The University of Notre Dame Australia Careers

Senior Lecturer (Aboriginal Health), Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training
Broome Campus
Part time (0.2) opportunity, Fixed term contract to 31/12/2026

• Open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only
• Friendly and collaborative environment
• $133,307 - $153,715 pa (Level C) + 14.25% superannuation (pro rata)

About the university

The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Catholic University with over 1,000 permanent staff providing an exceptional educational experience to over 12,000 students across our Fremantle, Broome, and Sydney campuses, as well as clinical schools in Victoria and New South Wales.

About the Kimberly Centre for Remote Medical Training

Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT) is a Commonwealth funded, end-to-end rural medical program based on the University’s Broome campus. KCRMT is one of the components that forms the University’s RHMT program which sits within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Health Sciences.  The aim of KCRMT is to contribute to strengthening the medical workforce in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.  This is achieved through health research and the delivery of a fully accredited 4-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) program that is supported by dedicated academic and professional staff based in the Kimberley.

The program will transform the Broome campus, Kimberley, and Pilbara regions and develop the medical workforce in the region
  

About the role

The KCRMT is one of the components that forms the University’s RHMT program with the aim to contribute to strengthening the medical workforce in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.  This is achieved through health research and the delivery of a fully accredited 4-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) program that is supported by dedicated academic and professional staff based in the Kimberley.

This position reports to the Associate Professor Aboriginal Health Team, National School of Medicine.

To perform this position, it is essential that the person be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is a genuine occupational qualification, under Section 50(d) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA), that applicants are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Applicants are requested to demonstrate their Indigenous heritage in addition to addressing the selection criteria.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a record of high-quality achievement in teaching while contributing more broadly to curriculum innovation
• Contributions of a strategic nature to curriculum development and pedagogical innovation
• Demonstrate leadership in the use of digital technologies in teaching
• Evidence of impact in teaching and learning beyond own teaching practice, including through influencing others
• Promote and support learning in less experienced staff through mentoring, peer review and leadership roles (formal or informal)
• May be required to be wholly responsible for the coordination of a large program (e.g. program director role)
• Actively participate in, and where appropriate lead strategic committees within the discipline/school/division and University.
• Significant and sustained contribution to the scholarship of teaching and learning and/or professional practice in the discipline at the divisional, University and national level.
• Success in winning significant internal and external grants to support teaching projects and initiatives

Qualifications, skills & experience

• Advanced qualifications and/or recognised significant experience in the relevant discipline area.
• A health professional in possession of a PhD or a Masters degree with 5 years teaching experience, or a Medical qualification registrable with AHPRA and a Fellowship of a relevant professional body or significant progress towards.
• Experience in teaching at Masters level or higher or in medical, health or professional practice based education settings.
• In determining experience relative to qualifications, regard will be had to teaching experience, experience in research, experience outside tertiary education, creative achievement, professional contributions and/or technical achievement.
• Knowledge of contemporary Aboriginal Health Curriculum.
• Knowledge of Aboriginal people, culture, history, and community and how health impacts on Aboriginal people.

Indigenous applicants are requested to provide a statement and supporting documentation that addresses how they meet each of the following criteria for Aboriginality:

• be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
• identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
• be accepted as such by the community in which they live or have lived.

Supporting documentation may include, but is not limited to, a letter of Aboriginality signed under the common seal from a recognised incorporated Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community organisation such as Land Council or Elders group, Aboriginal Medical Service or a letter on letterhead from a Local Aboriginal Land Council demonstrating membership of the Council.

Benefits

• Fast paced environment with opportunity for professional growth
• Generous training and development opportunities
• Friendly and collaborative working environment

How to apply

Please apply online with a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Applications closing date: 3 April 2025

For further information on how to apply, please visit: How to apply | Notre Dame

Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.

Contact us

Please direct your queries regarding this role to Janette Tam, janette.tam@nd.edu.au

Unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies will not be entertained.