Senior Lecturer

Classification: Academic Level C

Salary package: $146,007 - $162,281 per annum plus 17% superannuation

Terms: Full time, Fixed Term (up to 1 February 2027)

(flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hours will be considered)

• Contribute to a growing and ambitious School that is redefining how technology, society, and systems thinking intersect.
• Collaborative role requiring the ability to translate technical expertise into broader social, environmental, and organisational contexts
• Support learners and partners in navigating complex systems

About the opportunity

This position is a fixed term appointment for a period of up to 6 months to contribute to the delivery of the School’s teaching, research, and engagement activities, working across:

• The Master of Applied Cybernetics (graduate education)
• Learning Experiences (professional education for leaders across government, industry, and community)
• The School’s PhD program and research supervision
• The Cybernetic Studio, our creative and experimental research environment

The successful candidate will have a background in computer science (e.g., AI / machine learning / Natural Language Processing) or related discipline and will be able to bring a collaborative approach and systems-level thinking to the design and delivery of graduate (Master of Applied Cybernetics) and professional (Learning Experiences) programs and will demonstrate genuine commitment to transdisciplinary inquiry and inclusive practice.

About the School

The ANU School of Cybernetics is the newest School established at the ANU. The School works at the intersection of research, education, and practice in cybernetics and systems thinking, with a shared commitment to ensuring that complex technological systems are steered toward safer, more responsible, and more sustainable futures. We partner with government, industry, and community to bring cybernetic thinking to bear on complex challenges that do not fit neatly within any single discipline. Our research is transdisciplinary by design; we aim to create transformative educational experiences, and we value a culture that is diverse, collaborative, inclusive, and are genuinely open to new ways of working.

About the College

As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large-scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) hosts many of the key disciplines necessary to help us design, build, regulate and secure the future.

CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data-driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College is to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high-impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation.

We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective.

CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our College is comprised of the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, supported by the Professional Services Group.

Enquiries

To enquire about this role, please contact Associate Professor Matthew Holt, Deputy Director, via email ***email_hidden*** .

Our commitment to diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity

The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant on [email protected]

ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Systems and Society to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion

We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application.

For more information about staff equity at ANU, click here. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details.

What we offer

The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources

How to apply

Applicants must apply online via the ANU recruitment portal and should upload the following separate documents:

• A detailed curriculum vitae (CV) including a full publication list and the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees, you can complete these online when prompted in the application form.
• A 2-page response to the EOI addressing the selection criteria.
• A 1-2 page statement outlining your approach to coursework education and student project supervision.
• Other documents, if required.

The committee will consider candidates who do not meet one or more aspects of the selection criteria.

Please note: The successful candidate must have rights to live and work in this country and will be required to undergo a background check during the recruitment process. An offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory results.