Teaching Fellow - Education Focused - Physics

About the role

The Teaching Fellow participates in teaching activities in the School of Physics and provides assistance for course assessment, administration and curriculum development. The Teaching Fellow will support the teaching of first year physics students, ensuring high quality teaching is maintained in the laboratory sessions and problem-solving workshops. The Teaching Fellow’s current knowledge of high school students will be utilised to enhance the transition of first year students to the university setting. The Teaching Fellow will also assist in the development of resources for high school teachers as part of the graduate certificate in physics for science teachers and professional development offerings from within the School of Physics.

Responsibilities

• Teach first year physics courses including the delivery of lectures, laboratory sessions, online courses, and problem-solving workshops.
• Contribute to the delivery of professional development modules, depth studies materials for high school teachers and school excursions by making recommendations about what should be included, reviewing existing materials, developing new materials and leading school excursions.
• Aid in the creation of new course material and revision of current course material.
• Maintain teaching material and resources including lab manuals and Moodle sites.
• Develop and implement new experiments in liaison with the First Year Director.
• Assist with the marking of examinations, lab reports, assignments and tests in first year physics.
• Cooperate with the First Year Director and other teaching and professional staff to ensure the effective management of teaching activities in first year physics.
• Ensure hazards and risks are identified and controlled for tasks, projects and activities that pose a health and safety risk within your area of responsibility.

Requirements

To be eligible for this position, the appointee must not have previously been appointed as a Teaching Fellow at UNSW, and this role will be for 1 year with no possibility of extension.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Physics or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in teaching physics with relevant involvement in teaching physics in years 11 and 12.
• Ability to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) effectively to create and modify online material.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the capacity to work collaboratively and foster harmonious workplace relations.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health & safety (psychosocial and physical) responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$113K - $121K plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading

Schedule

Fixed Term – 12 months (starting in January 2027)

Full-time (35 hours per week)

Contact

Contact: Kate Jackson
E: kate.jackson1@unsw.edu.au