Lecturer (Curriculum & Pedagogy - Design and Digital Technologies)

University of Southern Queensland; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Southern Queensland seeks a Lecturer in Education and Creative Arts to advance teaching and research in Design and Digital Technologies. You will contribute to Initial Teacher Education, Master of Education and Digital Design programs, and engage across regional, rural, and remote settings.

You will lead reflective, student-centred teaching, collaborate on research, mentor HDR students, and contribute to community and professional service with a focus on inclusive learning and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellence in teaching and scholarly practice.
• Strong ability to design and evaluate curricula for Design and Digital Technologies.
• Ability to mentor HDR students and support research teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching across face-to-face and blended modes.
• Lead research activities and generate external funding streams.
• Mentor HDR students and contribute to scholarly engagement.
• Support school culture and external community engagement.

Skills

Teaching excellence

Curriculum design

Pedagogical practice

Communication

Education

Doctoral or master’s qualification

Job description

Are you passionate about preparing future educators to confidently teach design and digital technologies? We are seeking an innovative and collaborative Lecturer who is passionate about excellence in teaching, curriculum design and pedagogical practice. Dedicated to advancing the field of Design and Digital Technologies, you will contribute to high-quality teaching, impactful research, and meaningful engagement across our Initial Teacher Education, Master of Education and Digital Design programs. This role offers the opportunity to inspire future educators across diverse learning contexts - including regional, rural, and remote settings - while contributing to locally grounded, globally relevant research and curriculum design that supports transformational educational outcomes.

Who you are

Are you a passionate and dynamic educator and researcher with a strong foundation in Design and Digital Technologies? Are you driven to inspire the next generation of educators and make significant contributions through high-quality, impactful research? Do you have a deep understanding and appreciation of diverse cultural backgrounds and are committed to fostering inclusive, culturally sensitive learning environments? If so, we are looking for you!

What you'll do

As a Lecturer within the School of Education and Creative Arts, you will contribute to high-quality learning and teaching outcomes and to the University’s engagement, service and scholarly objectives.

In this role, you will:

• Deliver engaging and reflective student-centred teaching methods across face-to-face and blended modes leveraging digital technologies
• Conduct research activities that produce high-quality outputs and generate research income.
• Support the development of research teams and mentor HDR students.
• Contribute to a positive workplace and culture through internal service while also making significant external contributions to the community and profession.
• Actively engage in professional development activities and maintain currency in contemporary learning, teaching, and research approaches.

Appointment may be made at one of the following profiles depending on your qualifications, experience, and career aspirations:

• Lecturer (Teaching and Research)

For a Teaching and Research appointment, you will also conduct and publish high-quality research, pursue collaborative and externally funded research opportunities, and supervise honours and higher degree research students to successful completion.

For an Education Specialist appointment, you will advance the scholarship of teaching and learning through systematic evidence gathering, critical reflection and the dissemination of effective educational practice, including opportunities to pursue teaching grants, awards or fellowships.

What will help you succeed

To be successful in this role, you will combine relevant discipline expertise with a genuine commitment to student success, scholarly practice and professional collaboration.

You will ideally have:

• A doctoral or master's qualification, or equivalent accreditation, standing, qualifications and experience appropriate to the discipline.
• Teacher registration with an Australian authority, or the capacity to obtain teacher registration and a Working with Children Check.
• Demonstrated teaching and scholarly expertise in Curriculum and Pedagogy - Design and Digital Technologies.
• Expertise in design and digital technologies, which may include educational technologies across the curriculum, animation, game design, industrial design, interaction design or graphic design.
• Experience delivering engaged, reflective and student-centred teaching that supports diverse learners and produces strong learning outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering engaged and reflective approaches to teaching that produce the best possible outcomes for students.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning that provides the opportunity to collaborate with others, advances knowledge, and engages with industry.
• High level oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, relating well to people at all levels using diplomacy, tact, and sound judgement, with an ability to build constructive and effective relationships.
• Alignment with the core University values of Respect, Integrity, and Excellence.

For further information about this role, please contact Professor Peter Cook, Head of School and Dean (Education and Creative Arts) via [e-mail].

Building on its strengths as Australia's leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ's Strategic Plan 2026-2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia's most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.

Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au.

To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.

Reference Number: 0180_09/26

Location: Toowoomba or Springfield campus

Term: Full-time, Continuing appointment (37.5 hours/week)

Salary: Total remuneration range $137,920.92 to $163,017.48 pa (includes salary range of $116,315.34 to $137,480.48 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)

Closes: Sunday, 18 October 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.

As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.

This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.