Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor in Cyber Security

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Cyber Security, UNSW Canberra

Employment type:   Full-time (35 hours per week)
Duration: Continuing
Remuneration: Level C from $150,148/Level D from $179,630 plus 17% super

Location: UNSW Canberra, City Campus

About UNSW’s Canberra School of Professional Studies (CSPS)
The Canberra School of Professional Studies, CSPS, was established to challenge old ways of skills and knowledge development. We are made up of innovative academics and professionals with cutting edge research, industry experience, educational excellence. We combine cutting edge research and technology, industry and government collaboration, and innovative teaching to seek solutions to local and global challenges. We are agile. We work in co-creative and co-design spaces. We collaborate across disciplines and professions to build collective intelligence and generate innovative ideas. We do NOT work in silos. We are a new thought leadership from UNSW, a member of the Group of Eight in Australia, ranked 19th in the world, located at the heart of our nation’s capital. We are not an ordinary degree awarding school. We produce professionals, upskill existing ones, and engender lifelong learning.

Why Your Role Matters
This key position at  Canberra School of Professional Studies will increase the school’s capacity to deliver high-quality teaching, higher degree research supervision, conduct high impact research, and engage with relevant industries and professional bodies. The position will be expected to contribute to the school’s teaching, research and administration through course development and delivery, research outputs, quality assurance, industry engagement, student support, and assist in other administrative duties related to the school’s and faculty objectives. As a senior academic in Cyber Security, you will bring a wealth of relevant scholarly and/or industry expertise. Specifically, we are looking for cyber academics with expertise in areas such as Penetration Testing, Digital Forensics and integration, Network Security, Cryptography, Web Security, DevSecOps, Privacy, Critical Infrastructure and/or Data/Application Security.

Who You Are (skills and experience): 

• A PhD in a related discipline, plus relevant work experience.
• A good track record of research and publication leadership in a chosen field.
• Evidence of currency and knowledge in the field of cybersecurity.
• Demonstrated evidence of teaching and learning design, development, delivery and students support at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with positive teaching evaluation.
• Experience using and designing with educational technologies and flexible delivery platforms.
• Evidence of highly developed interpersonal communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to, and evidence of working with and supporting students and colleagues from diverse backgrounds and abilities.
• Demonstrated experience working with industries and applying work-integrated learning (desirable).

Benefits and Culture:
UNSW is committed to helping staff balance work-life responsibilities, by providing access to high-quality services, facilities, and flexible work and leave arrangements.

• Flexible working options (work from home, flexible hours etc) 
• Additional three days leave during December festive period
• Career development opportunities 
• Up to 50% discount on UNSW courses
• Flexible 17% superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice
• Free gym access
• UNSW-wide strategy to focus on Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Healthy Places and Healthy Culture. 

Eligibility: 
The successful candidate will be required to undertake pre-employment checks prior to commencement in this role. The checks that will be undertaken are listed in the Position Description. You will not be required to provide any further documentation or information regarding the checks until directly requested by UNSW.  

To be successful you will hold Australian Working Rights and be available to start teaching in Term 3 (September 2025) or before. UNSW is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.  

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

How to apply:
Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Please apply via our online recruitment system.
In your application, please include:

• your CV
• a 2-page cover letter addressing the skills and experience outlined in the Position Description.

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Applications close: Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 11.30pm AEST

Get in Touch

To discuss the position please contact: chika.anyanwu@unsw.edu.au

Queries regarding applications - please contact:               h.whale@unsw.edu.au  

(for job related queries only – applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact listed)

Find out more about the lifestyle and benefits when working with UNSW  

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For further information on living in Canberra, please visit: Living in Canberra

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.