Program Lead, Community Development & Wellbeing Program

Position Details 

• Fixed Term until 30-06-2027 | Full Time or part time negotiable

• Higher Education Level 7 I $102589- $ 113561 + 17% Super

• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country

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About the Position

Flinders University is seeking a Program Lead, Community Development & Wellbeing Program, to provide leadership and coordination for the Community Development & Wellbeing Program (CDP), a student-led field education initiative supporting the Mental Health Pathway to Practice Program. The role ensures high-quality, consistent placement delivery that enables students to develop professional identity, capability, and confidence in community development and mental health promotion practice.

As the Program Lead, Community Development & Wellbeing Program, you will:

• Provide program-level leadership and coordination across the CDP, ensuring consistent placement delivery across cohorts and stakeholders.

• Guide Student Social Workers through placement phases including orientation, co-design, implementation, evaluation, and handover.

• Support Team Leads and stakeholders with placement delivery, risk management, workload monitoring, and student support.

• Lead program evaluation, reporting, continuous improvement, and oversight of program documentation and resources.

About You

You are an experienced social work or community development practitioner with strong capability in field education, mental health promotion, and student support. You are confident working across complex stakeholder environments and are committed to high-quality, inclusive, and student-centred practice.

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• A relevant qualification in Social Work or a related discipline and eligibility for AASW membership, with at least two years post-qualification experience.

• Strong understanding of AASW Practice Standards, community development principles, and mental health promotion approaches.

• Experience supervising, mentoring, or supporting students or early-career practitioners in placement or practice settings.

• Highly developed communication, coordination, and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

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 and professional development finds.

• A wide range of professional development opportunities, including Flinders’ Researcher Development and Leadership Programs.

• Recognition as the first university in South Australia to receive the prestigious SAGE Cygnet Award, celebrating our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

• Access to advanced, state-of-the-art facilities including an on-site gym, cafés, and childcare centre.

• A dedicated new Early Childhood teaching space, Pintya Kuu, where students can gain hands-on experience in a supportive, practice-based learning environment.

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

• Flinders University is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment, free from gender‑based violence. Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of required pre‑employment checks and declarations, each of which must be satisfactory to the University. This includes a Gender‑Based Violence declaration, in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender‑Based Violence (2025), and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check .

• In addition, it is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working With Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).

How to Apply and Information 

• You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the below Key Position Capabilities of the position description

• For more information regarding this position, please contact Jennie Charlton

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted. 

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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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