City of Melbourne Chair in Resilient Cities
University of Melbourne
Professional Area:
Academia
Community Development and Redevelopment
Economic Planning and Development
Environmental and Natural Resources Planning
Facilities and Infrastructure Planning
Housing
Planning Law
Transportation Planning
Urban Design
Experience:
More than 10 years
Contact person:
Diana Mezei (at Perrett Laver)
Phone:
+61 (0) 2 8354 4000
Email:
diana.mezei@perrettlaver.com
Location:
Melbourne (Parkville) VIC 3010
Australia
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
Salary: AUD$176,027 p.a. plus 17% superannuation.
Research Support:Additional research establishment funds will be made available to the incumbent in their first year to appoint an aligned Postdoctoral Research Fellow (for up to 2 years) or a PhD scholar (for up to 3.5 years). AUD$10,000 p.a. research support funds.
The University of Melbourne and City of Melbourne are joining together to strengthen Melbourne's – and other world cities' - resilience in the face of economic, social and environmental challenges including climate change.
The City of Melbourne Chair in Resilient Cities is being established to provide a key point of leadership to align the resilience activities of both the City and the University. Located within the University of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and working closely with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, (MSSI) the Chair will work to enhance and support the many initiatives supporting resilience in the City, the University, their partners and communities. Research undertaken by the Chair will build upon the work sponsored by the City of Melbourne to develop a metropolitan resilience strategy in collaboration with 31 metropolitan local governments and as part of the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.
The Chair will lead this alignment of resilience across the full scope of the University's faculties and interests and will play a key role in influencing and stimulating local and international public debate and policy. Candidates will have attained recognition as eminent authorities in their disciplines and as thought leaders in the field of urban resilience. He or she will provide vision and leadership to multi-disciplinary groups of outstanding scholars and professionals and will be able to point to a distinguished career in research, including applied research, with a demonstrated passion for the importance of urban policy and scholarship.
Perrett Laver is assisting the University with this recruitment; please do not apply via the University website. Please upload your completed application atwww.perrettlaver.com/candidates quoting reference 2239.
Should you have additional questions please contact Diana Mezei in the Asia-Pacific office of Perrett Laver at diana.mezei@perrettlaver.com or on +61 (0) 2 8354 4000.
Close date: 12 noon AEDT Friday 22 January 2016