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About TAFE Queensland

TAFE Queensland is proud to be the largest and most experienced Vocational Education and Training provider in the State. For more than 140 years, TAFE Queensland has delivered practical and industry-relevant training to provide students with the skills and experience they need to build lifelong careers. TAFE Queensland been named the Large Training Provider of the Year at the prestigious 2024 Australian Training Awards. Our training is delivered to students and apprentices on-site, online, in the workplace, or on-campus to give people the skills they need to enrich their communities, support their industries, and strengthen their local economies. 

By working at TAFE Queensland, you can be part of a highly experienced workforce closely connected with their industries and dedicated to delivering best practices and innovative training.

Your Opportunity

As the Lecturer, Civil Engineeringyou will be responsible for:

•  Influencing the careers of future industry persons by sharing your extensive industry knowledge to students in a classroom or other educational setting.
• Delivery of units in structural design, modelling and the capstone project unit.

The position is based at our South Bank campus and within the Civil Engineering team reporting to the Operations Manager, Higher Education. 

The opporutnity is flexible and can be undertaken as either temporary or casual for the right candidate, commencing from early January to 15 May 2026 unless otherwise determined.

Key Responsibilities

• Make contributions to the teaching effort of TAFE Queensland at an undergraduate level.
• Carry out activities to maintain and develop scholarly, research and/or professional activities relevant to the profession or discipline and to learning and teaching.
• Ensure compliance with TAFE Queensland systems and processes to document, evidence and report scholarly activity within expected timeframes.
• Develop course material and support the overall coordination of the course, as required.
• Initiate informal and formal interactions with students and staff across the Campus and externally with other institutions, industrial and professional groups, and community/individual organisations. Formal interactions are those which are commercial in nature and must be sanctioned by the relevant Dean/Manager as appropriate.
• Support, prepare and deliver lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions, clinical sessions and/or studio sessions.
• Deliver lectures and undertake marking and assessment.
• Consult with students and supervise post-graduate students where such qualifications are offered.
• Perform assigned teaching and learning duties on or off campus, including conducting research and a range of administrative functions which relate to the discipline/courses in which the Lecturer is teaching.
• Attend and contribute to organisational unit and broader meetings and/or participate as a member in a few relevant committees.
• Contribute to/or coordinate education-focused projects that support TAFE Queensland’s continuing status as a Higher Education provider.
• Attend activities which support student recruitment.
• Undertake other activities, projects and tasks as directed. 

How you will be assessed

The ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:

1. The ability to contribute to the development of innovative learning and teaching within an applied learning environment and encouraging students to apply that learning in industry settings.
2. The ability to provide high quality course delivery within an applied learning environment, in accordance with Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) standards, with a demonstrated commitment to providing outstanding client service.
3. Demonstrated record of achievement as a practitioner with a reputation for skills, knowledge and expertise.
4. Superior written and oral communication, influencing and listening skills.
5. Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and sustain productive internal and external stakeholder relationships with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Mandatory Qualifications/Requirements

• The ability to contribute to the development of innovative learning and teaching within an applied learning environment and encouraging students to apply that learning in industry settings.
• The ability to provide high quality course delivery within an applied learning environment, in accordance with Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) standards, with a demonstrated commitment to providing outstanding client service.
• Demonstrated record of achievement as a practitioner with a reputation for skills, knowledge and expertise.
• Superior written and oral communication, influencing and listening skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and sustain productive internal and external stakeholder relationships with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Highly Desirable Requirements

• Experience with Learning Management systems in a tertiary setting
• Knowledge and experience in geographic information systems (GIS)

How to apply

If you’re interested in this role, click the ‘Apply’ button to submit your application via the TAFE Queensland Recruitment Portal.  When submitting your application, please ensure you provide the following:

• A detailed resume; 
• A cover letter that outlines your known skills, abilities, knowledge and experience in response to the “How you will be assessed” criteria above (maximum of 2 pages in total); and
• The contact details for two referees (one of whom is your current supervisor)

Closing date: Friday 14 November 2025, 10am. 

Job Reference Number: TQ2025-1012

For further information, please contact:

Vanessa Crawford, Operations Manager Higher Education

Vanessa.Crawford@tafeqld.edu.au

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Documents

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