Expression of Interest - Landscape Architecture - Sessional Academic

Overview:

• We are seeking expressions of interest for sessional opportunities in the School of Architecture and Urban Design within the College of Design and Social Context

• Based at our City campus  

Join RMIT as a Casual Sessional Employee

Become part of RMIT's academic community as a sessional staff member. Enjoy flexibility in your schedule while contributing to our dynamic learning environment. Our sessional roles involve diverse teaching and support activities across various disciplines, following best practices and guidelines. This is an excellent opportunity for professionals passionate about education who wish to share their expertise flexibly.

Our Landscape Architecture discipline

RMIT Landscape Architecture invites expressions of interest in the Bachelor of Landscape Architectural Design (BLAD) (3-year), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) (2 year, accredited), RMIT Landscape Architecture upholds a legacy of embracing emerging ideas and actively reshaping its focus to align with contemporary thought, discourse, and global concerns. Since its inception, the discipline has distinguished itself as engaged and responsive. In recent years, RMIT Landscape Architecture has critically engaged with adaptive and emergent phenomena, finding ways for landscape architects to work with uncertain future conditions brought on by climate change. Engaging with design research—design as a way of knowing—continues to inform the curriculum of both the BLAD and MLA programmes. The discipline continues to actively advocate for diverse, novel applications of landscape architecture and engage with industry and community beyond the academy.

RMIT Landscape Architecture critically explores landscape as a medium that exists at all scales, from micro to macro, from garden to city, from political to infrastructural, from social to economic; and as a medium specific to site, time, and process. The BLAD and MLA programs engage students profoundly with the discipline of landscape architecture, as one that can respond to the challenges of a complex, rapidly changing world through innovative forms of design. Course content instils students with the tools for independent thought and the ability to question and act - developing critical and creative exploration and enabling students to develop the skills to become leaders and innovators in landscape architectural practice.

The tradition of outreach within the program is bolstered by the AUD model of integrated scholarship in which academic staff and students collaborate with industry, community and government to respond to speculative or real-world issues. Design studios and core courses use a combination of creative exploration, critical thinking and engagement with real-world settings to expand possibilities for the discipline. Outreach and advocacy are also evident through the annually published Kerb Journal of Landscape Architecture, a student-led journal that has maintained a critical and creative commentary on landscape architecture since 1994

This competitive application process generates many applications beyond our available positions.By filling out this expressions of interest for sessional opportunities you will be added to our permanent database of potential sessional teachers. You will not be notified if there is not a position for you this semester but you will remain on the databse. It is not necessary to fill this form out again in the future. Please contact us if you would like to be removed at any point. 

Important: Appointment requires relevant qualifications or industry equivalency, and candidates must pass a Working with Children check.

To Apply 

Please click the 'Apply' link below to submit your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability

Applications Close:

30 Dec 2026 11.59 pm

RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community, and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. 

 

In line with RMIT University’s commitment to a safe, respectful and inclusive environment, from 1 January 2026, the University will also consider gender-based violence (GBV) risk factors as part of our recruitment processes.  All applicants will be required to complete a gender‑based violence declaration in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence.  Preferred candidates will also be required to undertake relevant pre‑employment background checks, including Working With Children Checks. Information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for its relevance to the role and RMIT’s safety obligations.

 

At RMIT, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT (including alternate formats of application forms). To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact Dani, via [email protected] or visit our Careers page for more contact information - https://www.rmit.edu.au/careers.

 

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