Associate Professor / Professor - Teaching and Research, Speech Pathology

Curtin’s School of Allied Health offers professionally recognised courses in Exercise and Sport Science, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology.

We also operate specialist clinics at Curtin Perth, Challis Community Primary School and Curtin Clinics Cockburn, where our students can hone their skills while delivering professional services to the community.

In this role you will

• Deliver high quality and innovative teaching to undergraduate, honours and postgraduate students across a range of modes and levels with a focus on Adult populations.
• Foster a culture of teaching excellence in Speech Pathology units.
• Lead major curriculum initiatives and/or pedagogical developments.
• Undertake nationally and internationally competitive and high-quality research in discipline/field.
• Produce highly productive research outputs with regular publication in high quality journals, or outputs in other creative outlets consistent with an international reputation in the field.
• Significantly contribute to and provide leadership in external activities relevant to the discipline/profession and community engagement.
• Significantly contribute to and provide leadership within the School of Allied Health to meet strategic plans.
• Contribute to the development of a collegial and supportive working environment. Model a high standard of professional behaviour consistent with the University Code of Conduct, Vision, Mission and Values and aligned to Curtin’s Elevate Reconciliation Action plan.

• Curtin continues to be a leader in reconciliation in the Higher Education sector, being one of the first Universities to receive accreditation for an Elevate RAP - the highest level within Reconciliation Australia’s Workplace RAP Framework.
• The University has recently been named as one of Australia’s Inclusive Employers for 2019-2020 by the Diversity Council of Australia (DCA)
• A major global player, with well-integrated campuses in Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius and Dubai.

For further information on Curtin and all of our employee benefits visit https://about.curtin.edu.au/jobs/

We are looking for someone with

• A doctoral qualification in relevant discipline
• Clinical and research expertise with adult populations and cultural diversity.
• A demonstrated record of achievement in and commitment to excellence in teaching.
• Demonstrated achievement in the discipline/field through the scholarly development and delivery of high quality educational courses.
• An established record of highly productive research outputs with regular publication in high quality refereed academic journals, or outputs in other creative outlets, consistent with an international reputation in the field.
• A significant record of obtaining research income, including nationally competitive research grants and/or fellowships.
• Demonstrated academic leadership experience in the discipline/profession and in community engagement.
• Significant experience and record of providing supervision to higher degree research students.
• Demonstrated high level communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to foster the development of a collegial and supportive working environment and the ability to interact with students and staff with cross cultural sensitivity.

Please apply on-line with a cover letter and resume to enable us to assess your suitability for the role. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruitment process please advise in your cover letter.

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Applications close: 9:00pm AWST, Friday 3rd December 2021

Contact details

If you have a query in relation to the application process please contact our careers team on [email protected]

Inclusion and Diversity at Curtin

We are committed to ensuring that Curtin has an inclusive environment, free from harassment, in which all students, staff and the community feel respected, valued and welcome.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and are committed to making reasonable adjustments to enable people with disability to participate fully in our recruitment, selection and appointment processes.

We have received recognition in this area:

• Voted one of Australia’s Inclusive Employers for 2019-2020 (Diversity Council of Australia).
• Have become one of the first Universities to receive accreditation for an Elevated Reconciliation Action Plan.
• Achieved Athena Swan Bronze Accreditation (2018-2022).
• Voted 16th best workplace for new dads in Australia (HBF - Direct Advice for Dads, 2019).

Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert.