Lecturer in Speech Pathology

Organisation/Company FLINDERS UNIVERSITY Research Field Sociology Ethics in health sciences Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) First Stage Researcher (R1) Country Australia Application Deadline 12 Aug 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Part-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

• Continuing | Part-Time 0.5 FTE
• Academic Level B | $113,211 - $133,974 p.a.pro rata
• Location: Mt Gambier, Renmark, or Port Pirie

As a Lecturer in Speech Pathology, the incumbent will deliver high-quality teaching across Speech Pathology topics, with a focus on placement education. The Lecturer will help design and deliver curricula, including short courses appealing to current and future students. To ensure teaching aligns with evolving healthcare practice, you will remain clinically active as a Speech Pathologist. This dual engagement will support partnerships with external stakeholders, enhancing teaching, learning, and research.

Please note, the role requires teaching at one of our rural Bachelor of Allied Health locations—Mt Gambier, Renmark, or Port Pirie—and collaborating with teams at these sites and the Bedford Park campus.

About You

You are a dedicated and collaborative professional with outstanding communication, mentoring, and interpersonal skills. You are committed to creating a supportive educational environment and building strong connections with students, colleagues, and industry partners. Your ability to engage with diverse stakeholders enables you to foster partnerships that enhance student learning and graduate employability. Highly organised and detail-oriented, you can manage competing priorities and meet deadlines, always ensuring high-quality service delivery. You are also committed to ongoing professional development, staying current with the latest evidence and advances in the field of Speech Pathology.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A doctorate in a relevant field or equivalent clinical experience and professional standing.
• Current, unconditional registration as a speech pathologist.
• Contemporary clinical experience in Speech Pathology.
• Demonstrated excellence in tertiary-level teaching, including clinical or simulated settings.
• A sound understanding of pedagogical theory and modern education practices in speech pathology.

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, including exclusive staff study offers
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

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.

• A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
• Staff working in a health care setting are strongly recommended to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in line with the SA Health policy.
• It is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working with Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit your CV and a 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 Ali Dymmott

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

12 Aug 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.