Senior Lecturer (Aboriginal Health), School of Medicine - Identified Role

Senior Lecturer (Aboriginal Health), School of Medicine – Identified Role
Fremantle Campus
Part-time opportunity (0.2), Continuing contract

• Friendly and collaborative work environment
• Rewarding opportunity offering career development
• Level C from $137,639 + 14.50% super (pro-rata)

About the university

The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Catholic University with over 1,000 permanent staff providing an exceptional educational experience to over 12,000 students across our Fremantle, Broome, and Sydney campuses, as well as clinical schools in Victoria and New South Wales.
 
About the role

This position is based at the Fremantle Campus and reports to the Associate Professor Aboriginal Health Team, National School of Medicine.

To perform this position, it is essential that the person be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is a genuine occupational qualification, under Section 50(d) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA), that applicants are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Applicants are requested to demonstrate their Indigenous heritage in addition to addressing the selection criteria.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a record of high-quality achievement in teaching while contributing more broadly to curriculum innovation
• Contributions of a strategic nature to curriculum development and pedagogical innovation
• Demonstrate leadership in the use of digital technologies in teaching
• Evidence of impact in teaching and learning beyond own teaching practice, including through influencing others including conferences and university lecturing.
• Promote and support learning in less experienced staff through mentoring, peer review and leadership roles (formal or informal)
• May be required to support the coordination of a large program (e.g. program director role)
• Actively participate in, and where appropriate lead strategic committees within the discipline/school/division and University.
• Significant and sustained contribution to the scholarship of teaching and learning and/or professional practice in the discipline at the divisional, University and national level.
• Support towards winning significant internal and external grants to support teaching projects and initiatives
• Authority to commit resources of UNDA in line with the Operational Delegations of Authority.

Qualifications, skills & experience

• Significant recent experience working in Aboriginal Health as a Medical Doctor with experience in Aboriginal Health Research, Aboriginal Primary Health and Chronic Disease in an Aboriginal Health context.
• Advanced qualifications and/or recognised significant experience in the relevant discipline area.
• A health professional in possession of a PhD or a Masters degree with 5 years teaching experience is desirable.
• A Medical qualification registrable with AHPRA and a Fellowship of a relevant professional body or significant progress towards.
• Experience in teaching at Masters level or higher or in medical, health or professional practice based education settings.
• Aboriginality is a requirement for this position (in accordance with Section 50 (d) of the Equal Opportunity Act (WA) 1984).
• In determining experience relative to qualifications, regard will be had to teaching experience, experience in research, experience outside tertiary education, creative achievement, professional contributions and/or technical achievement.
• Knowledge of contemporary Aboriginal Health Curriculum.
• Knowledge of Aboriginal people, culture, history, and community and how health impacts on Aboriginal people.

To be eligible for this position, applicants must provide a statement and supporting documentation that addresses how they meet each of the following criteria for Aboriginality:

1. be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
2. identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
3. be accepted as such by the community in which they live or have lived.

Supporting documentation may include, but is not limited to, a letter of Aboriginality signed under the common seal from a recognised incorporated Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community organisation such as Land Council or Elders group, Aboriginal Medical Service or a letter on letterhead from a Local Aboriginal Land Council demonstrating membership of the Council.

Benefits

• Fitness Passport on offer
• Generous training and development opportunities.
• Friendly and collaborative working environment.

How to apply

Please apply online with a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Applications closing date: 21 November 2025

For further information on how to apply, please visit: How to apply | Notre Dame

Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.      

The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.

Contact us

Please direct your queries regarding this role to Melissa Schmidt, melissa.schmidt@nd.edu.au

Unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies will not be entertained.