Teaching Fellow - Community Services

Torrens University Australia Limited; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Torrens University Australia is seeking a Teaching Fellow for the School of Education and Community Wellbeing. You’ll contribute to student-centered learning across on-campus, online, hybrid and asynchronous environments, using AI-enabled teaching and digital learning design to enhance learner success.

You’ll join a dynamic team delivering the Bachelor of Community Services, bringing advanced pedagogy, learning analytics and evidence-based practice to the classroom and beyond.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Community Services or a closely related discipline.
• Current registration or membership with a relevant professional body is desirable.
• Experience in community services and higher education teaching.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and engage learning experiences in the Bachelor of Community Services.
• Teach across multiple community services subjects with student-centred approaches.
• Incorporate digital learning design and AI-enabled teaching to enhance learning.
• Collaborate with colleagues across disciplines to improve learning outcomes.

Skills

Teaching & facilitation

AI in teaching

Learning design

Student-centred approach

Collaboration

Digital learning tools

Growth mindset

Postgraduate qualifications

Education

Master's degree in Community Services or related

PhD (completed or in progress) desirable

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Teaching Fellow | School of Education and Community Wellbeing | Full-time | Torrens University Australia

Help shape the future of higher education. At Torrens University Australia, we're redefining what learning looks like. We're building a new cohort of Teaching Fellows - innovative, student-focused academics who are passionate about creating engaging learning experiences and helping shape the next generation of teaching and learning.

This is more than a teaching role. You'll join a team leading the evolution of higher education through student-centred learning, AI-enabled teaching, digital innovation, and contemporary learning design.

Why this role? This role has been created to strengthen Torrens University’s permanent academic workforce, supporting the delivery of flexible, high-quality, student-centred learning experiences across on-campus, online, hybrid and asynchronous learning environments, while enhancing student success and employability.

We're looking for educators who don't simply teach, they innovate.

People who are excited by questions like:

• How can AI enhance learning?
• What does great online teaching look like?
• How can data and student feedback improve the learning experience?
• How do we prepare graduates for careers that don't yet exist?

About the role

As a Teaching Fellow, you'll join the School of Education and Community Wellbeing, where you'll inspire and support the next generation of community services professionals.

You'll teach across the Bachelor of Community Services, delivering and engaging learning experiences in various community services related subjects.

You'll combine outstanding teaching practice with digital capability, learning design and innovation to create learning experiences that are flexible, engaging and centred around student success.

What you’ll be doing - review Job description for full details

• Put students first: You create inclusive, engaging learning experiences and genuinely care about helping every student succeed.
• Embrace innovation: You're curious about new technologies, confident experimenting with AI and digital tools, and willing to rethink traditional approaches to teaching.
• Use evidence to improve: You seek feedback, use learning analytics and continuously refine your teaching based on what works.
• Collaborate: You enjoy working with colleagues across disciplines to improve learning, share ideas, and solve challenges together.
• Thrive in change: You're adaptable, resilient, and excited by working in a dynamic, digitally evolving higher education environment.

Full-time permanent position located at Flinders Campus in Melbourne.

What you’ll bring

• Master's degree in Community Services, Social Work, Welfare Work, or a closely related discipline; a PhD (completed or in progress) is highly regarded.
• Current registration or membership with Community Work Australia (CWA, formerly ACWA) or the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated contemporary professional experience in the community services and social work sector, with expertise in one or more areas such as case management, mental health, family and child protection, homelessness and housing, youth services, or related fields.
• Strong facilitation skills across online and face-to-face learning environments in Higher Education.
• Experience using learning technologies and digital tools to enhance teaching.
• Confidence using, or enthusiasm for adopting, AI-enabled approaches in education.
• Experience designing engaging learning and assessment activities.
• A student-centred approach to teaching and learning.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• A growth mindset and commitment to continuous professional learning.
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications (or working towards completion).

Why join Torrens?

Join an institution committed to transforming education through innovation, technology and exceptional student experiences. You'll help shape the future of higher education while working alongside innovative educators committed to student success.

Applications close: 10th December 2026

We will be reviewing applications as they are received. Interviews are expected to commence in early December 2026, with successful candidates anticipated to commence on 18th January 2027.

As the country’s newest and fastest- growing university, Torrens University Australia brings a fresh approach to higher education. Working with us is all about working alongside over 2000 professionals passionate about career and purpose.

Our staff across our campuses and head office are united by our central ethos to Be Good – by committing to a better way of doing business.

We embrace diversity and inclusion of our staff and are committed to the attraction, retention and development of all people and support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation and gender identification.

https://www.torrens.edu.au/about/careers-with-us