About The Shepherd Centre

At The Shepherd Centre, we believe every child with hearing loss deserves a world of choice. For over 50 years, we’ve been empowering children to listen, speak, and thrive – helping them build confidence, independence, and bright futures.

As a highly regarded for-purpose organisation, we provide specialised programs for children with hearing loss and their families, tailored to every stage of their journey. From our world-leading early intervention programs for babies and toddlers to Hear for You, our mentoring program for school-aged children and teenagers, we’re there every step of the way. Today, we support over 900 families across Australia, offering in-person and online services from 10 locations in NSW, ACT, Queensland, and Tasmania. Through our global platform, HearHub, we equip health professionals worldwide with the tools to support children with hearing loss.

When you join The Shepherd Centre, you become part of a passionate, purpose-driven team dedicated to making a real difference. Our values—integrity, courage, compassion, empowerment, creativity, and innovation—guide everything we do, ensuring every child and family receives the best possible support. We foster a family-friendly, flexible work environment where our people can thrive—both professionally and personally.

As a child-safe organisation and an equal-opportunity employer, we are committed to creating an inclusive, accessible workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone feels valued. Join us in shaping a future where every child has a voice!

About the Role

We are growing and expanding our services to even more children and families and we are interested in hearing from highly motivated and enthusiastic Audiologists, who would like to join our fantastic team at our Canberra centre.

This is a permanent part-time or full-time opportunity, with a minimum commitment of three days (22.8 hours) per week. If your availability differs slightly, we still encourage you to apply, as final hours and days will be negotiated with the successful candidate. In addition to the base salary, a location allowance will be provided, along with a relocation package for candidates moving to Canberra.

You will become an integral part of the multidisciplinary team that provides hearing implant services, Listening & Spoken Language Therapy and guidance and counselling to children and their families.

The role includes all aspects of paediatric hearing assessment; discussing results with families including electrophysiological tests, educational audiology in providing guidance to parents and professionals about maximizing a child’s access to sound, devices and all aspects of cochlear implant, Osia® and Baha® management, from preoperative evaluation to intra operative assessments and ongoing postoperative management.

You will work closely with agencies in the hearing and educational fields, including The Canberra Hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital, ENTs surgeons, Australian Hearing and Teachers and have the opportunity to work with children who have a wide range of hearing losses and hearing devices. Some occasional travel may be required between our centres.

Why join The Shepherd Centre

We don’t just profess our values, we truly practice them through the work that each and every one of us performs each day. We act and communicate with Compassion and Integrity in everything we do. We strive to Empower everyone we meet – our children, families and stakeholders. We foster Innovation – committed to finding better ways of doing things, through evidence-based practice. And finally, we support our people to be Courageous and harness their Creativity to unlock potential, enable progress and create new opportunities.

At The Shepherd Centre, we are passionate about improving outcomes for the children accessing our programs and we support our people to have a great work-life balance. We offer competitive benefits including:

• Paediatric Cochlear Audiologist (with Paediatric Cochlear Implant Mapping experience): Up to $146,000 (FTE) annual salary inclusive of not-for-profit salary packaging and Location allowance
• Paediatric Audiologist: Up to $128,000 (FTE) annual salary inclusive of not-for-profit salary packaging and Location allowance
• Relocation package for candidates relocating to Canberra
• 6 weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time)
• Flexible work hours, including options to work some hours from home/remotely
• A full Christmas and New Year shutdown period to recharge
• Work alongside world-leading Clinicians in your field
• Excellent internal professional and career development opportunities
• Strong mentorship and support to further develop your career
• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• Clinical supervision and expert led training
• A family friendly and professional company culture

Essential Criteria:

• Degree in Audiology
• Paediatric Cochlear Audiologist: Paediatric Cochlear Implant Mapping experience
• Knowledge of paediatric hearing devices, including hearing aids and Baha®
• Eligibility for full membership of Audiology Australia and a current CCP (or actively working towards it)
• A minimum of 12-months of experience working as an Audiologist
• A strong interest in family-centred practice and educational audiology
• A valid drivers licence

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter addressing how you meet the key requirements. Closing date is Friday 11th April 2025.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we will be actively shortlisting applications as they are received. We thank you for your application, but only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Please note: Under the The Shepherd Centre COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, all employees and workers performing in-person work must be fully vaccinated with an Approved COVID-19 Vaccine and evidence is to be provided in the form of a current COVID-19 vaccination certificate.

The Shepherd Centre is a child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an accessible work environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion for everyone. Please let us know if you have any support or access requirements at the time of your application.