Lecturer in Behavioural Health
- Employer
- FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia
- Salary
- $110,127 - $130,325 p.a. pro rata plus 17% superannuation
- Closing date
- 28 Jan 2025
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Other Health & Social Care
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Lecturers / Assistant Professors
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Part Time
Position Details
- 2 Year Contract | Part-Time at 0.4FTE
- Academic Level B | $110,127 - $130,325 p.a. pro rata plus 17% superannuation
- Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role
We are seeking a dynamic Lecturer in Behavioural Health to play a key role in shaping the academic experience within the Counselling Programs at the College. This position will involve the development of engaging and innovative teaching materials, the delivery of high-quality instruction, and the coordination of teaching activities within a range of postgraduate courses. The successful candidate will contribute to the planning, delivery, and administration of the curriculum, with a strong focus on enhancing the student experience.
As a Lecturer in Behavioural Health, you will independently lead teaching initiatives while advancing the scholarship of teaching. Your expertise in innovative teaching practices and the use of emerging technologies will be pivotal in ensuring the highest standards of education. In addition to delivering engaging lectures, you will be involved in assessments, student consultations, and providing ongoing support to foster academic success. This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact through teaching excellence and the continual improvement of educational practices.
About You
To be successful in this role you will exhibit:
- Completion of a PhD, or equivalent qualification in counselling or mental health
- Registration or professional membership with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), or the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Experience of significant teaching and learning experience and excellence at a tertiary level
- Evidence of successful and independent innovation in learning and teaching delivery or design, including use of e-learning technologies
- Demonstrated contribution to academic quality assurance processes, such as topic or course reviews.
- Experience with engagement within a relevant external professional domain and within a wider community context at local, national, or international level which could include working parties, committees, professional associations and conferenced workshops.
Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?
- 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
- Flexible working arrangements
- Wide range of professional development activities and services
- We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
- Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
College of Medicine and Public Health
At the College of Medicine and Public Health, we deliver clinical, population and lab-based research, integrated teaching programs and high-quality clinical services. Our footprint reaches out from our world class teaching hospital at the Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia to multiple rural clinical locations all the way to Darwin in the Northern Territory. Our research and teaching equip the next generation of leaders and innovators with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and truly advance health outcomes. It is at the heart of everything we do.
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
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A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
How to Apply and Information
- You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
- For more information regarding this position, please contact Anthony Venning
- Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
- Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy
Certification
Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
28 Jan 2025
At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
Flinders. Fearless.
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