Elections for Senior Lecturer Promotions Committee 2009

Nominations are now invited from eligible academic staff to fill two vacancies on the Senior Lecturer Promotions Committee.

Eligibility and term of office

Academic staff - Nominators must be ranked at and above Assistant Lecturer (not less than 0.4 fraction of full time).  Nominees must be ranked at least at the level of Senior Lecturer.  The roll of electors shall be that existing on 31 March 2009.  The term of office commences on 1 July 2009, for a term of three years.  Outgoing members may be re-nominated.

Nominees must be available to attend the meeting of the Senior Lecturer Promotions Committee on Tuesday 15 September and Wednesday 16 September 2009.

Please note that all promotion committee members, with the exception of the external member, will be required to undertake the equal opportunity (EO) online training prior to the commencement of the first committee meeting.

Nomination and election process

Nominations
Nominations of qualified persons shall be made by two persons qualified to vote and shall contain the written consent of the candidate to nomination. A facsimile copy to: +61 3 9903 1506 will be acceptable provided the original is sent by mail.

The appropriate form must be lodged with the Returning Officer by 12 noon on Monday 4 May.

Candidate statements

Each candidate may supply with the nomination a statement containing not more than 250 words and figures which may include the following: full name; academic qualifications, honours and distinctions; positions or offices held and when in the course of employment or profession; positions or offices held and when with any public bodies, clubs, institutions; any other information the candidate considers to be relevant.

Withdrawal of nominations
A candidate may withdraw his or her nomination by notice in writing to that effect, and also signed by the nominators, by Wednesday 6 May.

Candidates elected unopposed
Where the number of nominations does not exceed the number of vacancies, the candidate(s) shall be duly elected.

Ballot
Where the number of nominations exceeds the number of vacancies, a ballot will be held. Voting papers will be posted by internal mail to each elector on Friday 15 May, with postal votes closing at 5pm on Monday 1 June.

Nomination forms

Senior Lecturer Promotions Committee nomination form

More information

For more information regarding procedures, staff should refer to Procedures for Academic Promotion.

Contact

For any queries, please contact Ms Katherine Mitchell, Academic Governance Unit, by telephone on 9903 2625 or via email to elections@buseco.monash.edu.au.