- Full-time continuing appointment
- Total remuneration range $137,920 to $163,017 pa
- Toowoomba or Ipswich campus
- Full-time, continuing appointment
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Total remuneration range $137,920 to $163,017 pa
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Campus location: Toowoomba or Ipswich
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To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
School of Business, Law, Humanities and Pathways
Join the School of Business, Law, Humanities, and Pathways and make an impact within an institution known for its leadership in flexible higher-education, delivering high-quality on-campus and online programs. This role will directly support the education of the next generation of legal professionals, while advancing scholarly research.
This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a respected law program that combines rigorous professional preparation with broader engagement in law’s role in society.
Who You Are
You are a legally qualified academic or practitioner with a strong passion for legal education and scholarship. You possess demonstrated ability or strong potential to teach effectively in both face-to-face and online environments at a tertiary level and are willing to teach across the Toowoomba and Ipswich campuses.
With a genuine enthusiasm for the development of high-quality learning materials, you display a collaborative and energetic approach to building strong student relationships while contributing positively to a collegial academic environment.
Above all, you align with the University’s core values of Respect, Integrity, and Excellence, and you are motivated to exceed performance expectations through initiative and continuous improvement.
What You’ll Do
You will contribute meaningfully to the University’s teaching, research, and service activities, teaching property law and one of the following subject areas: property conveyancing, construction law, competition and consumer law, or another Priestley 11 course.
In this role, you will prepare and deliver lectures, tutorials, seminars, and other learning activities across both on-campus and online modes. You will also develop and coordinate high-quality course materials suitable for multiple delivery formats, supervise honours and postgraduate students where required, and undertake a range of administrative responsibilities, including potential course coordination and participation in School and University committees.
In addition, you will conduct research and produce scholarly publications in a relevant field of law, while fostering positive student engagement and supporting their academic and professional development.
What will help you succeed
Success in this role will be supported by a strong track record or clear potential in legal teaching and curriculum development, together with demonstrated or emerging research capability, including the ability to build a publication profile. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills will enable you to work effectively in a team, establish strong student rapport, and communicate clearly in both written and oral forms.
It is essential you hold a doctoral or master’s qualification or equivalent accreditation and standing in the relevant discipline.
For further information about this role, please contact Professor Noeleen McNamara, Professor (Law) via +61 7 3812 6374 or [email protected].
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: 0135_06/26
Location: Toowoomba or Ipswich campus
Term: Full-time continuing appointment (37.5 hours/week)
Salary: Total remuneration range $137,920 to $163,017 pa (includes salary range of $116,315 to $137,480 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: Sunday, 26 July 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.
If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description.
