As part of The University of Queensland (UQ) community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

As part of our commitment to research excellence, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and post-fellowship contracts via our UQ Amplify initiative (https://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-support/research-management/funding-schemes/uq-internal-initiatives/uq-amplify).

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. Not only do we have one of the largest PhD enrolments in Australia, but we have also made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers (https://about.uq.edu.au/uq-initiatives/initiative/queensland-commitment).

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lecturer to join a leading School of Public Health. Working with us to train the next generation of public health leaders, we are looking for an academic with strong grounding in innovative public health education and a track record of engagement and impact with stakeholders. Desirable skills sets include: digital health, implementation science and systems thinking.

The successful candidate will focus their efforts on leveraging their established record of achievement in teaching, research and service and engagement. At this level the incumbent is expected to have achieved national recognition and have a developing international profile in their field of research, may coordinate or lead the activities of other staff, and is expected to have an active and effective record of supervising Higher Degree by Research students successfully to completion as principal supervisor.

This is a full-time continuing position at Academic Level C. The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $128,109 - $147,717, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $149,888 - $172,830 annually. This is a teaching & research focused academic position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

For more information, please download the APPOINTMENT BOOKLET from this page (tap POSITION DESCRIPTION). Selection criteria can be found in the ‘About You’ section of this booklet.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Elizabeth Eakin. For a copy of the full job description, please download the information brochure (tap POSITION DESCRIPTION in this page) or contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (R-29916) in the subject line.

To submit an application for this role, create a candidate profile, tap APPLY NOW, tap JOB PORTAL and upload your documents in the UQ Careers portal.

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Responses to the ‘About You’ section

Applications close Wednesday 11th October 2023 at 11.00pm AEST. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for Friday 3rd November (Job Reference Number: R-29916).