Senior Lecturer in Flute
The University of Melbourne
Australia
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Job posted on December 6, 2025
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Job Description:
Role type: Full Time; Continuing
Faculty: Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Department/ School: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Salary: Level C: AUD $152,695 - $176,065 p.a. plus 17% super
Outstanding performer-educator shaping professional musicians while driving cutting-edge music research.
Apply now to join a world-class conservatorium and elevate your career in flute performance and education.
Investing in you - benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
The University of Melbourne
We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research.
Your next career opportunity
As a Senior Lecturer in Flute at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, you'll have the opportunity to inspire and train future professional musicians whilst maintaining your own distinguished performance career. You'll contribute significantly to teaching, research, and leadership within the woodwind area, shaping curriculum and fostering innovation in music education. This role offers you the chance to make a lasting impact on the next generation of flautists whilst advancing your own artistic practice and research.
Your responsibilities will include:
Deliver Exceptional Music Education: Provide individual lessons, performance classes, and ensemble coaching across all levels of study, whilst coordinating subjects and recruiting high-quality students.
Advance Performance-Based Research: Contribute to the field through concerts, recordings, and publications, whilst supervising honours and postgraduate research students.
Engage with the Music Community: Participate in Conservatorium events, foster industry partnerships, and contribute to professional organisations in woodwind performance.
Provide Leadership and Service: Contribute to program planning, curriculum development, and committee work within the Conservatorium and wider University.
You may be a great fit if:
You are an outstanding flautist with a distinguished performance career and significant tertiary teaching experience, possessing the ability to inspire students and contribute innovatively to music education and research.
You will also:
Have an exceptional professional performance profile with leading roles in solo, chamber, and orchestral contexts.
Possess significant tertiary teaching experience, preferably in a continuing role at Level B equivalent or higher.
Demonstrate a substantial record of creative achievements, including performances and recordings.
Have experience in curriculum development and the ability to attract high-quality students to various music programs.
Show a commitment to practice-led research and the ability to supervise graduate researchers.
Possess strong organisational and collaborative skills to contribute to excellence in all aspects of the Conservatorium's programs.
For further information please refer to the attached PD.
What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment, including:
Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance
Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance
Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
Your new team – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is Australia’s most vibrant and prestigious music institution. Our thriving community of students, teachers, academics and researchers reflects the many dimensions of musical creativity and experience. Together, we work to sustain the vitality of music in society and to shape the future of music in Australia and across the globe. The Conservatorium provides training in a comprehensive range of musical disciplines, including Music Performance, Composition, Jazz and Improvisation, Interactive Composition, Early Music, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Music Therapy, Music Psychology and Performance Science and New Music.
Our internationally recognised teachers are committed to challenging and inspiring our students to create their own unique paths in music. To complement the knowledge and performance expertise on staff at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, our students also benefit from visiting performers and academics from around the world.
Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safe organisation. We believe the diversity of our community enriches us all, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
We're committed to a barrier-free recruitment process and ongoing workplace support, providing reasonable adjustments throughout. We warmly encourage applications from people with disabilities. For assistance, please contact Kim Groizard on +61 3 9035 3218 or at (subject: 'Recruitment Adjustments'). Contact details for other enquiries are located at the bottom of this page.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians. outlines our investment and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students.
Indigenous applicants are encouraged to connect with our Indigenous Employment & Development team at for further information and support.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is available.
A Working with Children Check (WWCC) is required for all positions. If successful, we'll guide you through the WWCC application process during onboarding and reimburse the cost.
Join Us and unlock your career potential!
If this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
Resume
Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
The responses against the following seven Selection Criteria^
1. A distinguished national and/or international track record, commensurate with career stage, of significant professional performances and recordings, in a variety of repertoires and professional performing organisations and/or settings, including orchestras and chamber music.
2. Demonstrated high-level expertise in a range of woodwind repertoires and national styles of concert music from the 18th through 21st centuries. Expertise in core repertoires is required, and expertise in performing and commissioning new music in a variety of contemporary idioms is desirable.
3. Dedication to the representation of diversity in concert programming, and evidence of creative and considered approaches to repertoire selection, concert curation, and public communication through artistic practice.
4. Substantial experience and evidence of excellence in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate woodwind students.
5. Demonstrated capacity to recruit outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate woodwind students.
6. Evidence of ability to teach into other performance-based subjects within the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula, and to interact with complementary fields in the Conservatorium.
7. Evidence of ability to develop a distinctive program of performance-based creative research and deliver a variety of high-quality creative research outputs.
, including tips and FAQs.
For recruitment queries, email Rehan Wadiwala . Include the Position Number and Job Title in the subject line. Please do not send applications to this email address.
For job-specific queries, refer to the contact details in the Position Description.
Applications close: 19 February 2026 at 11:55 PM; Melbourne time zone.
Position Description:
APPLY NOW
Faculty: Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Department/ School: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Salary: Level C: AUD $152,695 - $176,065 p.a. plus 17% super
Outstanding performer-educator shaping professional musicians while driving cutting-edge music research.
Apply now to join a world-class conservatorium and elevate your career in flute performance and education.
Investing in you - benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
The University of Melbourne
We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research.
Your next career opportunity
As a Senior Lecturer in Flute at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, you'll have the opportunity to inspire and train future professional musicians whilst maintaining your own distinguished performance career. You'll contribute significantly to teaching, research, and leadership within the woodwind area, shaping curriculum and fostering innovation in music education. This role offers you the chance to make a lasting impact on the next generation of flautists whilst advancing your own artistic practice and research.
Your responsibilities will include:
Deliver Exceptional Music Education: Provide individual lessons, performance classes, and ensemble coaching across all levels of study, whilst coordinating subjects and recruiting high-quality students.
Advance Performance-Based Research: Contribute to the field through concerts, recordings, and publications, whilst supervising honours and postgraduate research students.
Engage with the Music Community: Participate in Conservatorium events, foster industry partnerships, and contribute to professional organisations in woodwind performance.
Provide Leadership and Service: Contribute to program planning, curriculum development, and committee work within the Conservatorium and wider University.
You may be a great fit if:
You are an outstanding flautist with a distinguished performance career and significant tertiary teaching experience, possessing the ability to inspire students and contribute innovatively to music education and research.
You will also:
Have an exceptional professional performance profile with leading roles in solo, chamber, and orchestral contexts.
Possess significant tertiary teaching experience, preferably in a continuing role at Level B equivalent or higher.
Demonstrate a substantial record of creative achievements, including performances and recordings.
Have experience in curriculum development and the ability to attract high-quality students to various music programs.
Show a commitment to practice-led research and the ability to supervise graduate researchers.
Possess strong organisational and collaborative skills to contribute to excellence in all aspects of the Conservatorium's programs.
For further information please refer to the attached PD.
What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment, including:
Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance
Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance
Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
Your new team – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is Australia’s most vibrant and prestigious music institution. Our thriving community of students, teachers, academics and researchers reflects the many dimensions of musical creativity and experience. Together, we work to sustain the vitality of music in society and to shape the future of music in Australia and across the globe. The Conservatorium provides training in a comprehensive range of musical disciplines, including Music Performance, Composition, Jazz and Improvisation, Interactive Composition, Early Music, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Music Therapy, Music Psychology and Performance Science and New Music.
Our internationally recognised teachers are committed to challenging and inspiring our students to create their own unique paths in music. To complement the knowledge and performance expertise on staff at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, our students also benefit from visiting performers and academics from around the world.
Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safe organisation. We believe the diversity of our community enriches us all, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
We're committed to a barrier-free recruitment process and ongoing workplace support, providing reasonable adjustments throughout. We warmly encourage applications from people with disabilities. For assistance, please contact Kim Groizard on +61 3 9035 3218 or at (subject: 'Recruitment Adjustments'). Contact details for other enquiries are located at the bottom of this page.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians. outlines our investment and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students.
Indigenous applicants are encouraged to connect with our Indigenous Employment & Development team at for further information and support.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is available.
A Working with Children Check (WWCC) is required for all positions. If successful, we'll guide you through the WWCC application process during onboarding and reimburse the cost.
Join Us and unlock your career potential!
If this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
Resume
Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
The responses against the following seven Selection Criteria^
1. A distinguished national and/or international track record, commensurate with career stage, of significant professional performances and recordings, in a variety of repertoires and professional performing organisations and/or settings, including orchestras and chamber music.
2. Demonstrated high-level expertise in a range of woodwind repertoires and national styles of concert music from the 18th through 21st centuries. Expertise in core repertoires is required, and expertise in performing and commissioning new music in a variety of contemporary idioms is desirable.
3. Dedication to the representation of diversity in concert programming, and evidence of creative and considered approaches to repertoire selection, concert curation, and public communication through artistic practice.
4. Substantial experience and evidence of excellence in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate woodwind students.
5. Demonstrated capacity to recruit outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate woodwind students.
6. Evidence of ability to teach into other performance-based subjects within the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula, and to interact with complementary fields in the Conservatorium.
7. Evidence of ability to develop a distinctive program of performance-based creative research and deliver a variety of high-quality creative research outputs.
, including tips and FAQs.
For recruitment queries, email Rehan Wadiwala . Include the Position Number and Job Title in the subject line. Please do not send applications to this email address.
For job-specific queries, refer to the contact details in the Position Description.
Applications close: 19 February 2026 at 11:55 PM; Melbourne time zone.
Position Description: