Continuing full time appointment
Research Active Academic Level C/D - $138,554.22– $177,588.20 pa
Plus 17% superannuation and 6 weeks annual leave
Waterfront Campus

Unique opportunity to help shape CDU's new professional architecture program, which responds to the environmental, cultural, and social contexts of Northern Australia, while integrating Indigenous knowledges, technical innovation, and creative practice.

About the Position
Located in the Academy of the Arts, this position requires a dynamic architecture academic committed to excellence in teaching, research, and professional engagement. As the Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer of Architecture, you will provide academic leadership in developing and delivering innovative educational courses with student-centred learning, through on-campus and flexible delivery approaches. Your focus on sustainable design will suit tropical, arid, developed, and remote Territory contexts, with particular emphasis on architecture that responds to Context, Climate, Culture, and Community. Combining impactful research leadership with professional engagement, you will contribute to external accreditation processes, supervise HDR students, and help to build the discipline's research profile. You will support student success, advance vernacular architectural knowledge, and strengthen professional connections, while contributing to adaptive, sustainable, and appropriate built environments that address Northern and Central Australia's architectural challenges.

About You
Essential Selection Criteria

• PhD in Architecture (or equivalent professional experience) with demonstrated excellence in architectural education, research, and/or practice relevant to Australian contexts.

Desirable Selection Criterion

• Professional Registration as an Architect through an Australian State or Territory Architect Registration Board (or equivalent).

To be successful, you will also require

• Track record of teaching excellence at tertiary level, including implementation of transformative and/or experimental pedagogical approaches that authentically respond to contemporary architectural practice.
• Demonstrated ability to develop flexible learning materials for diverse student cohorts, including online students, and those located in remote regions.
• Established sustainable and climate-responsive design teaching experience alongside an appreciation of Indigenous knowledges for different environmental contexts.
• Evidence of success in building professional networks and promoting architectural programs, with a research-informed understanding of the Territory's unique architectural challenges and demonstrated ability to attract students and industry engagement.
• Experience in research project leadership and HDR student supervision with demonstrated capacity for research collaboration, and a record of securing competitive grants.
• Demonstrated capacity for strategic partnerships, work-integrated learning delivery, and active development of professional networks and industry connections, to enhance architectural education and program visibility.
• Commitment to decolonised pedagogical approaches that integrate Indigenous knowledges with contemporary architectural practice.

Additional Key Selection Criteria at Level D

• Demonstrated strategic leadership in architectural education that challenges traditional frameworks and capacity to create educational pathways that overcome structural barriers for Territory students.
• Experience supervising HDR students and mentoring academic staff with excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively across disciplines and with diverse cohorts.
• Proven record in attracting and securing external competitive research funding whilst establishing a national and/or international research reputation.
• Evidence of connecting Indigenous and diverse knowledge systems with professional practice through research leadership and collaboration.

To view the full position description please click the apply link to be directed to the vacancy on our CDU job site and then click on job attachments.

This position is subject to Charles Darwin University Affirmative Action Priority Recruitment measures, in accordance with s57 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 (NT) 1992. First Nations applicants are strongly encouraged to apply & will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For information on Affirmative Action Priority Recruitment at CDU and how to apply, please visit https://www.cdu.edu.au/careers-cdu/affirmative-action-priority-recruitment

Remuneration
Appointment to this role will be at Research Active Academic Level C/D. The base salary will be in the range of $138,554.22– $177,588.20 per annum. The total remuneration package will be in the range of $162,108.43- $207,778.19 per annum, including 17% superannuation.

What’s in it for you?

• An employer who values your contribution to building a bigger, better and stronger University
• Work with a University committed to changing people’s lives for the better through training, education and research
• Opportunities for professional development, paid study and career progression
• An enviable lifestyle in the spectacular Northern Territory
• 17% superannuation
• Up to six weeks of paid annual leave
• Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave (primary care giver), in addition to government payments (eligibility criteria apply)
• Recognition of prior service with another Australian university / NT Government for Long Service Leave (recognition applied to qualifying period only)
• Ability to negotiate transfer of leave entitlements under the Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989
• Free on-campus parking in designated areas
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Packaging opportunities

How to Apply
All applications must be received online via the ‘apply’ button and should include your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant skills and experience.

For a confidential discussion about this position, please contact Lindy Burton via email: [email protected]

Adjustments can be made throughout the application and selection process, as well as during employment, to support applicants and employees with disability. CDU’s Workplace Adjustment Policy and Procedure can be found at https://policies.cdu.edu.au/view-current.php?id=191&version=1. If you would like to discuss adjustments, please contact the People Services Team on 08 8946 7154 or email [email protected].

Diversity and Inclusion
At CDU we actively celebrate our diversity. We innovate, embrace new ideas, and act with courage and kindness. We’re about what we can give to the world rather than what we take, and we believe in the transformative power of education. We work hard to make sure every member of our University community feels they truly belong. Understanding that it is through our focus on our people and leveraging our differences that will make CDU the most connected University in Australia, we are striving to ensure that our culture and our community are inclusive of all our staff, students, and visitors. We are committed to maintaining a culture where everyone feels respected, safe, encouraged to speak up and supported in achieving their professional goals. Applications from First Nations people, women at all levels, culturally and racially marginalised people, people with disability, neurotypical and neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with family and caring responsibilities and people at all stages of their careers are welcomed.

You make CDU. And we want you to be exactly who you are.

Applications Open: Friday 24 October 2025
Applications Close: Sunday 23 November 2025