Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education Futures

Position Details 

• Continuing position | Full time
• Academic Level B | AU$115,871 - $137,122 pa | 17% Superannuation I View Position Description
• Academic Level C | AU$141,370 - $ 162,619 pa | 17% Superannuation I View Position Description
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country

About the Position:

Flinders University is seeking a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Education (Inclusive Education) to shape inclusive education through outstanding teaching, impactful research, and meaningful partnerships with schools, education systems, and community organisations. You will contribute to the development of future educators and advance evidence-informed approaches that strengthen inclusive practice and improve learning outcomes for diverse learners, including students with disability, neurodivergent learners, and those with complex educational needs.

Working across accredited Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and postgraduate Education programs, you will help strengthen the connection between research and practice, contributing to innovative curriculum, externally funded research, and collaborative engagement with the education sector.

In this position, you will:

• Deliver engaging, high-quality teaching across Education programs using face-to-face, online and blended learning approaches.
• Design and develop innovative curriculum and learning experiences that enhance student engagement and prepare graduates to support diverse learners.
• Undertake high-quality research in inclusive education, contributing to peer-reviewed publications, competitive grant applications and research supervision appropriate to career stage.
• Build and strengthen partnerships with schools, education systems, industry and community organisations to enhance teaching, research and real-world impact.
• (Senior Lecturer only) Provide academic leadership through curriculum development, course or topic coordination, mentoring colleagues and contributing to accreditation and quality assurance activities.

This position is open to domestic and international candidates. Relocation and visa support is available.

About You
You are an emerging or established academic with expertise in inclusive education and a strong commitment to high-quality teaching, impactful research and meaningful engagement that advances inclusive educational practice.

Your expertise may include inclusive education, autism and education, neurodiversity, supporting learners with complex needs, learning disabilities, differentiated teaching, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

You will demonstrate:

• Completion of a PhD, or equivalent qualification.
• Demonstrated capability, or clear potential, to deliver high-quality tertiary teaching, including involvement in topic coordination and curriculum design.
• Evidence of a strong research track record appropriate to career stage in inclusive education or a related field, including peer-reviewed publications and success in attracting external competitive grant funding.
• (Senior Lecturer only) Demonstrated leadership in curriculum development, research supervision, accreditation activities and academic mentoring.

About Education at Flinders:
Education at Flinders University prepares the next generation of teachers, educational leaders and researchers to make a lasting impact on learners and communities. As one of South Australia’s largest providers of teacher education, Flinders delivers evidence-based, practice-oriented programs across early childhood, primary, secondary and higher education. Our strong partnerships with schools and industry ensure graduates are classroom-ready and equipped to meet evolving educational priorities.

Life at Flinders 

They say know your place.  We say you've found it right here. 

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next. 

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  
• Awarded the AHEIA Higher Education Award for Workplace Culture Excellence due to our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders staff wellbeing program 
• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers   
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.  
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).  
• Recognised as a Veteran Employer of Choice   

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 

• You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the below Key Position Capabilities of the relevant position description:
  • View Position Description I Level B
  • View Position Description I Level C
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Joss Rankin

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACST) on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted. 

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. 

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Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

12 Aug 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.