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With 30 years of history, AIB is one of the most established private education institutions in Australia.

AIB offers internationally accredited undergraduate, postgraduate and research qualifications and was the first private provider in Australia accredited to confer the full suite of business degrees, including the prestigious research degrees - Master of Management, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). With a focus on work-based and action learning, AIB offers successful managerial and executive development programmes that are applicable to diverse business environments.

Courses available through AIB are:

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Management (MMgt)
• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Management (PhD)

All AIB courses are accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and are also recognised by a number of international government departments, agencies and registries. This guarantees academic rigour and standing on an international platform.

AIB offer practical, flexible business degrees allowing students to study anywhere, anytime, alongside students from all around the world. AIB have alumni from over 90 countries around the world.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Permanent, full time positions

·         Lecturer – Human Resource Management (4 positions)

·         Lecturer – Finance (2 positions)

·         Lecturer – Marketing (2 positions)

·         Lecturer – Entrepreneurship (1 position)

·         Lecturer – Operations Management/Logistics (3 positions)

Contract position (1 year)

·         Lecturer – Tourism (1 position)

ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

The Academic Team is structured to support AIB's focus on the student's teaching and learning experience as well as Research and Scholarship. 

These roles will report directly to the relevant Head of Discipline and Academic Director for academic matters and the Senior Academic Manager for Operational Matters.

ADITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT AIB

Additional information about AIB can be found at:  http://www.aib.edu.au/

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE:

Lecturer - Level A/B

TEAM/DEPARTMENT:

Academic

OFFICE LOCATION:

27 Currie Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000

INDUSTRY AWARD:

Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) Award 2010

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Australian Institute of Business (AIB) is a higher education provider which provides accredited undergraduate, postgraduate and research qualifications in business. Based in South Australia, AIB offers qualifications through its local Adelaide campus, Distance Learning, and its network of international teaching centres.

DEPARTMENT/POSITION OVERVIEW

The Lecturer will assist the Academic Director, Head of Discipline and Senior Academic Manager in all academic and student academic matters.  Academics at AIB are involved in development of subject learning resources, design and review of assessments, contribution to on-line academic content, providing assistance and support to students in all academic matters relating to the Academic's areas of expertise, marking and moderation, and updating of materials.   In addition, Academics are required to remain up-to-date in their discipline area and in AIB standards and protocols by engaging in research and/or scholarship and participating in professional development. 

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

Direct Report

The Lecturer (Level A/B) reports to:

·         Senior Academic Manager for Operational Matters.

·         Head of Discipline and Academic Director for Academic Matters.

Other Reporting/Working Relationships

The Lecturer (Level A/B) works within the Academic team and also interacts collaboratively with:

• Student Relations team
• Student Assessment team
• Academic Administration team
• Online Learning team
• Research team
• Other AIB staff

And also with:

• Online Facilitators (external)

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This position reports directly to the Senior Academic Manager or their delegate, for the following key accountabilities and the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (which are outlined below).

• Preparing/updating/reviewing learning materials, assessments and solutions to ensure a quality student learning experience
• Providing academic guidance to and preparing subject delivery packs for online facilitators
• Interacting pro-actively with students through webinars and the learning management system (e.g. forum)
• Providing academic support to students
• Marking and moderating assessments
• Assessing exemption / credit transfer requests
• Sharing and presenting knowledge and expertise internally and/or externally at conferences as required
• Documenting face to face and telephone student interactions and update student system accordingly
• Participating in the development of student service improvement initiatives
• Supervising postgraduate research projects
• Actively participating in AIB's Scholarship Program

WH&S RESPONSIBILITIES

AIB recognises its moral and legal responsibilities to provide a safe and healthy working environment for its employees, contractors, visitors, the general public and those whom we serve (students).

All AIB employees have a responsibility to adhere to the Workplace Health and Safety (WH&S) policies and procedures of the company.

Your position as Lecturer - Level A/B is accountable to ensure that the activities you perform whilst at work are conducted in a safe manner and in accordance with the AIB Workplace Health and Safety (WH&S) policies and procedures.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

In your position as Lecturer – Level A/B it is an expectation that:

• You will be required to participate in AIB's performance review process.
• You will achieve the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Accountabilities.
• Out of hours' work may be required and flexible working hours will apply.
• Interstate/international travel may be required.
• You will attend and actively participate in all mandatory staff training sessions.
• You will not incur any expenditure on behalf of AIB without prior written approval for such expenditure from AIB Management.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ABILITIES/SKILLS

• Must have the right to work in Australia. 
• Demonstrated high standard of verbal and written communication skills
• Customer Service Focus and strong people skills
• Ability to commit to our full-time, office-based hours

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in teaching subjects in one or more major business disciplines (including developing/updating materials, designing assessments, moderation)
• Experience in teaching adult learners and post-graduate students
• Experience of teaching in Australian higher education

KNOWLEDGE:

• Up-to-date discipline knowledge in one or more major business discipline areas (particularly Marketing, HRM, Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Logistics, Tourism)
• Higher Education pedagogical principles (including relating to distance learning and adult learning) 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD level qualification in business or business-related discipline

CULTURAL FIT

·         In addition to the person specification above, AIB will consider the cultural fit of all potential candidates for this position.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs) *

INDIVIDUAL KPI

REQUIRED LEVEL

EVIDENCE

REVIEW PERIOD

Contribute to increased student satisfaction and student retention

Ongoing improvement of post student NPS %

Respond to Academic student enquiries within set timeframe

AIB group NPS trend %

CRM reporting

6 Monthly

Strengthen Academic output

Meet requirements of AIB definition of Scholarly Active

Scholarship output captured in Scholarship Log  each monthly

Reported to RHDC and Academic board

6 Monthly

Meet student learning needs

Deliver at least 2 webinars (depending on subject) for the subject.

Respond promptly to student enquiries within set timeframe

Mark formative assessment items promptly (within 7 days of submission)

Mark final assessment item for all students in class within 12 days of submission)

Completion of webinars

Responses to queries on forum and through email

Submission of marks to Subject Coordinator

Submission of final assessment marks to Subject Coordinator

6 monthly (based on monthly data about subject delivery)