The University of Notre Dame Australia Careers

Associate Lecturer (Assessment), School of Medicine
Fremantle Campus
Part-time opportunity (0.8), fixed-term until July 2026

• Friendly and collaborative work environment
• Rewarding opportunity offering career development
• Level A from $78,657 + 14.50% super (pro-rata)

About the university

The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Catholic University with over 1,000 permanent staff providing an exceptional educational experience to over 12,000 students across our Fremantle, Broome, and Sydney campuses, as well as clinical schools in Victoria and New South Wales.
 
About the role

You will work closely with the National Head of Assessment to undertake the collection, validation and analysis of student assessment data to support student progress and ongoing quality improvement of the School’s MD assessment program.

Key Responsibilities

• Building and management of the Learning Management Site (Blackboard) relevant to the assessment program.
• Oversight of continuous assessment submissions, extensions and reports, liaising with domains and discipline staff to ensure timely intervention.
• Review of academic integrity breaches to support academic integrity processes and procedures.
• Entering exam and OSCE questions into relevant software.
• Undertaking item analysis, including calculating the standard set pass mark, Cronbach’s alpha and corrected total-item correlations, which provide key metrics for evaluation of the assessment program.
• Generating annual student progress reports and upload these to Blackboard for student retrieval.
• Generate student reports to support the ‘students at risk’ exam review sessions.

Qualifications, skills & experience

• Completion of a postgraduate degree, in a relevant field, or relevant postgraduate qualifications in a specialist area of medical practice.
• A capacity to work collaboratively with relevant staff to implement and maintain effective systems and processes for ensuring the quality delivery of the assessment program.
• An ability to foster relationships and communication with members of the assessment team and school academic staff to support implementation of the assessment program.

Benefits

• Fitness Passport on offer
• Generous training and development opportunities.
• Friendly and collaborative working environment.

How to apply

Please apply online with a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Applications closing date: 11 March 2026

For further information on how to apply, please visit: How to apply | Notre Dame

Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.      

The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.

Contact us

Please direct your queries regarding this role to Melissa Schmidt, melissa.schmidt@nd.edu.au

Unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies will not be entertained.