Lecturer Placement Coordinator

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- contact People and Culture () 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.