Passionate about inspiring future teachers and early childhood professionals? We are seeking an innovative and collaborative Lecturer who is passionate about excellence in teaching, curriculum design and pedagogical practice. Dedicated to advancing the field of Early Childhood, you will contribute to high-quality teaching, impactful research, and meaningful engagement across our Initial Teacher Education and Bachelor of Education and Master of Education programs.

This role offers the opportunity to inspire future educators across diverse learning contexts - including regional, rural, and remote settings - while contributing to locally grounded, globally relevant research and curriculum design that supports transformational educational outcomes.

Who you are

Are you a passionate and energetic educator and researcher with a strong foundation in Early Childhood? Are you driven to inspire the next generation of educators and make significant contributions through high-quality, impactful research? Do you have a deep understanding and appreciation of diverse cultural backgrounds and are committed to fostering inclusive, culturally sensitive learning environments? If so, we are looking for you!

What you'll do

As a Lecturer within the School of Education and Creative Arts, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality learning and teaching outcomes while contributing to the University's research and engagement objectives. In this role, you will:

- Deliver engaging and reflective student-centred teaching methods across face-to-face and blended modes leveraging digital technologies
- Conduct research activities that produce high-quality outputs and generate research income.
- Support the development of research teams and mentor HDR students.
- Contribute to a positive workplace and culture through internal service while also making significant external contributions to the community and profession.
- Actively engage in professional development activities and maintain currency in contemporary learning, teaching, and research approaches.

Appointment may be made at one of the following profiles depending on your qualifications, experience, and career aspirations:
- Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
- Lecturer (Education Specialist)

What will help you succeed

To be successful in this role,



you will combine your academic expertise with a genuine commitment to student success and professional collaboration.

You will ideally have

- It is essential you hold a doctoral or master’s qualification or equivalent accreditation and standing in the relevant discipline.
- Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) registration and Teacher registration within an Australian Authority or capacity to apply for teacher registration and working with children check.
- Demonstrated teaching and research expertise in Curriculum and Pedagogy - Early Childhood.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering engaged and reflective approaches to teaching that produce the best possible outcomes for students.
- Demonstrated experience in engaging in research that provides the opportunity to collaborate with others, seeks to attract funding to support research, advances knowledge, and engages with industry.
- High level oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, relating well to people at all levels using diplomacy, tact and sound judgement, with an ability to build constructive and effective relationships.
- Alignment with the core University values of Respect, Integrity, and Excellence.

For further information about this role, please Professor Peter Cook, Head of School and Dean (Education and Creative Arts) via or [email protected]. Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia’s most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.





The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.

Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au.

To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.

Reference Number: 0181_09/26

Location: Toowoomba or Springfield campus

Term: Full-time, Continuing appointment (37.5 hours/week)

Salary: Total remuneration range $137,920.92 to $163,017.48 pa (includes salary range of $116,315.34 to $137,480.48 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)

Closes: Sunday, 18 October 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.

As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.

This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.

If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description.

For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey, available on our website.

📌 Lecturer (Curriculum and Pedagogy - Early Childhood) (Springfield)
🏢 University of Southern Queensland
📍 Springfield