Pūkenga Lecturer in Media and Communication

Location: Kelburn
- Type: Permanent
- Post Date: Sun Aug 18 21:34:10 2024
- Ref: 1524
- Have you got a PhD in Media Studies or Communication or in a related, relevant field?
- Are you a forward-thinker with a passion for teaching and mentoring students at all levels of their university study?
- Do you have a record of successful experience in delivering and/or designing undergraduate courses and/or classes in Media and Communication?

**Mō Te Herenga Waka - About Our University**

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic university with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our tūrangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university.

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is located at one of the oldest universities in Aotearoa, New Zealand and is positioned within walking distance of the centre of this country’s capital city, Wellington.

**Kōrero Mō te Tūranga - About the Role**

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Pūkenga - Lecturer in Media and Communication on a permanent, full-time contract to join Te Kura Tānga Kōrero Ingarihi, Kiriata, Whakaari, Pāpāho, Tāhuhu Kōrero Toi - School of English, Film, Theatre, Media and Communication, and Art History.

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington launched two new Communication degrees in 2020, the Bachelor of Communication and the Master of Communication. These add to the existing Bachelor’s and Postgraduate degrees in Media Studies. Enrolments in the Media and Communication programme, in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, have increased in recent years.

**Ō Pūmanawa - About You**
- Be a highly motivated individual who can take the initiative and can manage and perform a variety of concurrent academic, administrative and research tasks.
- Be a forward-thinker who demonstrates a capacity for high quality and innovative teaching and research in your specialist field.
- Thrive in this role because you have the capacity to build and maintain positive relationships with staff.
- Have a passion for teaching and mentoring students at all levels of their university study.
- Have a commitment to the forms of academic administration that can enhance the effectiveness of the work that staff perform and the related outcomes.
- Be a meticulously organised self-starter who relishes working autonomously as well as contributing positively to a high performing staff team.
- Show a capacity for positivity and productivity in the face of continuing research, teaching and administrative commitments.
- Have the ability to respond to changing needs and opportunities in these three key areas and the capacity to lead others.

Key requirements:

- A PhD in Media Studies or Communication or in a related, relevant field.
- An existing record of published academic research and/or the capacity to conduct research and produce academic publications in Media and Communication.
- A record of successful experience in delivering and/or designing undergraduate courses and/or classes in Media and/or Communication.
- The capacity to provide academic mentoring and related pastoral care to diverse cohorts of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- A commitment to building positive and supportive relationships with colleagues.
- The capacity to work as part of a team as well as having individual responsibilities.

**Ētahi Kōrero Hai i a Koe - Why you should join our team**

Our team is responsible for delivering a range of Media and Communication courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as for providing careful supervision of postgraduates completing Honours, Masters and PhD qualifications.

We combine this teaching and supervision with a programme of individual academic research, aiming to produce published works that engage national and international readerships and/or can cultivate the interest of leading academic publishers and journals.

We value collegiality in workplace relationships, innovation in teaching and research, and the capacity to build external relationships which can interface with the cultural diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand and with changing media and communication industries (nationally and internationally).

This vacancy, in a permanent academic role, offers an important opportunity for a new or established scholar to bring their individual strengths to Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, to help our staff to extend our curriculum, and to make an individual contribution to the existing research profile of our successful and expanding Media and Communication Programme.

There are many benefits to working at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, including being part of New Zealand’s top research university.

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