JR0000013982

• Continuing | Full-Time
• Academic Teaching and Research Level C|$134,362 - $154,558 p.a.
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role

The Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, will play a key leadership role within the college, including planning and delivery of topics, topic and course coordination, development of teaching materials, delivery of lectures and tutorials and other innovative teaching and learning including assessment and/or professional activities. The incumbent will also make a significant contribution to ethical and high-quality research through activities such as scholarship, quality publication, external grant acquisition, mentoring and developing early career researchers.

This role is also responsible for:

• Undertaking a lead role in inspiring and innovative teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience, such as e learning platforms.
• Supporting students with academic and/or other challenges impeding their academic progress.
• In a leadership capacity assisting in college internal and external quality assurance and accreditation processes.
• Actively supervising and mentoring students undertaking complex WIL, Honours and/or Research Higher Degree students.
• Leading, supervising and participating in high performing multi-disciplinary teams with an education and/or research focus and contributing to the development of a respectful, trusting and collaborative working environment.

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

At the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, we aim to be an innovator in contemporary education producing a safer and more resilient health and social care workforce. Our mission is to improve lives and empower communities, enabling better health and caring in the world through an exceptional student learning experience. At the College, our research mission is about co-creating new knowledge which promotes wellbeing, and better care and support, to individuals and communities across the lifespan. We work proactively with industry partners and professional bodies leading to more employable and innovative graduates.

About You

Having completed a PhD or equivalent qualification in Midwifery, you will also hold current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as a Midwife.

You will have extensive clinical experience within the discipline of Midwifery, with evidence of excellence in teaching at a tertiary level alongside a successful track record in supervision of honours and higher degree students and other post-graduate course work students research projects.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Evidence of a strong research track record (for career stage) in an area of strategic research focus for the Caring Futures Institute, including evidence of sustained high-quality publications with evident senior authorship contribution and attraction of external competitive grants.
• 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.
• A strong understanding of the nexus between teaching and learning, research, scholarship and practice.
• Knowledge and practice in the field of First Nations health, including ability to facilitate student learning as it relates to cultural safety and responsiveness.

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
• 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 Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check 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.

How to Apply and Information

• To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal:JR0000013982 Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
• 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 Liz Newnham

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) Monday, 28th 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.