- Permanent Full-time | Excellent benefits including generous super and leave allowances
- Lead excellence in remote, rural, and Indigenous health
- Can be based in either Cairns or Townsville where you can have a tropical lifestyle and a career!
- Academic Level C: $129,607 - 148,787 + 17% superannuation contributions.
- Academic Level D: $155,180 - $170,518 + 17% superannuation contributions.
Our university is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.
We now have the following exciting opportunity for an Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor, Pharmacy to join our team at the College of Medicine and Dentistry based in either Cairns or Townsville:
About the Role
This Senior Academic role is vital for delivering strategic leadership and support to the pharmacy discipline, particularly in Cairns, where strong leadership has been instrumental to the department's success. You will champion excellence in teaching, research, and community engagement while playing a key role in developing a high-quality, innovative curriculum that aligns with our mission to address the health needs of tropical, rural, and remote communities. The Associate Professor will have clinical and academic pharmacy experience and an established research publication and supervision record. By working closely with key stakeholders—such as the Australian Pharmacy Council, hospital networks, community pharmacists and pharmacy industry partners —you will foster collaborations that enhance educational and research outcomes, driving meaningful advancements in pharmacy practice.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
You will hold a degree and postgraduate qualifications in Pharmacy or other appropriate degree in a related area in the pharmaceutical sciences and demonstrate relevant teaching and research experience at the undergraduate and/or postgraduate level. You will bring an understanding of the rural, remote, tropical and Indigenous contexts in relation to education and health service delivery. The ability to engage effectively with students and colleagues from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, is essential.
About our Pharmacy
We offer one of Australia’s leading regional Pharmacy programs, ensuring our graduates are well-prepared with contemporary best practices and hands-on clinical experiences in both acute care settings and low-resource communities. Our graduates leave equipped with the skills, inspiration, and real-world experience to excel in any pharmacy setting, from rural outback towns to bustling city centres.
Over the past four years, our Pharmacy discipline has seen a 140% growth in undergraduate EFTSL and expanded our postgraduate program to over 500 enrolments. Additionally, we have introduced service teaching within the medical program, increasing revenue and enhancing our interdisciplinary impact. With the transition to multi-site delivery and trimesterisation, the need for additional academic staff is crucial to sustain our momentum and drive continued growth and innovation.
Why Us?
We offer a dynamic and culturally diverse workplace where your ideas are valued, your professional growth is supported, and your work-life balance is respected. Working under the values of Authenticity, Excellence, Integrity, and Respect, we support and empower our people through the provisions of;
- A generous superannuation scheme with up to 17% employer contributions with UniSuper
- 36.25-hour full-time working week
- 5 weeks of annual recreation leave plus leave loading
- 15 days paid sick/carers leave per year
- Cash out annual leave
- Up to 6 months paid parental leave or 12 months at half pay
- A range of flexible working options
- Attractive options for salary packaging
- Staff study assistance and paid study leave
- Ongoing professional development support
- Fitness Passport
- Corporate discount on health insurance
- Free Employee Assistance Program (coaching and counselling)
- Well-equipped modern facilities and contemporary workspaces.
- Visa sponsorship is available.
- Relocation assistance can be negotiated.
