Casual academic opportunities
This page contains information about the hiring of casual tutors in the Faculty of Education, as well as general casual academic conditions and processes in the faculty.
While the Faculty of Education is not actively recruiting for Casual Academic Tutors, you are welcome to submit your CV through the Casual Tutor Recruitment System (CTRS), to register your interest in a Casual Academic Tutor position.
To apply, you will need to first register for a user account in CTRS, then upload your CV and cover letter as one file, and answer a few short questions. When applying please feel free to specify which subjects or subject areas you are interested in.
For subject information and availability dates, please feel free to refer to the University handbook.
We value your interest in Melbourne University, and we hope to have the opportunity to consider your application in the future if the need arises.
CTRS user guides
Position descriptions
Tutor activities
- Delivery of tutorials
- Look at draft assessment and plans
- Marking of assessment tasks and exams
- Delivery of student consultations
- Email correspondence and basic administration directly associated with each tutorial (entering results, taking attendance etc)
- Communication with Subject Coordinators
Tutors are not paid to:
- Engage in detailed email exchanges
- Use tutorial time to repeat material covered in lectures
- Carry out any of the activities listed below in Subject Coordinator activities
Subject Coordinator / Sessional Coordinator activities
- Coordination and preparation of reading material
- Updating of the LMS site
- Design of appropriate assessment tasks and submission due dates
- Design of tutorial reading program to support lecture content
- Communication with students regarding questions or feedback about lecture content
- Supervision of tutors: providing clear instructions for tutors on reading materials, assessment tasks and assessment policies.
- Approval of timecards (where required)
- Coordination of assessment and timely submission of results (includes verification of entered results)
- Writing of exams and supplementary exams as required
- Any other administrative matters
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Please note that the above information may be subject to change.
Onboarding
The Faculty of Education will conduct an induction to provide new starters with a formal welcome, as well as important information on the services and support available to assist them in their academic endeavours at Faculty of Education and the University.
Accounts and passwords: activate your email using the identity management system
- Themis timecards
- Casual pay dates
- After-Hours Building Access: Please note that after-hours building access is not generally provided to casual academic staff. All after-hours access requests must be endorsed by the School and will only be provided if absolutely necessary
- Occupational Health and Safety Induction: Online TrainME training
- The University of Melbourne requires all casual staff to complete a 30-minute online module Casual Employees Compliance Training. Sessional tutors can claim payment of 0.5 hours at the 'other academic activity' rate upon submission of their certificate to their supervisor.
- Desk Space: Faculty of Education will provide Casual Academics with designated hot-desk office space.
- Stationery: Faculty of Education will provide Casual Academics with stationery.
- Staff cards: Obtain or update a staff ID card
Please note that the above information may be subject to change.
Contacts
For application process or technical support using CTRS please email Faculty of Education, Academic Programs team on foe-academicprograms@unimelb.edu.au