This position is available as a Teaching and Research position or Education Specialist position at the Lecturer level or as an Education Specialist position at the Associate Lecturer level.
Who you are
You are a passionate and engaged academic who is committed to teaching excellence, social impact, and scholarly practice in social work and human services. You enjoy working collaboratively, value diversity and inclusion, and are motivated by the opportunity to shape the next generation of social work professionals.
You bring contemporary discipline knowledge, field education experience, reflective teaching approaches, and a developing research agenda aligned with social work practice, policy, or community wellbeing. You thrive in work-integrated learning environments and value strong industry partnerships, bringing a student-centred and inclusive approach to your teaching. Reflective in your practice, you are motivated to continuously improve and enhance student outcomes.
Within the Education Specialist pathway, you demonstrate increasing independence, leadership and impact by advancing scholarly teaching practices and delivering high-quality, student-centred learning experiences that equip students with the skills, confidence and professional capabilities needed to succeed in real-world practice.
To thrive in the Teaching and Research pathway, you are developing a strong research profile, with a focus on collaboration and contribution towards the Social Work field.
What you'll do
You will contribute to a high-quality Social Work Field Education program through the delivery of engaging, student-centred teaching in field education and placement learning, integrating theory with real-world professional practice. Continuous improvement in curriculum development will be a focus in the role as well as enhancing placement opportunities for students by building strong affiliations with industry partners.
Education Specialist pathway contributions
* Leading and enhancing scholarly teaching practice through innovation in learning and teaching
* Effectively utilising evidence-based approaches to improve outcomes for students
* Contributing to teaching excellence initiatives, grants, or recognition activities
Teaching & Research pathway contributions
* Produce quality research outputs and contribute to collaborative research activity
* Progressing or leading research initiatives and funding opportunities, dependent upon current teaching and research experience as either an Associate Lecturer or Lecturer
* Supervision of honours and postgraduate research students
What will help you succeed
To thrive in this position, you will require a qualification in social work or a related discipline, dependent upon level of appointment as well as:
* Holding membership of or be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
* Demonstrated experience in delivering engaged and reflective approaches to teaching that produce the best possible outcomes for students.
* High-level oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, relating well to people at all levels using diplomacy, tact and sound judgement, with an ability to build constructive and effective relationships.
* For Teaching & Research roles, demonstrated (or developing) research capability, collaboration and potential to attract funding.
To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups.
Reference Number: 0169_11/25
Location: Toowoomba or Ipswich campus
Term: Full-time continuing appointment (37.5 hours/week)
Associate Lecturer salary range: $94,509 to $126,788 pa (includes salary range of $79,704 to $106,927 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Lecturer salary range: $133,256 to $157,504 pa (includes salary range of $112,381 to $132,831 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: Sunday, 14 June 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)
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