Casual Academics - School of Psychology

Applications for Tutoring in Semester 1 2024 will close on Sunday January 21st.  

Casual Academic staff provide a rich and important contribution to the University’s academic, teaching, outreach and clinical endeavours through the provision of a range of academically focused services and activities. Casual Academic staff may be engaged to fulfil a wide range of duties, including (but not limited to) tutoring; marking; demonstrating; teaching; clinical education; student outreach and engagement; moderating/facilitating and/or student advising; across multiple academic disciplines.  Casual Academic staff are remunerated according to the category of their duties, as detailed in UQ’s Enterprise Agreement and reiterated in this job profile.

If you are a current employee of the University, including current casual staff and HDR scholars, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

If you are not a current employee or HDR student click here to apply.

Before applying, please familiarise yourself with the Semester 1 timetable to ensure you will be available to tutor for what has been scheduled.

Please click here for a list of Semester 1 courses.

School of Psychology Requirements

• Each course is delivered differently. Please familiarise yourself with the course before preferencing.
• We strongly recommend reaching out to the Course Coordinator to discuss course details before applying.
• If you have skills that you believe are relevant to a particular course (e.g., quantitative/technical skills or in-depth content knowledge) please make note of this when applying.
• All new tutors are required to attend a tutor orientation on Friday 9th February from 10.00am to 12.00pm. New tutors who do not attend will not be given an appointment.
• Tutors need to be available for at least half of the tutorials on offer for their preferred courses otherwise we may not be able to offer you a position.
• To be undertake tutoring you MUST be available for the entire semester, from Week 1 through to Exam Week 1.
• New tutors are also expected to attend Faculty Tutor Training, there are two sessions which will take place in O Week. More information will be provided following the release of appointments.
• The following courses have already scheduled their tutor meetings. If you cannot make this meeting, please do not apply to tutor for this course as these are mandatory.
  • NEUR1020 – 10-11am Monday
  • PSYC1030 – 9-10am Monday
  • PSYC1040 – 12-1pm Tuesday

Course Ranking and Allocation

We use a rating system to assist us in allocating tutors to courses. When rating the courses that are on offer, please remember that the more courses you give a rating to (1 to 4 stars) the greater your chance of being allocated to a course. You will not be allocated to any course you rate as 0-star.

• The minimum allocation load for most courses is 1.0, this equates to about 9 hours of work per week for the period mentioned above and would typically include between two and three tutorial groups.
• Those holding a scholarship normally cannot work more than a 1.5 load per semester.
• Tutors will be paid as per the casual academic salary scale via a fixed term method where you are paid for a certain number of hours for the specified number of weeks.

What We Can Offer 

These are causal appointments. The casual rate will vary as per the work completed. Please click here to view our various casual academic pay scales.

For further information about UQ’s benefits, please visit Why Work at UQ and review The University of Queensland's Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2018-2021 . 

Questions? 

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject line. 

How to Apply

All applicants must supply the following documents:  

• Resume  

To satisfy pre-requisite questions and ensure your application can be considered in full, all candidates must apply via the UQ Careers portal by the job closing deadline. Applications received via other channels, including direct email, will not be accepted.  

Other Information 

You must have work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.  

If you are based within our psychology clinics, please note that you will be required to provide evidence against certain vaccine preventable diseases, which may include the COVID-19 vaccine.

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected]