•     Join the number one ranked University for social sciences in Australia (US News and World Report 2015) 
•     Outstanding community of sociologists at the cutting edge of the discipline 
•     Full-time, continuing: $114K p.a. which includes leave loading and up to 17% super 

The University of Sydney is Australia's first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It employs over 7500 permanent staff, supporting over 52,000 students. 
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers one of the most comprehensive and diverse range of humanities and social science studies in the Asia Pacific region and is regularly ranked in the 20 top faculties of its kind. 

The Department of Sociology and Social Policy is one of four departments within the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS). SSPS is the largest school in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with over 100 academic staff, many of whom have been appointed since the inception of the school in 2008. The school will shortly move to a state-of-the-art building, confirming the extraordinary investment in social sciences at Sydney in the past five years. This lectureship further consolidates SSPS as one of the premier locations in the region for research and teaching in sociology. The Department is particularly well known for its work in human rights and migration studies, socio-legal studies, social theory, and sociologies of science, technology and medicine. 

In this role you will be expected to: 

•     have an ambitious research agenda with a track record subject to opportunity of significant publications in Sociology or Social Policy 
•     teach across the range of Sociology or Social Policy units and contribute to postgraduate courses and supervision
•     be a willing and collegial member of the department able to take on service responsibilities as requested. 

As the successful applicant you will possess: 

•     a PhD in Sociology or Social Policy or cognate field 
•     teaching experience at undergraduate and, ideally, at postgraduate levels. 

Note: Your PhD must have been conferred to be eligible to apply. 

This is your opportunity to join a unique intellectual community in one of the world’s greatest universities in one of the world’s great cities. 

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number for more information and to apply. 

CLOSING DATE: 11.30pm 11 October 2015

 

  • The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups, including women and people with disabilities are encouraged. As the University of Sydney has 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 also encouraged.

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