• Share your passion and innovation for Equine Science in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Join a dedicated and supportive team to provide an engaging and contemporary educational environment
• Generous financial support available to assist with relocating to the beautiful Wagga Wagga region

The Role

• Continuing, Full Time
• Level B/C : AU$110,525 to AU$155,639 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Wagga Wagga, NSW

Contribute to the academic teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students, primarily in the Equine Science course, and as well as the research output of the School.

You will be delivering Equine Science teaching both on-campus and online, with compulsory intensive schools for online students required. You will also be developing and delivering contemporary evidence-based scientific subject material within the discipline. You will also demonstrate and model ethical horse handling.

As an Equine Science educator, you will also carry out teaching related quality assurance, contribute to continuing course review and undertake industry relevant equine science related research. You will also be expected to become an active member of the Equine Science team, collaborating with passionate colleagues to work towards the teams vision of excellence in equine practice and to provide a lively, contemporary and engaging educational and working environment for students and staff.

This position requires a candidate with expertise in equine exercise physiology and equine health. Experience working with a wide range of horses and delivering high quality learning and teaching in equine health and/or equine physiology would be highly regarded.

To be successful you will have:

• Qualification relevant to the level being applied for, or equivalent accreditation and standing in Equine Science.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience within the equine industry, including the safe and sustainable handling of horses
• Expertise in equine exercise physiology and equine health
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to delivering evidence based, student centred learning and teaching
• A record of research/creative works or professional activity relevant to Equine Science and, for appointment at level C, works or activity at a national level.

About Us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University - our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities - to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

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Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, submit a "statement of suitability" demonstrating your skills, knowledge and/or experience relevant to the position (referencing the selection criteria in the position description) and upload your CV.

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Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Lecturer Equine Science - Position description

Senior Lecturer Equine Science - Position description

Professor Hayley Randle | Head of School, School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences | [email protected]

Closing Date: 11pm, 25 June 2025