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CANDIDATE INFORMATION HANDBOOK Eke Tangaroa - Māori and Pacific Early Career Academic Programme 2021
CONTENTS Welcome 03 Auckland University of Technology (AUT) 04 Te Tiriti o Waitangi 05 Pacific at AUT 06 Programme rationale and objectives 07 About the lecturer role(s) and position description 08 Dedicated support programme 09 Recruiting now! 10 Application process 11 Disclaimer: Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure accuracy, the information in this document is provided as a general guide only. The information contained in this document was correct at the time of creation, April 2021.
WELCOME
I am delighted you are considering a role at Auckland
University of Technology (AUT). We are now in the top
300 universities in the world, and have become New
Zealand’s second largest and third-ranked university.
Our students learn in an environment that is deeply
engaged with our business, industry and community
partners, where they can test and apply the knowledge
they have gained. We have developed an excellent
international reputation, and research that is used
by organisations around the world to addresses
important issues facing our environment and society.
AUT aspires to be the university of opportunity for
Māori and Pacific people and is proactively engaged in
growing the number of Māori and Pacific academics at
AUT. We are determined to increase the participation
and success of Māori and Pacific peoples across
all academic disciplines. Having Māori and Pacific
Derek McCormack
academics like you at the forefront of research at AUT
connects the work that you do with the communities Vice-Chancellor
you are researching in.
We are now seeking early career academics to
contribute to teaching programmes in their respective
departments and support Māori and Pacific student
achievement. These scholars will play an important
role as strong exemplars. It is a role with a dedicated
support network to help early career academics
develop their teaching skills, extend their research
capability, and advance their professional skills in
academic supervision and graduate mentoring.
These are exceptional opportunities where you can
truly make a difference.
At AUT, we work together for a vibrant university
community in which creativity is nurtured and
achievement celebrated. We are already a community
of over 30,000 comprising teachers, researchers
and students who are inspired to test boundaries,
challenge established theories, break new ground
and discover what is possible. We welcome your
application to join us.
AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY
OF TECHNOLOGY (AUT)
Auckland University of Technology was established in 2000, and is New Zealand’s second
largest university. AUT is young, vibrant and future-focused, offering outstanding opportunities
for development and innovation. AUT has grown rapidly - we currently have 29,000 students
(both domestic and international) and offer a wide range of programmes and research
opportunities.
There are five faculties at four locations - the City, AUT prides itself on producing graduates for the
North and South Campuses and AUT Millennium. changing world of work and ensuring graduates can
become job takers and job creators. AUT aligns itself
• Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
with industry in research, innovation and teaching,
(comprising the AUT Business School, the AUT
ensuring our students get to work on solving real-
School of Economics and the AUT Law School)
life problems. In 2020, 92% of AUT undergraduates
• Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies also undertook a programme with a work placement
• Faculty of Culture and Society component.
• Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences Our staff are integral to our success and we value their
expertise. That’s why we’re committed to helping you
• Te Ara Poutama – Faculty of Māori and Indigenous
develop in your career here. In 2019, Randstad said
Development
AUT was one of the top 20 most attractive employers
AUT values diversity in its staff and student in New Zealand.
populations and has aspirational goals for its people.
AUT has enjoyed a long history of success with AUT is committed to ensuring staff and students are
student satisfaction ratings earning consistently supported by ongoing investment into outstanding
positive results, reflecting a commitment to a student- equipment, facilities and campus development.
centred approach.
4
TE TIRITI O WAITANGI
The University’s Partnerships with Māori
The founding document of New Zealand, Te Tiriti o The Ngā Wai o Horotiu marae (the waters of
Waitangi (Te Tiriti) establishes the basis for modern Horotiu), located at City Campus, is another way AUT
Aotearoa New Zealand society. It is an agreement acknowledges the importance of the principles of
between representatives of the British Crown and Te Tiriti o Waitangi and expresses our deeply held
rangatira (chiefs) and their hapū (sub-tribes), named belief that AUT is a centre of learning for all peoples,
after the place in the Bay of Islands where the Treaty and Māori have a special and distinct role as Treaty
was first signed, on 6 February 1840. partners.
Fundamentally, Te Tiriti governs the relationship Te Ara Poutama, AUT’s Faculty of Māori and
between Māori – the tangata whenua (indigenous Indigenous Development, focuses on Te Tiriti research
people) – and everyone else. It ensures the rights of on Treaty issues. Our staff have written books on the
both Māori and Pakeha (non-Māori) are protected. Treaty, prepared Treaty claims and provided evidence
In addition to partnership, Treaty principles include for the Waitangi Tribunal. Staff across the University
the duty to consult, and active protection of Māori contribute to Te Tiriti scholarship, Waitangi evidence
interests, including social, economic and cultural and run workshops for organisation interested in Te
interests. Tiriti issues.
AUT has a strong and important relationship with Through these and other initiatives, including
Māori, which honours the principles of Te Tiriti o the provision of relevant learning and research
Waitangi. opportunities for Māori, the University seeks to
advance Māori interests within the University and
The University’s strategic plan, AUT Directions to
communities at large.
2025, includes a pledge to partner with Māori to
advance mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and
te reo (Māori language), and achieve the benefits
a university can provide with and for Māori. This
commitment is reflected in three key principles:
Partnership, Protection and Participation.
AUT’s Office of Māori Advancement and the Ngā Wai
o Horotiu marae is one way we reflect our respect for
Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Office of Māori Advancement
works closely with AUT Māori staff, students and
the wider community in advising and implementing
mātauranga Māori principles throughout AUT. This
includes building effective relationships with iwi
and Māori communities, conducting research that
benefits Māori and their communities, including
Māori pathways in the curriculum, and promoting
access, success and advancement for Māori staff and
students. The Office is led by the Pro-Vice Chancellor
for Māori Advancement.
5
PACIFIC AT AUT
Auckland is the largest Polynesian city in the world, and AUT aspires to be the university of
opportunity and access for Pacific peoples. At 17.6% of our total number of domestic EFTS, AUT
has the largest proportion of Pacific students out of all the universities in New Zealand. But we
want to do more to increase the participation and success of Pacific peoples across all academic
disciplines through programme development, university preparation programmes, student
support, scholarships, community outreach and university research.
AUT’s commitment to Pacific peoples is underpinned In New Zealand, Pacific communities are under-
by the appointment of an Assistant Vice-Chancellor represented in our universities. AUT has made special
for Pacific Advancement, to ensure Pacific students’ efforts to address this, and the establishment of
access to AUT and their subsequent success. To South Campus in Manukau – which has the largest
achieve this, the Assistant Vice-Chancellor leads the populations of Pacific peoples in one place worldwide
Office of Pacific Advancement, a dedicated team – is a tangible expression of this commitment. South
within the University which maintains and facilitates Campus is also a research and innovation centre
initiatives of importance to Pacific communities. engaged with, and relevant to, Pacific communities.
Research projects undertaken at this campus range
The UniPrep programme, for example, strongly
include the Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study,
contributes to this objective, working with high
which has been tracking the health and psychosocial
schools in particularly in the South Auckland region
development of 1,398 Pacific children born at
to develop aspiration for higher education. It acts as
Middlemore Hospital in Auckland at the start of the
a gateway to study options across all AUT’s faculties
new millennium.
and campuses and includes a mix of academic
workshops, team-building activities and university life Visit Pacific at AUT for more information.
experiences. More than 75% of participants are Pacific
peoples.
The Office of Pacific Advancement also empowers
students to take an active role in their success through
extracurricular programmes such as the Oceanian
Leadership Network (OLN) . The OLN assists students
from different faculties and campuses across AUT
develop their own successes as Navigators through
leadership and service to others.
6PROGRAMME RATIONALE
& OBJECTIVES
Māori and Pacific are dramatically under-represented as a group in academia - New Zealand
universities employ more than 10,000 academics, but only 5% are Māori and 2% are Pacific1.
AUT aspires to be the university of choice for Māori Twenty-four research active lecturers have been
and Pacific communities. AUT is dedicated to appointed through Eke Tangaroa to date. This year we
increasing the participation and success of Māori and will be repeating this initiative for a sixth time, with
Pacific peoples across all academic disciplines, and the objective of additional new Māori and/or Pacific
to improving our staff profile to reflect that of our scholars joining the University in late June and in time
student population. In a clear intention to provide for Semester 2, 2021.
positive and specific support to members from these
groups and to help us work towards equality, in 2014
AUT initiated Eke Tangaroa, our Māori and Pacific
Early Career Academic programme.
Supported and partly funded through the Vice-
Chancellor’s strategic budget, the programme
enables new Māori and/or Pacific scholars who have
completed their doctoral studies (or submitted a
completed thesis for examination prior to starting), to
receive permanent appointments as research-active
lecturers. By increasing the percentage of Māori and
Pacific academic staff, the programme also directly
supports objectives within AUT’s Strategic Plan (AUT
Directions). The programme also provides a consistent
approach to attract, build, grow and retain our Māori
and Pacific academic population at AUT.
Janet Tupou
Tongan
Lecturer in
Communication Studies
1. Ministry of Education 2016 data (https://www.educationcounts.
govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-education/resources)
7ABOUT THE LECTURER ROLE(S)
& POSITION DESCRIPTION
As a permanent research-active lecturer you’ll provide high quality teaching and supervision, undertake research
in your field(s) of expertise and contribute in service roles. AUT lecturers play a key role in undertaking effective
teaching, supervision and research and are a critical part of our academic community. In your first three years of
employment you will also be part of Eke Tangaroa - AUT’s Māori and Pacific Early Career Academic Programme.
Expectations include:
Expectations of appointees
• Contribute to teaching programmes and develop • Contribute to teaching programmes and develop
teaching resources under the direction of the Head teaching resources under the direction of the Head
of School/Department and senior academic mentor of School/Department and senior academic mentor
• Publish from your doctoral research and undertake • Participate in workshops and other professional
new research development activities designed for the programme
8DEDICATED SUPPORT PROGRAMME
Candidates successful in being appointed to the programme, can expect to be surrounded by an
extensive support programme.
KEY COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING YOU TO appointees to get together and network and are driven
SUCCEED by what previous appointees to the programme have
said they want.
The Head of School/Department is the person
ultimately responsible for the appointee’s academic The intention is also for a Kaiurungi (navigator)
development and success. A dedicated senior to provide a clear point of contact and liaison for
academic mentor for the three years of the programme all stakeholders in Eke Tangaroa. The Kaiurungi
will also be assigned. Activities of both include: supports the programme’s recruitment, induction,
the development of appointees’ integrated academic
• Attending the participant’s pōwhiri to support the practice programme (teaching, research and academic
appointee (likely the Head of School/Department or contribution) and supports their cultural identity. The
nominee) Kairurungi facilitates wayfaring between stakeholders
• Developing an understanding of the appointee, their that is built on Pacific values of genuine relationships,
expertise and areas where development would be reciprocity and respect.
beneficial
• Supporting the appointee’s academic development PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Guiding the development of the appointee’s You will participate in appropriate professional
teaching, research, supervision and citizenship skills development programmes during the three years
of the programme. Appointees without significant
• Negotiating an appropriate workload for the
prior teaching experience will, in the first two years
appointee (this being the Head of School/
following appointment, undertake appropriate
Department responsibility, but input of the mentor
professional development in the practice of adult and
required)
tertiary education. This includes enrolment in ‘AUT
• Meeting regularly with the appointee to monitor Essentials+’ - a suite of five modules as part of our
progress over the three years of the programme Foundations in Educational Practice series designed to
• Being the primary contacts for the appointee to help staff meet the challenges of teaching for the first
discuss any concerns time whilst enhancing their educational practice. Click
HERE for further details.
DEDICATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
& SUPPORT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
You will be given opportunities to develop your Appointees will have access to approved expenditure
teaching skills, extend research capability and advance for research and conference costs (up to $5000 per
professional skills in supervision and graduate annum) for the three years of the programme, as long
mentoring. Forums are organised for networking as it has been agreed by the appointee’s line manager.
and cultural discussions, and informal catch-ups are
encouraged. TEACHING
The annual development programme is open to all To help ensure an appointee settles well into the role
programme appointees every year if they wish to and is not overwhelmed, teaching allocation will be
participate. The forums are also open to all appointees, discussed with you before decisions are made on
past and present. These are opportunities for teaching load.
9RECRUITING NOW!
Become a new research-active Lecturer with the support of Eke Tangaroa - AUT’s Māori and
Pacific Early Career Academic Programme
Eke Tangaroa enables new Māori and/or Pacific PROGRAMME ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
scholars to use their doctorates and join AUT as
permanent, full-time, research-active lecturers. Now • A PhD/Doctorate is required. Graduation must
in its sixth year, AUT is proud that 24 outstanding have been within three years of application to this
Māori and Pacific academics have previously been programme. Alternatively, applicants will have
appointed through this initiative and we’re excited to submitted a completed thesis for examination prior
to starting.
be recruiting for 2021.
• This must be your first full-time, permanent
academic position in either a university or other
tertiary education provider. You will have no
more than 5 years’ fixed-term contract academic
experience (in total) in a university or other tertiary
education provider.
• Programme is open only to applicants of Māori or
Pacific genealogical descent
• Candidates must ideally be able to start by 28 June
2021 (this allows two weeks to settle in prior to the
start of Semester 2)
• Specific criteria may vary slightly depending
on discipline, as listed within each individual
advertisement
10CONTACT DETAILS
Recruitment enquiries:
Mike Wood, Executive Recruitment Partner
mike.wood@aut.ac.nz | +64 9 921 9185
APPLICATION PROCESS
HOW TO APPLY INDICATIVE TIMELINE
We welcome applications from suitably qualified • Applications close Sunday 16 May 2021
applicants and request they submit: • Interviews will take place late May/early June
• A cover letter addressing the key requirements for • Offers to preferred candidates mid-June 2021
the role outlined in each advertisement
• Appointed candidates to begin roles on or prior to
• A full CV (including any relevant teaching or 28 June 2021
tutoring experience and a full summary of
publications to date)
FURTHER INFORMATION
CURRENT ROLES AVAILABLE • Learn more about Eke Tangaroa on our
Careers site
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies
• Staff benefits
• Lecturer in Communication Studies
• Careers information
Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences • Working at AUT
• Lecturer in Science • About Auckland
• Lecturer in Clinical Sciences
• Lecturer in Public Health and Interdisciplinary
Studies
• Lecturer in Sport and Recreation
Applications must be made on or before the closing
date of Sunday 16 May 2021, via the appropriate
job vacancy on AUT’s careers site. An email
acknowledging receipt of your application will be sent
within 24 hours.
11POSITION DESCRIPTION
Title of Position Service Area
Lecturer School of (………………), Faculty of (………………)
Reports To Last Reviewed Salary Band
Head of School/Department April 2021 ACADEMIC CPL
PURPOSE
To provide high quality teaching and supervision, undertake research in the field(s) of expertise of the appointee
and to contribute in service roles.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
External Internal
Appropriate professional associations Dean
Associate Dean (Postgraduate) Head of School
School and Faculty postgraduate administrators
Other staff of AUT
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Responsibility Expected outcomes
Teaching and Learning • Adopt a scholarly approach to curriculum
development and teaching
Planning, implementation and evaluation of creative
teaching and learning experiences • Undertake independent teaching in your discipline
or related area, including, potentially, full academic
Creative and experiential teaching and supervision;
responsibilities of co-ordination and related
employing disciplinary methods to integrate the
administration of taught papers
processes of teaching and learning
• Plan, teach assigned papers or classes, assess the
achievement of learning outcomes, evaluate your
teaching and report on its effectiveness
• Complete teaching and learning related
administrative tasks within nominated time periods
• Contribute to pedagogical and curriculum-related
developments in your discipline or related area
• Integrate relevant innovations into papers to
enhance the student learning experience
• Engage in professional learning to support ongoing
development of your teaching practice, including
in the areas of pedagogy, student learning,
assessment, curriculum and/or other aspects of
higher education
• Engage in ongoing reflective practice
• Achieve the agreed feedback profile in the
approved teaching evaluation approaches
12Responsibility Expected outcomes
Research, Scholarship & Advanced Professional • Plan and undertake research, scholarship and/or
Practice professional practice related to your discipline
Undertakes research reflecting the Faculty and/or • Access and contribute to research and the
School’s research plan scholarship of learning and teaching in your
discipline
Supervision of postgraduate students and their
research • Ensure we have ethical approval for any research
involving human or animal subjects
• Disseminate research and scholarly findings
through channels that maximise their impact,
including, where appropriate, being available for
use or viewing by other members of the scholarly
community in AUT’s open access repository
• Contribute to the research and scholarship culture
and reputation of the University at a faculty,
institutional, national and/or international level
• Mentor postgraduate students, supervise research
projects and theses to completion and undertake
required supervisor and researcher development
• Engage with relevant external individuals or groups
to maintain professional currency, inform your
thinking and create opportunities in relation to
research and scholarship
• Engage with new forms of scholarship and
publishing, including open access
• Proactively pursue external research income
• Maintain up to date records in research,
scholarship and professional practice in the
relevant university repository
Academic Citizenship • Contribute to the implementation of AUT’s
strategic direction
Demonstrates regular contribution, participation and
competence in service roles • Take opportunities to develop your competencies
and professional expertise, including as specifically
directed, if necessary
• Build your professional and academic networks
• Seek to enhance the student experience through
supporting student recruitment and other activities
• Serve on school/faculty/university committees,
task forces and groups of academic relevance,
contributing, reporting and delivering on tasks as
agreed
• Ensure that any consultation or education/training
activities that may be undertaken are done so in
accordance with AUT guidelines and best practice
• Participate in public debate and contribute to the
advancement and dissemination of knowledge
within society
13Responsibility Expected outcomes
AUT Values – • Team performance and the achievement of
Tika, Pono me Aroha departmental, team and organisational goals and
Integrity, Respect and Compassion objectives are actively supported
Active contribution to the general philosophy and • A mindful focus on equity and diversity is
spirit reflected in AUT policies, procedures and maintained and reflected across all areas of work
guidelines. practice
• Knowledge and skills are developed and
maintained for a minimum competent performance
of current position
• Compliance with AUT policy and procedures
is maintained along with active contribution to
continuous improvement
Health and Safety • AUT health and safety policies and procedures are
understood and followed
Active contribution to the maintenance of a safe and
healthy work environment • Identified hazards are efficiently and effectively
addressed
• Participation in health and safety audits of work is
proactive
• An understanding of emergency and evacuation
procedures is demonstrated
This document covers the broad results expected from the position and will form the basis of specific objectives
to be agreed and reviewed on a regular basis.
14ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT
As per Delegated Authorities
Roles reporting directly to the Vice-Chancellor; Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Deans, General Tier 1
Managers, Pro Vice-Chancellors
Senior Managers, including Deputy and Associate Deans, Heads of Schools, Group Tier 2
Directors, Directors
Managers including Directors, School Managers, Directors of Institutes/Research Centres Tier 3
This role Tier 4
DESCRIPTION
Reports as per the above lines of delegated authority.
COMPLEXITY
The balance between teaching, research and academic service in this position may vary between individuals and
across time. The guidelines for determining teaching workloads are described in the Academic and Associated
Staff Members’ Collective Employment Agreement. The appropriate workload band and will be set by the school
and the balance of activities will be agreed with the individual through the My Annual Plan [MAP] process.
AUTHORITIES
Delegations/Contractual
NA
Staff
Nil
Financial
NA
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15PERSON SPECIFICATION
Mandatory Desirable
Formal qualifications
• A relevant doctorate completed (or thesis submitted for examination)
Knowledge & experience
• Willingness to develop research demonstrated, where possible, through • Willingness to extend the
publications and, where relevant, associated scholarly activity boundaries of teaching and
• Professional knowledge related to effective performance of academic learning in relation to new and
and professional tasks emerging practices
Capabilities
• Capable of developing teaching expertise that can be used preferably at
both postgraduate and undergraduate level
• Capable of developing expertise in designing postgraduate and
undergraduate curriculum and course content
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a university-based
environment and to achieve strategic objectives in this area
• Ability to develop expertise in building strategic alliances within the
University and with the outside community
• Problem solving skills and the ability to make decisions
• Organisational and administrative skills
Attributes
• High degree of professional integrity
• Proactive, innovative, and self-motivated
• Commitment to engage in professional development, scholarship and
research which will continually enhance personal and professional
capabilities that are valued by the School and the University
• Commitment to and enthusiasm for, developing and providing high
quality programmes of learning and educational experiences
• A friendly, patient and approachable manner
• Flexibility
• Willingness to participate in research teams
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