Position Details
Full-Time | Continuing
Academic Level D or E | $165,810 - $212,873 p.a.
Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role/s
Associate Professor Level D:
The Associate Professor in Optometry is a senior academic leader within the College, providing strategic direction and inspiration in teaching, research and professional engagement. This role is central to advancing excellence across our Optometry programs, delivering innovative, evidence-informed teaching practices that enhance the student experience and promote outstanding learning outcomes.
The successful candidate will lead the planning and delivery of curriculum across the Optometry suite of programs, including the development of high-quality teaching materials, coordination of topics, delivery of lectures and tutorials, assessment design, and engagement in placement education. A sustained record of leadership in teaching and curriculum innovation is essential.
The Associate Professor will make an outstanding personal contribution to research through original and impactful scholarship. This includes securing competitive external research funding, publishing in high-quality outlets, mentoring early career researchers, and supervising students undertaking complex Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), Honours and Higher Degree Research projects.
Professor Level E:
The Professor of Optometry is a senior academic leader who will drive excellence in research, teaching and community engagement within the discipline. The role calls for an accomplished scholar with a strong track record of securing competitive research funding, including Category 1 grants, and a sustained record of high-quality publications recognised nationally and internationally.
The successful candidate will deliver outstanding teaching through contemporary pedagogy, diverse delivery modes and innovative learning approaches that enrich the student experience. They will supervise Higher Degree by Research candidates, including doctoral students, to successful completion and play a pivotal role in growing the University’s PhD cohort in Optometry.
A key responsibility of the position is to mentor and support Early and Mid-Career Researchers, fostering collaboration through co-publication, co-supervision and joint external grant applications. The Professor will also provide administrative and strategic leadership, including oversight of the Optometry Teaching Program and/or Research Section as required.
About You
You hold a PhD (or equivalent qualification) in Optometry or a related discipline and are currently registered, or eligible for registration, with the Optometry Board of Australia and AHPRA. You maintain current membership with a relevant professional association and demonstrate a strong commitment to professional standards and ongoing development.
You bring a distinguished and active record of teaching excellence in Optometry at the tertiary level, including experience in leadership roles and contributions to national and/or international program delivery and collaboration. You have a proven ability to innovate in teaching and learning, implementing contemporary approaches that enhance student engagement and maximise learning outcomes. Your educational leadership experience reflects a capacity to drive innovation, foster collaboration, and inspire excellence among colleagues in higher education settings.
Please refer to the position descriptions attached, for a comprehensive list of roles and responsibilities.
This position makes a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to changing 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035 through education, research and partnership.
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
At the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, we aim to be an innovator in contemporary education producing a safer and more resilient health and social care workforce. Our mission is to improve lives and empower communities, enabling better health and caring in the world through an exceptional student learning experience. At the College, our research mission is about co-creating new knowledge which promotes wellbeing, and better care and support, to individuals and communities across the lifespan. We work proactively with industry partners and professional bodies leading to more employable and innovative graduates.
Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
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
Our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders initiative
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)
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
A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record 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.
SA: Staff working in a health care setting are strongly recommended to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in line with the SA Health policy.
How to Apply and Information
You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement as a separate document, stating which position you are applying for. This should be no more than 3 pages, and address the Key Position Capabilities of the
Position Description - Level D
Position Description – Level E
For more information regarding this position, please contact Professor Michelle Miller
Certification
Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
06 Apr 2026At 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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