[AISWorld] Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Position in Information Systems at the School of Information Technologies, the University of Sydney

Sat Nov 1 03:13:11 EDT 2014

The School of Information Technologies<http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/> (SIT) at the University of Sydney invites applications from outstanding candidates for a continuing (tenure-track) Senior Lecturer/Lecturer position (Level C/B) in Information Systems, starting mid-2015. The appointment level will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

This is an attractive opportunity for candidates with strong research skills and an interest and passion for high quality teaching in information systems. The current areas of focus for information systems-related research include analytics and business intelligence, IT services, semantic web, information extraction and knowledge harvesting and sharing and related areas. The school has several strong research groups with intersecting research such as the Knowledge Discovery and Management Research Group, Centre for Distributed and High Performance Computing, Database Research Group, and Pattern and Data Mining Research Group.

Established as the first computer science department in Australia in the 1960s, the school is research intensive and has a strong tradition of research-led teaching. The school prides itself in its successful integration and cross-fertilisation across computer science, information systems, and software engineering at both research and teaching levels. It offers undergraduate majors in computer science, information systems, software engineering (the latter in collaboration with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering) and combined programs with business, arts, science, medical science and law. SIT also offers highly regarded postgraduate coursework degrees in information technology and information technology management. The school has a vibrant and successful PhD program with more than 90 students enrolled at a given time.

SIT is one of the five schools in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies which enjoys a strong reputation for research and teaching within Australia and worldwide. The Faculty is consistently ranked around the top 50 worldwide across the major global ranking systems.

The school has close links with several research labs through its collaboration with the National ICT Australia (NICTA), CSIRO ICT Centre, Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) for Smart Services and Capital Markets, among others. SIT also has strong connections with industry partners including IBM, CISCO, Accenture, HP, Google, Microsoft and major Sydney hospitals.

You must have a PhD in Information Systems (or very close to finishing) from a reputed institution, with a solid analytical background and a credible social and organisational research agenda. You must show evidence of strong research training and the ability to publish your research in competitive journals and conference proceedings. You will be expected to teach a range of information systems-related courses (the standard teaching load is three courses per year). A strong commitment to teaching and learning is also required as well as evidence of ability to (i)  lecture and  prepare  new teaching material, (ii) develop new units of study (iii) obtain competitive research funding and (iv) supervise (or be part of a supervisory team) research students.

The position is full-time continuing, subject to completion of a satisfactory probation and confirmation period for new appointees. The successful candidate is expected to be able to start by mid-2015. Membership of a University-approved superannuation scheme is a condition of appointment.

Remuneration package: AU$107K-AU$144K p.a (approx.US$94K-US$127K at current exchange rate), including leave loading, and 17% employer's contribution to superannuation. Visa sponsorship and some relocation support will be available if required.

Representatives from the School will be at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in Auckland for preliminary interviews with short-listed applicants. To ensure consideration, preliminary expressions of interest including detailed curriculum vitae must be sent to joseph.davis at sydney.edu.au<mailto:joseph.davis at sydney.edu.au>  by December 1, 2014, but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups and women are encouraged. The University of Sydney has also established a scheme to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed across the institution. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

JOSEPH G. DAVIS | Professor of Information Systems and Services
School of Information Technologies
Director, Knowledge Discovery and Management Research Group
Theme Leader - Service Computing, Centre for Distributed and High Performance Computing

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Room 439E, Building J12 | 1 Cleveland Street
The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006
T +61 2 9351 4291  | F +61 2 9351 3838
E joseph.davis at sydney.edu.au<mailto:joseph.davis at sydney.edu.au>  | W http://www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~jdavis

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