Position Details

• Continuing position | Full-time
• Academic Level C | Salary Details
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Through our world-class teaching and research, we equip students with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and advance human development. The College is dedicated to cultivating bright minds and inspiring innovative, passionate, and highly skilled graduates for future ready careers, and delivering connections for life.

About the Role
Flinders University is seeking an emerging leader in Early Childhood Education (ECE) to join our College of Education, Psychology and Social Work. This full-time, continuing position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a dynamic teaching and research environment dedicated to shaping the future of ECE.

Early Childhood Education is a rapidly expanding area of Education, and the University wishes to engage an experienced educator who will provide academic leadership into our ECE topics and courses, and who will also lead high-quality research into the area.

For a comprehensive look at the position's key responsibilities, please refer to the position description.

About You
The successful candidate will demonstrate their extensive teaching experience as well as their history of quality research outputs. The ideal candidate will have a specialisation or expertise in at least one area connected to ECE, such as numeracy and mathematics, STEM and/or reading & literacy.

The successful candidate will also clearly demonstrate the following capabilities.

• Completion of a PhD, or equivalent qualification.
• Significant track record and demonstrated evidence of successful relevant teaching experience at tertiary level, including responsibility for topic coordination, course coordination and curriculum design
• Demonstrated evidence of a strong research track record (for career stage) in an area aligned with research strengths in Teaching and Learning and preferably aligned to Early Childhood Education, including evidence of sustained high-quality publications and attraction of external competitive grants.
• Demonstrated understanding of the nexus between teaching and learning, research and scholarship.
• Demonstrated experience providing leadership in the area of curriculum reviews and internal and external accreditation activities.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills, including the demonstrated ability to establish effective relationships with staff, students and industry nationally and/or internationally.
• Demonstrated experience and innovation using e-learning platforms for teaching purposes.

For the full list of the position's key capabilities, please refer to the position description.

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
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

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.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
• 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

• To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal: JR0000013753 Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education.
• You are required to submit a CV, along with 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 Joss Rankin.

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACST) on Tuesday, 1 July 2025.
Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

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.