Lecturer / Placement Coordinator (0.80 EFT)

Cairnmillar; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities for teaching, supervision, and professional growth

Supportive and values-driven workplace

Job summary

The Cairnmillar Institute in Boroondara, Victoria, is seeking a student-focused Lecturer / Placement Coordinator to ensure high-quality training for students in psychology and counselling. This role integrates teaching and placement coordination, emphasizing person-centred practices.

Ideal candidates will have teaching experience, strong organizational skills, and commitment to inclusive practices.

Join a supportive team dedicated to professional growth and meaningful impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching and/or supervision in counselling or psychotherapy.
• Strong grounding in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches.
• Ability to support students in practice-based learning environments.

Responsibilities

• Delivering teaching using experiential and process-oriented approaches.
• Supporting students through reflective and supervision-informed learning.
• Developing and maintaining placement partnerships.

Skills

Teaching and/or supervision in counselling or psychotherapy

Person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches

Organisational and stakeholder engagement skills

Education

Registration with Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and/or Australian Counselling Association

Job description

Reports to: Dean

About The Cairnmillar Institute

The Cairnmillar Institute is a not-for-profit provider of psychological services and higher education, with a 65+ year history of supporting mental health and training the next generation of practitioners. We deliver clinical services, short courses, vocational training and accredited postgraduate programs in psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

Change Lives with a Career in #BetterMentalHealth

We are seeking a student-focused Lecturer / Placement Coordinator to join our collaborative and community-focused team.

This hybrid role integrates teaching and placement coordination, ensuring students receive high-quality, practice-ready training grounded in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches.

You will play a key role in supporting both student learning and professional placement experiences, working closely with industry partners and academic staff.

About the Role

• Delivering teaching using experiential and process-oriented approaches
• Supporting students through reflective and supervision-informed learning
• Developing and maintaining placement partnerships
• Ensuring placements align with learning outcomes and accreditation requirements
• Embedding trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and inclusive practices
• Contributing to psychotherapy-informed teaching and scholarship

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience in teaching and/or supervision in counselling or psychotherapy
• Strong grounding in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches
• Ability to support students in practice-based learning environments
• Strong organisational and stakeholder engagement skills
• Commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed, and relational practice

Highly desirable:

• Registration with Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and/or Australian Counselling Association
• Experience with experiential curriculum design
• Training in person-centred and experiential pedagogy
• Interest in psychotherapy change research

Why join Cairnmillar

• Meaningful role supporting student transition to professional practice
• Strong collaboration between academic and industry partners
• Supportive and values-driven workplace
• Opportunities for teaching, supervision, and professional growth

Child Safety & Equal Opportunity

Our organisation is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance for child abuse. Cairnmillar is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce that reflects the community it serves.