Casual Teaching and Marking Staff – Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

PRIMARY DETAIL

Job Description Summary

• Casual teaching opportunity
• An understanding and appreciation of scholarly teaching
• Join the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences for Session 2 and Session 3, 2026.

THE ROLE

Applications are invited for Casual Teaching and Marking Staff in first-year undergraduate units within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences for Session 2 and Session 3, 2026.

Casual Teaching Academics will deliver tutorial classes and/or mark assessment tasks across a range of units. Tutors are generally expected to be familiar with the unit content and ideally take a minimum of four classes per week. Tutors are expected to mark their allocated classes.

We are seeking applicants for the following Units:

• Session 2 On-campus teaching and marking: MHHS1005, MHHS1006, MHHS1007, MHHS1008
• Session 2 Marking only (OUA and asynchronous): MHHX1001,MHHX1002, MHHX1003, MHHS1005,MHHS1006, MHHS1007/MHHX1007, MHHS1008
• Session 3 Marking only (OUA and asynchronous): MHHX1004

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Honours or postgraduate qualification, or current enrolment in a relevant higher degree
• Sufficient discipline-specific knowledge
• An understanding and appreciation of scholarly teaching
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven ability to interact effectively with students, staff and the community

TO APPLY

• All interested applicants are required to upload a copy of their CV, (which includes 2 referees) copy of degree / testamur and a cover letter addressing the above criteria as part of the EOI process.
• To assist in the review process, please complete this survey to indicate your teaching/marking preferences here (this survey is compulsory)
• If you are already part of the Macquarie Group (MQ University, U@MQ, MQ Health, MGSM): Login to Workday and go to the Careers App > Find Jobs.
• If you are NOT currently part of the Macquarie Group (MQ University, U@MQ, MQ Health, MGSM): click the 'Apply' button.

Please note that this position is not available for visa sponsorship and the successful applicant must have work rights in Australia

Position Enquiries: Luke Davies, Health Sciences Undergraduate Course Director (MHHS units), at luke.davies@mq.edu.au or Thaatsha Sivananthan, Diploma Health Sciences OUA Course Director, Faculty First Year Lead (MHHX units), at thaatsha.sivananthan@mq.edu.au

Applications close: Monday, 22 June 2026 at 11:59 pm (AEST)

We reserve the right to progress or decline an application prior to the application closing date.