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Tenurable appointment

Salary range: Senior Lecturer Level C A$74,971 - A$86,448 p.a.
Salary range: Lecturer Level B A$61,201 - A$72,678 p.a.

Closing date: Friday, 5 August 2005

The School of Music has a purpose-built facility with a staffing profile that includes performance, research, composition and music education and a student body of 250 students. The School is also the home of the Callaway Centre, established in recognition of the legacy of the University's Foundation Professor of Music, the late Sir Frank Callaway (1919-2003), who was a doyen of twentieth-century music education. The Callaway Centre is a hub for international research, resources and publications and enjoys a growing collaboration with many national and international organisations. The Centre fosters research partnerships with other Australian and international institutions, visiting scholars and practitioners.

This position offers an exciting opportunity for a research-active Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in music education. The School's undergraduate and postgraduate students in music education go on to become leading practitioners and researchers in Australia and overseas, employed in a broad range of positions, from pre-primary, primary and secondary school education through to higher education. The position is suitable for an individual prepared to take a leading role in music education teaching and research within the School. Applicants must have a PhD preferably in Music Education or a closely related research area. Applicants with teaching experience are requested to submit a teaching portfolio as part of their application. The ability to contribute to the School's aural musicianship and/or instrumental pedagogy programmes would be an advantage.

For further information regarding the position please contact the Head of School, Mr Darryl Poulsen on +61 8 6488 2053, or fax +61 8 6488 1076, or email music.head@uwa.edu.au, or access the web link http://music.uwa.edu.au.

Located adjacent to the picturesque banks of the Swan River, the University offers an attractive benefits package including generous superannuation and leave provisions, fares to Perth (if applicable) for appointee and dependants along with a removals allowance and an enviable working environment. These and other benefits will be specified in the offer of employment.

APPLICATION DETAILS: For copies of the selection criteria please access the website http://jobs.uwa.edu.au/. Applicants must address the selection criteria. Written applications quoting the reference number, personal contact details, qualifications and experience, along with contact details of three referees should be sent to Director, Human Resources, The University of Western Australia, M350, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia or emailed to jobs@uwa.edu.au by the closing date.

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