I am grateful to have been appointed in a role with a particular focus on First Year Teaching as well as a research mandate. The prospect of trying to do both well is daunting but exciting. I have begun talking with some of my colleagues who are in somewhat similar roles in other Universities in Australia and overseas about what they do. I would like to share what I've learnt, as well as some of my thoughts so far about how this new role might evolve. I am also very interested in input from the Maths discipline or indeed any of my colleagues as to what you think is important and how this role can benefit the maths discipline and our school.