Lecturer / Placement Coordinator
Location: Hawthorn East
Employment Type: 0.8 EFT
Change Lives with a Career in #BetterMentalHealth
We are seeking a student-focused Lecturer / Placement Coordinator to join our collaborative and community-focused team.
This hybrid role integrates teaching and placement coordination, ensuring students receive high-quality, practice-ready training grounded in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches.
You will play a key role in supporting both student learning and professional placement experiences, working closely with industry partners and academic staff.
About the Role
This role involves:
· Delivering teaching using experiential and process-oriented approaches
· Supporting students through reflective and supervision-informed learning
· Developing and maintaining placement partnerships
· Ensuring placements align with learning outcomes and accreditation requirements
· Embedding trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and inclusive practices
· Contributing to psychotherapy-informed teaching and scholarship
To be successful in this role you will have:
· Experience in teaching and/or supervision in counselling or psychotherapy
· Strong grounding in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches
· Ability to support students in practice-based learning environments
· Strong organisational and stakeholder engagement skills
· Commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed, and relational practice
Highly desirable:
· Registration with Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and/or Australian Counselling Association
· Experience with experiential curriculum design
· Training in person-centred and experiential pedagogy
· Interest in psychotherapy change research
About the Cairnmillar Institute
Cairnmillar is a leading not-for-profit provider of professional education and psychological services, with a strong focus on training reflective, ethical, and practice-ready graduates.
Why join Cairnmillar
· Meaningful role supporting student transition to professional practice
· Strong collaboration between academic and industry partners
· Supportive and values-driven workplace
· Opportunities for teaching, supervision, and professional growth
How to apply
Please submit:
· Cover letter
· CV
· Contact details for two referees
If you would like a position description, please visit our website- https://www.cairnmillar.org.au/about/careers-at-cmi/job-search/level-c-academic-counselling-and-psychotherapy.
Please contact People and Culture (hr@cairnmillar.edu.au) if you have an enquiry about the position.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
The Cairnmillar Institute promotes the following values: collaboration, compassion, integrity, professionalism and respect and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Cairnmillar is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce that reflects the community it serves.
