17% super
Location: UNSW Canberra, City Campus
About UNSW Canberra
University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Canberra has multiple locations in the Nation’s Capital.
UNSW Canberra distinguishes itself from other institutions by its commitment to being thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all endeavours. This combined approach is integral to the university's impact and contributes to its recognition as one of the top 20 universities globally, as well as a proud member of Australia's esteemed Group of Eight. Choosing a career at UNSW means embracing an environment where thriving, facing challenges, and engaging in meaningful work are not just encouraged but integral to the university experience. If you seek a career where you can excel and contribute meaningfully, you've found the right place.
At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.
Why Your Role Matters:
These key positions at academic level C and or D will increase the school’s teaching, research, and industry engagement capacity. The successful candidates are expected to be leaders in their field, and to demonstrate excellence in teaching, research, industry engagement, and academic administration including program and course development, management and delivery, students’ wellbeing, quality assurance, high impact research output, competitive research or project grant successes and community engagement. The position reports to the Head of Canberra School of Professional Studies. These new appoints will bring relevant scholarly and/or industry expertise from other disciplines such as Business, Social Sciences, Law, Governance, Public Policy, Ethics, and other human-centred domains of Cyber Security. Specifically, we are looking for academics who operate at the intersections of Management, Governance, Policy, Ethics, Risk, Crisis Leadership, Business Continuity and/or Leadership and Cyber Security.
Who You Are (skills and experience):
Senior Lecturer (Level C)
• A PhD in a related discipline with relevant teaching and course development experience.
• Evidence of currency within discipline area through research output, professional development and or industry experience.
• Evidence of research output through high impact publications in the field.
• Demonstrated evidence of attracting external competitive research funding.
• Demonstrated experience in leading teaching and learning design using a range of pedagogical approaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Experience leading the implementation and or using educational technologies including online delivery platforms.
• Demonstrated experience with industry or work-integrated learning practices.
• Ability to advance and lead an inclusive culture of excellence in research, learning and teaching.
• Demonstrated success in initiating curriculum development and improvement.
Associate Professor (Level D)
In addition to Level C skills and experience:
• Leadership in building collegiality and engagement within and outside the organisation.
• Strong community engagement through contributions to local, national or global communities through building partnerships with industries, with Government or with other organisations.
• Contribution to the profession and or discipline through academic society roles, engagement in the governance of professional bodies; editing, refereeing, evaluation of research etc.
• National and International competitive grant success and leadership.
• Academic administration and staff management or mentoring.
• High impact research output through high ranked publications relative to opportunity. • HDR supervisions.
• Educational Leadership through program management and success
Benefits and Culture:
UNSW is committed to helping staff balance work-life responsibilities, by providing access to high-quality services, facilities, and flexible work and leave arrangements.
Eligibility:
The successful candidate will be required to undertake pre-employment checks prior to commencement in this role. The checks that will be undertaken are listed in the Position Description. You will not be required to provide any further documentation or information regarding the checks until directly requested by UNSW.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your application online before Monday 29 September 2025 at 11:30pm, including your CV and a 1–2-page cover letter addressing the required skills and experience outlined in the position description.
For role-related queries please contact:
School of Professional Studies
For recruitment process related queries please contact:
Holly Whale – Talent Acquisition Consultant
h.whale@unsw.edu.au
Applications cannot be accepted if sent directly to the contact listed.
Find out more about the lifestyle and benefits when working with UNSW
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
