Discipline Lead Ba Production

AFTRS; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 139,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

AFTRS in Sydney is seeking a Discipline Lead BA Production to drive curriculum development and oversee teaching within the BA Production program. You will connect students with contemporary screen practice and industry networks, ensuring safe, inclusive student experiences.

The role emphasizes teaching leadership, program governance, and academic quality across production disciplines, with responsibilities including coordination of a teaching team and industry liaison.

Qualifications

• Ability to meet the requirements of the Academic Employees Qualifications Policy.
• Substantial recent professional experience in screen production and current industry practices.
• Demonstrated capacity to teach in Higher Education or similarly high level industry contexts.
• Proven collaboration and inclusion in co-creating curriculum and productions.
• Leadership with evidence of strategic management and staff supervision.
• Understanding of future industry trends and curriculum strategy.
• General management ability and use of teaching materials and learning software.
• Commitment to academic quality and student support.

Responsibilities

• Lead curriculum development and keep the program industry-current.
• Develop subject outlines and assessments aligned to learning outcomes.
• Teach and assess within the workload while monitoring student progress.
• Lead, coach and manage the teaching team and recruit/induct lecturers.
• Coordinate with Production to support safe, timely student projects and approvals.
• Deliver within budgets, resources and timelines; use feedback to improve delivery.
• Undertake other duties to support AFTRS as required.

Skills

Screen production experience

Industry networks

Teaching experience

Leadership

Education

Academic Qualifications Policy

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Synopsis:

Discipline Lead BA Production – Ongoing, Full Time (5 days per week)

We are looking for an experienced screen production practitioner and educator to join our Teaching & Learning team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead industry-current curriculum and teaching in the Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production.
• Guide a teaching team and support safe, inclusive student production experiences.
• Connect students with contemporary screen practice and industry networks at Australia's national screen and audio school.

Salary: AFTRS Academic 3, Tier 2 ($153,967 pa) + 15.4% super, and excellent benefits.

Close Date: The closing date for applications is Sunday 22 November 2026 11:59pm. Late applications cannot be accepted.

About AFTRS

AFTRS is the national screen and audio school - the only Australian education institution to consistently make The Hollywood Reporter's prestigious annual list of the top film schools in the world. Working hand-in-hand with the screen and broadcast industries, AFTRS is a global centre of excellence that delivers the highest level of screen and audio education, training and research across Australia.

About the Role

Under the direction of the Program Convenor - BA, the Discipline Lead works collaboratively with a program team to co-determine, develop, and deliver the Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production program. The position is responsible for the development of industry aligned, future-facing curriculum and the management of the teaching team delivering the discipline subject areas in the BA Screen Production program. The role is strongly focused on excellence in teaching and supporting a high-quality student experience.

This role is instrumental to the School's fulfilment of its remit to industry, and will oversee the industry currency of the discipline, including liaising with industry stakeholders such as industry guests and other key industry organisations. The role also includes teaching and fulfilling all associated academic management and quality administration.

Key Accountabilities

• Discipline Leadership: Collaborate on curriculum development, engage with industry and contribute to discipline reviews and academic governance to keep the program industry-current and future-facing.
• Subject Leadership and Academic Quality: Develop subject outlines, teaching materials and assessments aligned to learning outcomes, annually update the BA Production Manual and ensure lecturers and guests are prepared to teach within its parameters.
• Teaching and Student Support: Teach and assess within the agreed workload, monitor student progress, provide academic support and refer progression, special consideration and other student matters appropriately.
• Teaching Team Management: Lead, coach and manage the teaching team, contribute to lecturer recruitment and induction, and support professional development and safe, inclusive working and learning environments.
• Production Oversight: Coordinate with Production and Production Operations to support safe, timely student productions, ensure required documentation, risk assessments, approvals and milestones are completed, and escalated safety, resource, scheduling or student issues appropriately.
• Resource Coordination and Improvement: Work with Program Coordinators to deliver subjects within agreed budgets, resources and timelines, and use student feedback and subject reporting to improve delivery.
• Other Duties: There may be a requirement to undertake tasks outside the scope of the responsibilities listed to support the organisation. AFTRS will engage in a conversation should these tasks arise.

About you – You Have:

• Qualifications: Ability to meet the requirements of the Academic Employees Qualifications Policy.
  • Please seek advice from the HR Officer if unsure of eligibility under this policy.
• Professional Experience and Networks: Substantial recent professional experience in screen production, with a strong understanding of contemporary production workflows, practices and technologies, and the ability to draw on current Australian screen and broadcast industry networks to enrich the program and create opportunities for students.
• Teaching Experience: Demonstrated capacity to teach in Higher Education, Further Education or a similarly high level in industry, and an understanding of the latest approaches in creative pedagogy and inclusive and flexible learning approaches.
• Collaboration and Inclusion: Proven and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and respectfully and create inclusive working and learning environments in the co-creation of curriculum or industrial productions, ensuring BA production parameters and student safety.
• Leadership and Supervision: Proven leadership in either the relevant industry or academic context with evidence of strategic management, high-level staff supervision, constructive conflict resolution and supporting teams and/or students to work collaboratively in production environments.
• Industry Trends and Strategy: Understanding of future industry trends within your discipline and education and ability to inform high-level strategy for AFTRS and curriculum.
• Management and Technical Capability: Demonstrated general management ability and capacity to use tools and software specific to your discipline and those technologies used in course planning and delivery including the oversight of teaching materials, learning management systems, resources, collaborative working tools and contemporary office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) to a strong level.
• Academic Quality and Student Support: Commitment to academic quality and progression standards, and student support through monitoring and implementation of relevant policies and procedures.
• Safe Work Environments: Experience in fostering culturally and psychologically safe work environments.

Please note that the successful applicant will be required to:

• Hold the unrestricted and indefinite Right to Work in Australia at the time of applying.
• Undertake a NSW Working with Children Check.
• Undertake a National Police Check

Diversity, Flexibility and Accessibility

As a creative organisation, we understand the importance of offering flexible working to support your own creativity, wellbeing, and balance. We will genuinely consider applications for job share and part time working. We also support working from home and flexible working hours.

AFTRS is committed to building a richly diverse staff and faculty. AFTRS actively supports and appreciates workplace diversity, First Nations values, and we strongly encourage and welcome applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from a wide range of backgrounds, and people with a disability.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments through our recruitment and selection process. Requests for reasonable adjustments will be treated confidentially and will not disadvantage your application. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail] or call 02 9805 6610. Further information can be found in the AFTRS Candidate Accessibility Pack.