Lecturer in Women's and Gender Studies

Position Details

• Full Time | Continuing appointment
• Academic Level B | $115,871 - $137,122 pa | 17% Super
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• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country

About the Role:

We are seeking an innovative and collaborative Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies to contribute to high-quality teaching, research, and engagement across the College of Human Sciences and Culture. This is an exciting opportunity for an academic who is committed to interdisciplinary scholarship, contemporary teaching practices, and preparing students to make a positive difference in society.

In this role, you will deliver engaging undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching across the Women’s and Gender Studies suite, developing innovative learning materials and applying contemporary, student-centred teaching approaches across face-to-face and online environments.

You will contribute to a vibrant research culture through independent, high-quality research and/or creative activity, including scholarly publications, external research funding, and research student supervision.

For a full list of the key position responsibilities, please refer to the position description.

This position is open to those with Australian working rights. Relocation support will be available.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have completed a Phd, EdD or an equivalent qualification. The successful candidate will also require:

• Demonstrated evidence of, or capacity to, undertake high-quality teaching in a tertiary environment, including involvement in topic coordination and curriculum design.
• Evidence of successful and independent innovation in learning and teaching delivery or design, including use of e-learning technologies.
• Evidence of a student-centred approach.
• Demonstrated experience or capability to engage with students (and deliver teaching modules) via online learning platforms.

For a full list of the key position capabilities of the successful candidate, please refer to the position description.

College of Human Sciences and Culture

Through our world-class teaching and research, we equip students with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and advance human development. The College is dedicated to cultivating bright minds and inspiring innovative, passionate, and highly skilled graduates for future ready careers, and delivering connections for life.

Life at Flinders

Flinders University is driven by a bold purpose: to change lives and change the world. Through Agenda 2035 – Impact. With Purpose., we are expanding the scale, reach, and ambition of our research to deliver meaningful outcomes for communities, industry, and global health systems.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.

So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
• Support future initiatives like the Flinders HealthCARE Centre

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

Flinders University will require a current completed Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and Gender Based Violence Declaration which is satisfactory to the University. The contract of Employment is conditional upon the receipt of these completed compliance checks. A disclosable outcome will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

In addition, it is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working With Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).

How to Apply and Information

As well as a CV, you are required to submit a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.

For more information regarding this position, please contact Prof Kate Douglas.

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

04 Nov 2026

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.

About Us

Flinders University is a globally focused, locally engaged institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching, learning and research.
Students are at the heart of Flinders – we’re focused on supporting their exceptional learning experience and equipping them with the skills to succeed in life beyond study.
Our touchstone is that university life is enjoyable and enriching for all students, and our campuses are energising places for our staff.