Associate Lecturer or Lecturer (Social Work - Field Education)

Associate Lecturer or Lecturer (Social Work - Field Education)

Total remuneration range $94,509 to $157,504 pa

Full-time continuing appointment

Toowoomba or Ipswich campus

School of Health, Psychological and Medical Sciences

Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia’s most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.

The School of Health, Psychological and Medical Sciences contributes to this vision by preparing graduates to support and enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Underpinned by a strong emphasis on work-integrated learning and applied research, we are committed to equipping graduates with the necessary skills to make a meaningful impact in diverse health settings. As the School continues to grow from strength to strength and expands its offerings in Health, we are seeking passionate, innovative and energetic educators to join us in building a better future for our communities.

This is a highly sought-after opportunity to make a meaningful real-world impact while advancing your academic career within a supportive, collaborative, and highly regarded institution.

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 will also include:

• 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 and Research pathway contributions will also include:

• 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.

For further information about this role, please contact Professor Gavin Beccaria, Deputy Head of School (Health, Psychology and Medical Sciences) via +61 7 4631 2382 or Gavin.Beccaria@unisq.edu.au.

Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional University, UniSQ’s vision is to be renowned for innovation and excellence in education, student experience, research and engagement. Guided by our core values of respect, integrity and excellence, the University’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 outlines our commitment to creating and sharing knowledge, transforming lives and solving the problems that matter to our world.

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.

Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au/jobs.

To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.

Reference Number: 0169_11/25

Location: Toowoomba or Ipswich campus

Term: Full-time continuing appointment (37.5 hours/week)

Salary:

Associate Lecturer (Level A) - Total remuneration 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 (Level B) - Total remuneration 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)

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.

As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.

This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.

If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description.

For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey, available on our website.