Vacancies

Associate Professor / Professor / Associate Head - Healthcare Sciences

• Combine academic excellence with real organisational health leadership impact
• Build strong industry and community partnerships
• Generous relocation assistance provided to support relocation

The role

• Continuing, Full Time (held concurrently with Associate Head role for an initial period of up to 3 years)
• Level D - $167,348 pa to $184,243 (plus allowances and 17% superannuation)
• Level E - $215,225 pa (plus allowances and 17% superannuation)
• Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Port Macquarie or Wagga Wagga

This is a unique senior academic leadership opportunity combining health leadership expertise with strategic leadership. As the Associate Head of School, this is an opportunity to build the academic excellence across the healthcare science portfolio. You will have academic staff supervision and delegated portfolio responsibilities for the disciplines of digital health, First Nations health, health service management, and midwifery. Together with the Head of School, you will lead the portfolio’s ambitious plan for growth across education and research priorities.

As an Associate Professor or Professor in Health Service Management, you will drive excellence in research, teaching, and industry engagement.

You will lead high quality student centred education across multiple delivery modes, grow and lead impactful research funding outcomes, supervise higher degree research candidates, and build strong partnerships with industry, government, and community stakeholders.

About you 

• A doctoral qualification relevant to health.
• A record of academic and/or health leadership achievement of national and/or international standing through outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and partnerships.
• Significant experience in and comprehensive knowledge of health service leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective leadership and building people capability in an academic and clinical setting.

About us 

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about the Faculty of Science and Health here.

Learn more about the School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences here.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits.

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply 

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, submit a “statement of suitability” demonstrating your skills, knowledge and/or experience relevant to the position (referencing the selection criteria in the position description) and upload your CV.

If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information 

Additional information is available in the position description;

• Position Description - Associate Head of School
• Level D - Position Description - Associate Professor in Health Service Management
• Level E - Position Description - Professor in Health Service Management

or by contacting: Professor Kerryn Butler-Henderson | Head, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences | email: SNPHS-HOS@csu.edu.au 

Closing Date: 11pm, 10 June 2026

Advertised: 13 May 2026 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 10 Jun 2026 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Standard Time