Lecturer / Placement Coordinator Location: Hawthorn East Employment Type: 0.8 EFT Change Lives with a Career in BetterMentalHealth We are seeking a student-focused Lecturer / Placement Coordinator to join our collaborative and community-focused team. This hybrid role integrates teaching and placement coordination, ensuring students receive high-quality, practice-ready training grounded in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches. You will play a key role in supporting both student learning and professional placement experiences, working closely with industry partners and academic staff. About the Role This role involves: · Delivering teaching using experiential and process-oriented approaches · Supporting students through reflective and supervision-informed learning · Developing and maintaining placement partnerships · Ensuring placements align with learning outcomes and accreditation requirements · Embedding trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and inclusive practices · Contributing to psychotherapy-informed teaching and scholarship To be successful in this role you will have: · Experience in teaching and/or supervision in counselling or psychotherapy · Strong grounding in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches · Ability to support students in practice-based learning environments · Strong organisational and stakeholder engagement skills · Commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed, and relational practice Highly desirable: · Registration with Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and/or Australian Counselling Association · Experience with experiential curriculum design · Training in person-centred and experiential pedagogy · Interest in psychotherapy change research About the Cairnmillar Institute Cairnmillar is a leading not-for-profit provider of professional education and psychological services, with a strong focus on training reflective, ethical, and practice-ready graduates. Why join Cairnmillar · Meaningful role supporting student transition to professional practice · Strong collaboration between academic and industry partners · Supportive and values-driven workplace · Opportunities for teaching, supervision, and professional growth How to apply Please submit: · Cover letter · CV · Contact details for two referees If you would like a position description, please visit our website- https://www.cairnmillar.org.au/about/careers-at-cmi/job-search/level-c-academic-counselling-and-psychotherapy. Please contact People and Culture (hr@cairnmillar.edu.au) if you have an enquiry about the position. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. The Cairnmillar Institute promotes the following values: collaboration, compassion, integrity, professionalism and respect and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Cairnmillar is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce that reflects the community it serves.