Postdoctoral Research Fellow

**(Level B)**$114,917 - $135,932 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.**

**Fixed term, full-time 29-month contract available**

The Culturally Nourishing Schooling (CNS) project is practice and research informed program aimed to better engage and support the education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The collaborative project between several Australian universities, local communities, and schools works to establish a culturally focused and strengths-based program that supports whole-of-school change and fosters long-term relationships between schools and their local communities. By engaging selected schools in a program of leadership and professional learning strategies backed by our research, CNS supports this change by helping educators rethink their approach to teaching and curriculum, and empowering schools to lead their own learning and community engagement practices. It encourages authentic collaboration between school leaders, teachers, and their Aboriginal staff - including Aboriginal Education Officers, Cultural Mentors, and community members - through pedagogical interventions such as Learning from Country.

**To be successful you will need**:

- Demonstrate an understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander values, perspectives, connections and knowledges that will contribute to an academic environment from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander standpoints.
- Experience with project management including ability to plan, organise, set priorities and meet deadlines, with flexibility to alter priorities to meet changing demands.
- An emerging research track record with evidence of recent high quality scholarly publications.
- Demonstrated capacity to work independently with mínimal supervision, as well as collaboratively within a team. The ability to travel to regional and remote parts of South Australia and interstate will be required for this position.

This position requires a valid Working with Children Check

**The path to Adelaide University**

We are on an exciting path to Adelaide University as we prepare to open our doors in January 2026. Adelaide University will combine the strengths of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, and we are dedicated to creating an accessible and future-focused educational powerhouse that fosters economic and social wellbeing through ground-breaking research and innovative teaching. You can learn more about Adelaide University HERE and more information will be provided throughout the recruitment process.

**Enjoy an outstanding career environment**

We offer a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaboration - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

**Your faculty's broader role**

The Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics is a place of innovative practice and thought leadership across a diverse range of disciplines. It offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and has strong connections with business and industry, including internationally.

Learn more at: able.adelaide.edu.au

**If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.**

Applications close 11:55pm, Sunday 13th July 2025.

**For further information**

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:
Greg Vass
Deputy Associate Head of Research | School of Education

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