Associate Lecturer / Lecturer in Oral Health

• Make a real impact by educating future oral health professionals to serve the urban, regional and rural communities.
• Stay clinically active while teaching in a supportive, community-focused academic environment
• Generous support provided to assist with relocating to Riverina’s beautiful Wagga Wagga or surrounds

The role

• Continuing, Full time (part time may be considered)
• Level A/B – $80,046 to $134,965 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Wagga Wagga

You will join a dynamic academic team committed to advancing oral health in regional and rural communities. As Lecturer in Oral Health, you’ll lead innovative teaching and contribute to research that drives real-world impact. With opportunities to shape inter-professional education and pursue strategic research aligned with the University’s goals, this role offers a unique platform to grow your academic profile while supporting community-focused healthcare.

Opportunities to provide clinical services at the Charles Sturt Clinics may be available in consultation with the Dean of Rural Dentistry and Oral Health and the Clinical Director.

This position is required for on-campus teaching and as such remote work options are not available. Generous assistance, including financial, is available to help you relocate to Wagga Wagga to take up this opportunity.

About you

• A qualification relevant to the discipline and appropriate to the level being applied for
• Full registration (for teaching/research) as a Dentist or Oral Health Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
• Excellent understanding of the clinical practice of oral health therapy, supported by a record of teaching and subject coordination relevant to the discipline and appropriate to the level being applied for
• Evidence of the delivery of high quality student-centred learning and teaching in oral health therapy and/or general dentistry
• A record of research activity or capability relevant to the discipline and appropriate to the level being applied for, as outlined in the position descriptions, may facilitate the progression of research opportunities

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 Dentistry and Medical 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 descriptions below or by contacting: Professor Andrew Flatau | Dean of Dentistry and Oral Health | DeanofDentistry@csu.edu.au | Ph: (02) 6365 7251

• Level A - position description - Associate Lecturer in Oral Health
• Level B - position description - Lecturer in Oral Health

Closing Date: 11pm, 6 July 2025