Campus Location: Brisbane, Australia
Job No: APTAV101440#001
- Enhance ethics expertise and capacity in Catholic aged care in Queensland
- Research-focussed role in collaboration with Southern Cross Care QLD
- ACU offers 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging and generous leave provisions
- Full time, fixed term role (five years) based at our Brisbane campus with some hybrid flexibility
About the role:
The Southern Cross Care Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Aged Care Ethics furthers the cooperation between Southern Cross Care QLD and ACU in supporting the work of the Queensland Bioethics Centre. Jointly funded by Southern Cross Care QLD and Australian Catholic University, the role enhances ethics expertise and capacity in Catholic aged care in Queensland and Australia, with a particular focus on the research, educational, public engagement and consultancy needs of Southern Cross Care QLD.
Ideally, the role will consider ethical issues related to:
- Residential aged care reform and access to adequate aged care
- Care for people living with dementia and other forms of limitation
- End of life care in community and residential aged care settings
- Aged Care in Remote and Rural Communities
- Interactions between health and aged care sectors at federal and state level and the implications for care of older Australians.
For full position details, refer to the position description.
Contact:
General enquiries can be sent to David Kirchhoffer, Director, Queensland Bioethics Centre at: [email protected]
What we offer:
- The university pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
- Total remuneration valued to: $142,635 - $168,287 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $120,529 - $142,305 (pro rata) pa (Academic Level B), OR $178,482 - $193,772 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $151,018 - $164,087 (pro rata) pa (Senior Lecturer - Academic Level C), OR $202,272 - $222,654 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $171,352 - $188,772 (pro rata) pa (Academic Level D), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading. The level of appointment will be based on the successful candidates' level of qualifcations, experience and skill.
- 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
- Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
- As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.
How to Apply:
Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process
Step 2: populate your candidate application details, including your:
- Resume.
- Recommended responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
- Brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.
Applications close: 02-SEP-2026 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time
Preferred candidates will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU's compliance requirements.
Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers
ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. This is underpinned by our mission and values, grounded in our respect for all people and the advancement of the common good. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. ACU is recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter and veterans are encouraged to apply. ACU offers support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process. Please contact [email protected] to discuss your requirements in confidence.
About ACU:
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a publicly funded university whose teaching, research and service is shaped by the vision of flourishing lives, thriving communities, and a more ethical future for our world. ACU has more than 2,500 staff and 34,000 students across eight campuses: Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.
ACU draws on the Catholic intellectual tradition which values human reason and welcomes everyone regardless of their faith, cultural tradition or circumstances. ACU invites all staff - both academic and professional - to embrace, and to support in ways meaningful to them, its mission to respect the dignity of every human person, to seek knowledge and to advance the common good.
ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.
