Background: 

Associate Professor: An Associate Professor will be well known in their field, they will   have   a   national   profile   and   will   likely   collaborate internationally.    They are likely to have chaired sessions at international conferences and be invited to give talks at academic meetings in Fiji and overseas.    They will have a significant research/scholarship record, some of which will be in high profile international journals, or other appropriate outlets, in their field.    The Associate Professor will show significant academic leadership. They will link their research to their teaching and develop new papers and courses inspired by their research expertise.    They must have clear evidence of good teaching performance. They should be supervising thesis graduate students.

Assistant Professor: An Assistant Professor is developing his/her own research and teaching interests and is becoming known nationally for his/her work.    They will effectively contribute to curriculum development, publish in peer-reviewed international journals or other appropriate outlets and are likely   to   have   edited   collections   of   work   or   meeting proceedings. They should be beginning to show academic leadership in their teaching and/or    their    research    speciality    and    be    involved    in administrative duties at least at Department/School level.

Person Specification: 

Associate Professor:

Essential:

• Masters of Law and Bachelor of Laws
• Graduate/ Professional Diploma in Legal  Practice, or equivalent
• Bar Admission
• Current and valid Practicing Certificate, or eligibility for a Fiji Practicing Certificate
• Minimum of 15 years of legal practice experience including 5 years of experience in leadership and/or supervisory roles
• Served as a Judicial Officer or in a Senior leadership role in legal practice, or equivalent with a distinguished record in the legal fraternity OR hold the rank of Associate Professor from an existing recognised University.
• Lead on and mentor colleagues on knowledge exchange activities and projects to enhance the skills of the University community.

• Capacity to co-ordinate and/or lead other staff.
• Lead in the development of professional practice or significant scholarly work and evaluation to improve the quality of practitioner‐informed teaching and their students’ learning experience with impact beyond the home academic discipline and ideally beyond the University. 
• Demonstrate or develop a professional practice and teaching profile through contributing or publication in forums that have a wide impact beyond the University. 
• Track record of success in securing research funding OR collaborative work with from external stakeholders 
• Demonstrate academic or scholarly leadership. 
• Demonstrated evidence of good teaching performance, university service, community service and leadership
• Demonstrated evidence of undertaking consultancies in the area of expertise
• Demonstration of learning and teaching scholarship related to the discipline.
• The development and contribution of knowledge to the discipline, or the teaching of the discipline.
• Demonstrate evidence of undertaking consultancies in your area of expertise
• Clear evidence of Master’s/ PhD supervision and examination

Assistant Professor:

Essential:

• Masters of Law and Bachelor of Laws
• Graduate/ Professional Diploma in Legal  Practice, or equivalent
• Bar Admission
• Current and valid Practicing Certificate, or eligibility for a Fiji Practicing Certificate
• Minimum of 10 years of legal practice experience including 3 years of experience in leadership and/or supervisory roles
• Served in senior roles in legal practice with good standing in the legal fraternity
• Lead on and mentor colleagues on knowledge exchange activities and projects to enhance the skills of the University community.
• Applicants must demonstrate evidence of meeting at least one or all the three criteria as listed below:

o    University Service (administration)

o    Community Service (contributions to the wider profession)

o    Academic Leadership and collegiality

Note: In exceptional circumstances, the University may consider applications without LLM with extensive years of experience and that the candidate is willing to upgrade the qualification to Masters of Law.

Desirable:

• Administrative duties
• Providing a continuing high level of personal commitment to, and achievement in, a particular scholarly area and as a result, generating high level research outcomes.
• Developing a record of publication in top ranked and other research and scholarly journals.
• Participating in research projects and research teams (where appropriate)
• Succeeding in applications for research funding, whether individually or as part of a team.
• Supervising the program of study for honours students and postgraduate students undertaking research projects. 
• Participating in development opportunities to improve research and supervision skills.
• Contributing to developing, mentoring, and providing feedback to junior researchers.
• Demonstrated evidence in learning and teaching and the potential to become an effective teacher.
• Demonstrated evidence of undertaking consultancies in your area of expertise.

Salary: Associate Professor: $116,547.00 plus superannuation

             Assistant Professor: $68,352.00 plus superannuation

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Application Details

All applications are to include:
 
• A letter of application addressing each of the criterion listed under the Person Specification more specifically the Essential and Desirable criteria. This application letter will form the main basis for shortlisting. Failure to provide the application letter will result in your application not being considered. 

• A detailed CV with three referees full contact details (telephone numbers and email addresses). Candidate should state their relationship with each referee (e.g. line manager, former postgraduate supervisor). 

• Copies of academic transcripts and certificates that are of relevance to the qualification requirements of the advertised position.

All applications must be submitted online using the University’s online job applications system which can be accessed at this address: https://careers.fnu.ac.fj .

Applications sent via email or manually for all positions will not be accepted.

Should you have any queries on the advertised opportunity or face difficulty in submitting the application online, please email the following:

1. HR Partner (email ID stated in the advertisement): For any queries regarding the advertised position.
2. hrat@fnu.ac.fj : For any assistance with the online application or technical issues.


Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted by Fiji National University, then your application has not been successful.

FNU is an equal opportunity employer. Preference is given to applicants holding Fiji citizenship. International applicants may be considered.