Professor – Senior Lecturer

Position Details

• Full Time I Multiple Positions Available

• Academic Level E| As at July 2, 2025 AU $212,873p.a + 17% Super

• Academic Level D| As at July 2, 2025 AU $165,810 – $182,419p.a. + 17% Super

• Academic Level C| As at July 2, 2025 AU $138,124 - $158,885p.a + 17% Super

• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country /Australia

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About the Roles:

Flinders University’s College of Business, Government and Law (CBGL) is seeking academics for multiple positions, ranging from Senior Lecturers through to Professors. These positions will be filled by people with proven educational and research leadership capabilities and expertise (appropriate for the level). In particular, the positions are intended to amply educational, research and industry engagement around the business of advanced manufacturing through Flinders Factory of the Future (FFF), including the Flinders node of the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC).

Relevant disciplines and fields of expertise include:

• Economics: energy, labour, trade, regional, behavioural economics

• Finance: Investment, public finance, behavioural finance

• Decision Making: Business data analytics, AI, behavioural psychology, human factors

• Management: Leadership, organisational psychology, project management, supply chain management

• Strategy: Entrepreneurship and innovation, business models, dynamic capabilities, strategic R&D management, strategic marketing

• Public Policy: Innovation districts, industry policy, economic complexity, university–industry collaboration

The appointments are balanced (teaching/research) positions, but candidates may also be considered for research only positions (based upon outstanding research performance) and clinical practitioner or teaching specialist positions (based upon deep industry experience and networks).

These appointments will provide leadership in research, education and industry engagement: driving growth in research income and capability, lifting reputation, student experience, and student load, and making FFF an authentic showcase for industry engagement.

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

About the College of Business, Government and Law

The College of Business, Government and Law comprises approximately 120 academics (continuing and fixed term) staff, supported by approximately 50 professional staff. There are approximately 3500 students associated with the College of which roughly 90 are higher degree research students, and 1000 are

studying Flinders business and international relations programs in Tianjin China, in partnership with Nankai University.

In 2024 the College reported over $13M in research income, with significant multi-year investment associated with the building and operations of the Flinders Factory of the Future (FFF).

Organisationally the College comprises four teaching programs and three Research Centres, with FFF managed jointly with the College of Science and Engineering. Staff are located across three campuses; the main, bush campus at Bedford Park, a new purpose-built vertical campus in the heart of the

city, and the Factory of the Future within the bustling innovation district at Tonsley.

About Flinders Factory of the Future:

The Flinders University Factory of the Future (FFF), located in the Tonsley Innovation District, is a world-class, reconfigurable advanced manufacturing test bed, training and industry growth facility – the first of its kind in Australia. It enables businesses to test, trial, and refine new processes and products in partnership with Flinders’ multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, business, and human factors experts. Currently operating at Line Zero in the Main Assembly Building (MAB) of the former Mitsubishi car plant, the FFF is expanding to new facilities set to open in August 2025. Supported by both federal and state governments, and in collaboration with corporates and SMEs, it is a significant part of Australia’s push toward a more innovative, competitive, and sustainable manufacturing sector. It is also home to the Flinders node of the Additive Manufacturing CRC.

flinders.edu.au/factory-of-the-future

Appointments – Position Capabilities and Responsibilities

Appointments will be made across academic Levels C to E according to the alignment of the applicants’ achievements with the academic profiles available at:

https://staff.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/staff/pc/academic-profiles-levels-a-to-e.pdf

For a more comprehensive list of key position responsibilities and capabilities, please view the relevant Position Descriptions:

• Professor

• Associate Professor

• Senior Lecturer

Why Flinders University?

At Flinders University, we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to achieving gender equality in employment by identifying and removing any discriminatory employment barriers and promoting gender equality in the workplace. We have been awarded Institutional Bronze Accreditation in the SAGE Athena SWAN program, recognising the University’s ongoing efforts towards achieving gender equity.

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? 

• Ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide.

• Ninety per cent of Flinders research has been ranked at ‘world standard or above’ by Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA).

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options 

• Flexible working arrangements 

• Wide range of professional development activities and services, such as the Flinders University’s Researcher Development and Leadership Programs & exclusive staff study offers

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

How to Apply and Information

The applicant must provide an expression of interest in the form of a letter, no more than three pages, outlining their suitability and their relevant experience, together with a current CV.

In the expression of interest statement, applicants should address the following:

1. Exceptional performance, achievement and capabilities (appropriate to level)) in at least two of the following:

• Educational Leadership,

• Research Leadership,

• Industry Experience

2. How strengths in the above areas will add value to our teaching and research programs, with particular attention to Flinders Factory of the Future.

For more information regarding this position, we strongly encourage you to please contact Associate Professor Vipul Pare

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Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

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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