Victoria University of Wellington – Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Victoria U: Deputy Director, International (New Zealand)

Deputy Director, International, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Deadline: 29 May 2025.

“Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting for the Manutaki Tuarua – Deputy Director, International to join our team on a permanent, full-time basis. This key position will drive the University’s international engagement to achieve ambitious growth in student enrolments and outbound mobility, expand transnational education offerings, and enhance the efficiency and quality of service delivery throughout the student lifecycle.

Key responsibilities:
* Leadership and Development, Admissions and Conversion: Leading high-performing and collaborative teams who are professional and consistently achieve admissions, conversion, and enrolment targets. Team members are provided with the leadership, support and resources that will enable them to be effectively fulfil their roles.
* Strategy, Strategic Initiatives, and Decision Making: Robust and strategic WUI plans are developed and delivered effectively, and targets are set using quality data and market intelligence.
* Planning, Performance, Reporting and Monitoring: High quality and accurate information and advice is provided on all areas of responsibility. Staff performance is optimised, and targets are achieved.
* Relationship Management: Establish the University’s reputation for international education by becoming acknowledged as a centre of excellence through high profile and distinctive initiatives, public and thought leadership, research, and other initiatives.
* Ensuring that the appropriate Outcomes related to the areas of responsibility are met of the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021.”

Victoria U: International Relations (New Zealand)

Lecturer in International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Deadline: 1 October 2024.

Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Pūkenga – Lecturer in International Relations join the Political Science & International Relations programme on a permanent, full-time basis. The starting date is 24 February 2025.

Key responsibilities:

Contribute to teaching courses at all levels in International Relations, as appropriate and agreed to with the Tumuaki – Head of School
Advance a sustained and disciplinary-relevant research programme
Successfully supervise post-graduate students to completion
Contribute to Hautūtanga/leadership, administrative roles, and outreach to the wider community
Prepare and deliver graduate and undergraduate courses in International Relations
Commence other teaching or administrative duties

Victoria U of Wellington: PHD Scholarship on Healthy Aging in Migrant Communities (New Zealand)

PhD Scholarship on Healthy Ageing in Migrant Communities, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. Deadline: 30 September 2020.

The overall research programme will produce a framework for understanding multicultural ageing that is culturally sensitive, ethical, and has a lifespan focus. The research has three main objectives. First, it explores the role of life-course experiences and the challenges of cultural adaptation in migrants’ ageing trajectories. Further, it seeks to identify individual and social resources as well as systemic and structural barriers to multicultural ageing. Finally, it aims to uncover empowering cultural identities. The research programme draws on a range of qualitative (narrative and dyadic interviews, photovoice) and quantitative (life history data and longitudinal surveys) methods. The research will focus on older adults from large immigrant communities in Aotearoa New Zealand, including British, Chinese, Indian, Samoan, and South African, that differ in terms of cultural dimensions and migration history.

The scholarship is for work to explore 1) meanings associated with ‘ageing well’ for older migrants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2) how these meanings are created through the migration experience, and 3) whether and how meanings and values associated with ‘ageing well’ as a migrant differ across cultural groups. This PhD project will ideally focus on the ageing experiences of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand. However, applicants who have competence working with other migrant groups will also be considered. The successful applicant will be involved in qualitative research, collecting narrative accounts of older migrants (aged 65 years or older) using interviews or other, culturally appropriate research methods (e.g., talanoa), and quantitative research including analysis of survey data.