Arts Teaching Expression of Interest (EOI)

Monash is committed to the creation of pathways to more secure fixed-term and continuing employment, where this is appropriate for the individual situation and work category.

There are circumstances where sessional employment will be required, and we will continue to engage and renew sessional academic staff where it is determined to be the most appropriate mode of employment, aligned with the new definition in the Closing Loopholes Act and our job security commitments.

The Faculty of Arts is now seeking expressions of interest for potential sessional work opportunities in Semester 2, 2026.

If you wish to be considered for sessional academic work in Semester 2, 2026, please express your interest by submitting an application using the link below.

• NEW STAFF (who do not hold a valid Terms of Engagement from 2025 or Semester 1, 2026):  If you did not complete an Expression of Interest (EOI) for Semester 1 teaching, please do so.  This will allow us to better understand your specific teaching interests and experience, helping us to align them with potential needs across our teaching.  (If you have already submitted an EOI for 2026, there is no need to re-submit unless you would like to update your application).
• CURRENT SESSIONAL STAFF (who hold a valid Terms of Engagement for 2026):  There is no requirement for you to update your existing EOI.  However, if there are changes to your personal details, you are welcome to refresh your records to ensure they remain up to date.

Please note that submitting an EOI does not guarantee sessional work in Semester 2, 2026.

You will receive a confirmation message upon submission of your registration, and will be contacted further if:

• sessional work becomes available that aligns with your specific teaching interests, experience, and disciplinary background, and
• your application is successful and a tutor coordinator wishes to pursue your registration.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Closing date: Sunday 31st May 2026 at 11:59PM AEST

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Registration requirements

Before commencing your application, ensure you have the following information:

• Contact details
• Working with Children Check / VIT Registration – DETAILS BELOW
• Qualified teaching area (maximum of 3 areas)
• Teaching experience
• Student evaluations (upload into EOI)
• Preferred Arts Teaching Unit/s (refer to relevant Area of Study link and teaching units)
• Availability
• HDR Restrictions / Permission from main supervisor – DETAILS BELOW (upload into EOI)

New interested applicants also need:

• Work Eligibility – DETAILS BELOW
• Deemed Equivalence – DETAILS BELOW (upload into EOI)
• CV (upload into EOI)

EOI submission HERE

You will receive a confirmation message upon submission.

Note: You will only be contacted if sessional work becomes available that aligns with your specific teaching interests, experience, and disciplinary background, and if your application is successful.

Please note that submitting an EOI does not guarantee sessional work in Semester 2, 2026. You are also welcome to apply for other advertised roles at the University.

The rates of pay for teaching associate staff are set out in the Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2024.

- Sessional Academic rates
- Sessional Academic rates descriptors

Additional requirements for successful applicants

Working With Children Check (WWCC)

Applicants will require a Working With Children Check (WWCC). HR will be in communication regarding the WWCC requirements. See here for more information.

Work Eligibility

Successful applicants will be required to provide certified copies of the following information documents to HR.

Work Rights: Certified copies

Australian citizens

• A valid Australian passport; or
• An expired Australian passport and an Australian driver licence; or
• An Australian citizenship certificate and an Australian driver licence or photo ID; or
• An Australian birth certificate and an Australian driver licence or photo ID; or
• A certificate of evidence of Australian citizenship and an Australian driver licence or photo ID.

Non-Australian citizens

• A valid passport
• National Police Records Check: National Police Records Check (NPRC)

What is a certified copy? A certified copy of a document is a photocopy of the original that has been declared a true copy by an authorised person.

Who can certify documents? For a list of people authorised to certify a document, please see this list.

How to certify

• Take the original and a copy to an authorised person.
• The person will write on every page of the copy: “I have sighted the original document and certify this to be a true copy of the original.”
• The person will sign each statement and write their name and profession, for example, 'Pharmacist'

General conditions on teaching

There is a general Faculty principle of a maximum of 20 hours (actual face to face teaching and associated work) limit per week of teaching for all sessional staff.

HDR restrictions on teaching

If you are currently enrolled as a HDR student (full time or part time), your work commitment should not normally exceed 20 hours per week: that is you may teach a maximum of six hours face-to-face per week.  This will optimally be in one unit but may be in more than one unit provided the delivery and preparation time do not exceed 20 hours in total.

Full-time enrolment requires the student to devote at least 4 days each week to the pursuit of their study program and related activities, including Monash Doctoral program, supervisory meetings and other research activities.

Students and their supervisory team should discuss, agree and document the schedule of work hours and days. This is required over a 7-day calendar week, recognising the need for flexibility in working/research training arrangements.

Refer to: Managing your Candidature - Graduate Research and Candidature and progress management - Graduate Research

TEQSA/Deemed Equivalence

TEQSA (Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency) introduced revised standards as of 1 Jan 2017 which require positions that involve teaching to have qualifications at least on AQF (Australian Qualifications Framework) level higher than the program being taught or Equivalent relevant academic and professional or practice-based experience is required.

The revised standards require universities to establish a defensible framework for assessing whether a person, who does not have the required level of qualification, can be deemed to have the equivalent to the AQF standard and to record the decision. This is only relevant to the following disciplines and will require the Arts Academic Deemed Equivalence CV be completed and uploaded within the online form.

Registration system issues:

Access HR – 9902 0400 or hr@monash.edu

General School/Centre Enquiries:

For enquiries please contact:

School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
arts.admin.llcl@monash.edu

School of Philosophical, Historical and Indigenous Studies
arts.admin.sophis@monash.edu

School of Social Sciences
arts.admin.soss@monash.edu

School of Media, Film and Journalism
arts.admin.mfj@monash.edu

Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance
arts-music-perf-admin@monash.edu