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For almost 50 years, Griffith has been proudly doing things differently. Our people have challenged convention, adapting and innovating to pioneer solutions ahead of our time. Here, you’ll find high-impact research, outstanding student experiences, and a genuine commitment to social justice, inclusivity and sustainability. 

Consistently ranking in the top 2 per cent of universities globally, our degrees are designed with industry in mind, the future in our sights, and social impact at heart.

With more than 55,000 students, our community spans five campuses across South East Queensland plus our Digital campus, complemented by a global alumni network of over 200,000 graduates. As we prepare for our 50th anniversary in 2025, we're looking for people that share our passion and values to help us create a brighter future for all.

The School of Health Sciences and Social Work are changing how we think about allied health. One size does not fit all. We have adopted Precision Medicine to accelerate step-change advances in our key missions: musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and neurological fields, elite sport and human performance. We are harnessing our world-leading health and sports technologies capabilities, including digital twinning, robotics, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and multi-modal medical imaging to drive better diagnostics and optimise human and sports performance. We are accelerating earlier and targeted interventions and developing safer, better and more cost-effective allied health and rehabilitation therapies.

Our growing ecosystem brings together allied health, engineering, and science alongside industry partners to strengthen medical and rehabilitation device innovation to bring new products and services to global markets. In parallel, we recognise the need to train and develop the next generation of allied health professionals to adopt and practice precision paradigms in a broader and inclusive health and wellbeing context. In response, we are developing new, innovative, industry-informed, co-designed training programs to meet current and future workforce needs.

The School is known for innovation and excellence in interdisciplinary research, health education, and translation to clinical practice. The School is recognised as a national leader in Disability and Rehabilitation research and supports an extensive program of cross-disciplinary research aligned with flagship University Research Beacons, Centres and Institutes (including The Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE) and the Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute (ADaPT)). Our Health Clinics offer exercise physiology, dietetics, physiotherapy, social work and speech pathology clinical services to the public as well as supporting research translation. We strongly focus on innovation, interdisciplinarity, translation and impact, and we contribute to a wide range of partnerships and engagements with clinical, government, NGO, industry and community stakeholders.

The Opportunity
The School is seeking to appoint experts and disrupters to Lecturer and Senior Lecturer positions in priority areas of allied health (all disciplines), biomedical engineering, biorheology and exercise science to join our bold vision for Precision Rehabilitation and Human Performance.

Successful applicants will contribute to a paradigm shift from state-of-the-art stratified care towards ultra-personalised allied-health rehabilitation and training to improve and augment human and sports performance, irrespective of an individual’s (dis)ability, thus enabling inclusive participation in family, community, work, and sport. You will be immersed in an exceptional team science and interdisciplinary research environment underpinned by established and well-funded ties with industry and affiliated hospitals and health providers in South-East Queensland. An impact-oriented career awaits you – join us in our mission to translate basic and mechanistic research into next-generation technologies and rehabilitation products and services that enrich the lives of end users.

We are recruiting for a Senior Lecturer in Neurological Physiotherapy:

• BioSpine is a flagship, precision rehabilitation-focused research program for spinal cord injury (SCI). It is based on a device and drug therapy paradigm, combining multiple rehabilitation technologies, including brain-computer interfaces, electrical stimulation, and robotic assistance in immersive extended reality technologies. With new phase two funding in place, you will join an interdisciplinary effort to bridge discovery-translation gaps to scale up to efficacy (precision mechanistic studies), therapy commercialisation, pre-clinical and multi-centre RCTs studies.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach across a range of courses within the School and supervise HDR students to strengthen the research-teaching nexus. You will contribute to new curricula development in medical technologies and precision rehabilitation, sport and human performance for postgraduate and industry markets, including microcredentials.

About you
To be successful in this role, you will have following qualifications and experience:

• The successful candidate must hold a relevant PhD (or equivalent) in addition to the following:

At Senior Lecturer, Level C:

• Strong evidence of research performance and success in attracting external research funding, consistent with discipline benchmarks.
• Strong track record (relative to opportunity) in generating high-quality original outputs and national research impacts.
• Demonstrable evidence of contributing to and developing new research collaborations.
• A compelling vision for how they will grow their own research program within our strategic approach to Precision Rehabilitation and Human Performance whilst contributing to the broader objectives of the school and university.
• Strong experience in clinical and industry or partnerships will be highly valued.
• Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and course development and HDR supervision. CPD and microcredential experience will be well regarded. 
• Demonstrable evidence of work to QMS and GLP/GMP and regulatory requirements (where required).
• Experience in clinical and especially industry partnerships will be highly valued.
• Clear vision for how your expertise will lead to improved research esteem of the university and translatable outcomes in industry and/or clinical pathways.

What we can offer
This is a continuing, full time, Senior Lecturer, Level C position based at the Griffith University Gold Coast campus. As Griffith is a multi-campus University you may be required to work across other campus locations.

The full time equivalent base salary for Senior Lecturer, Level C will be $128,802 - $148,520 per annum + 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $150,698 - $173,768 per annum.

At Griffith, you’ll thrive in a culture of support and inclusivity and be able to accelerate your academic career in a community focused on impact.

Excellence
We believe excellence should have impact. It’s why we’re here. We strive for the highest possible standards in teaching and research, while ensuring we create positive effects for our communities. 

Culture
Our people thrive in a culture of support and inclusivity, united by a shared purpose. We bring together exceptional thinkers from diverse disciplines to tackle the greatest challenges of our time.  

Opportunity
Griffith was created to be a different kind of university. We’re proud of our past, but we understand that true progress comes from challenging the status quo. That’s why we’re excited for what we’re building next. 

We invest in and value our people, and are proud to offer additional benefits including: 

• Flexible working options and genuine work-life balance.
• Salary packaging options and corporate health discounts.
• Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave.

Griffith University values diversity, inclusion and flexibility and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. For more information please visit our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page.

Griffith's strategic goals are to also increase the proportion of women in senior academic and administrative roles and in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM).

How to Apply
Please submit your application online and ensure your application includes the following:

• A covering letter outlining your suitability for the role (please refer to the Qualifications above and the position description)
• Current curriculum vitae/resume including full contact details
• Please include the details of three supporting referees

Click here to view the position description.

Visa sponsorship is possible for this appointment for candidates who do not hold valid Australian work rights.

Further Information
For further information specifically about this role, please contact Professor Jim Woodburn, Head of School on [email protected] or +61 (0) 7 555 28650.

For application and recruitment advice, please contact Corinna Gartrell, Talent Acquisition Partner on [email protected] or +61 (0) 7 373 56548.

For application support, please contact People Services on +61 (0) 7 373 54011.

Closing date: Sunday, 17 September 2023 at 5:00pm AEST. All applications must be submitted online.