Casual Academics - School of Psychology

Applications for Tutoring in Semester 1 2027 will close on 18th January 2027.  

Casual Academic staff provide a rich and important contribution to the University’s academic, teaching, outreach and clinical endeavours through the provision of a range of academically focused services and activities. Casual Academic staff may be engaged to fulfil a wide range of duties, including (but not limited to) tutoring; marking; demonstrating; teaching; clinical education; student outreach and engagement; moderating/facilitating and/or student advising; across multiple academic disciplines.  Casual Academic staff are remunerated according to the category of their duties, as detailed in UQ’s Enterprise Agreement and reiterated in this job profile. 

If you are a current employee of the University, including current casual staff and HDR scholars, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Before applying, please familiarise yourself with the Semester 1 timetable to ensure you will be available to tutor for what has been scheduled.

Please click here for a list of Semester 1 2027 Course Offerings.

Please note that these opportunities are subject to The University’s Code of Conduct. 

School of Psychology Requirements 

• Each course is delivered differently. Please familiarise yourself with the course before preferencing. 

• We strongly recommend reaching out to the Course Coordinator to discuss course details before applying. 

• If you have skills that you believe are relevant to a particular course (e.g., quantitative/technical skills or in-depth content knowledge) please make note of this when applying. 

• All new casual academics are required to attend a casual academic orientation on Friday 12th February from 10.00am to 12.00pm. New casual academics who do not attend will not be given an appointment. 

• Casual academics need to be available for at least half of the tutorials on offer for their preferred courses otherwise we may not be able to offer you a position. 

• To be undertake tutoring you MUST be available for the entire semester, from Week 1 through to Grade Release. 

• New casual academics are also expected to attend Faculty casual academics Training, this comprises a number of sessions which will take place in O Week. More information will be provided following the release of appointments. 

Course Ranking and Allocation 

We use a rating system to assist us in allocating casual academics to courses. When rating the courses that are on offer, please remember that the more courses you give a rating to (1 to 4 stars) the greater your chance of being allocated to a course.  

• 4 – I would love to teach this subject;
• 3 – I would be happy to teach this subject;
• 2 – I would not mind teaching this subject;
• 1 – I would rather not teach this subject;
• 0 – I would rather not tutor than teach this subject. 
• The minimum allocation load for most courses is 2 tutorials. Tutorials are either 1 or 2 hours long.  

• Casual academics will be paid as per the casual academic salary scale via a predetermined schedule. Payments will vary week to week depending on the course schedule. 

What We Can Offer 

These are casual appointments. As such, there is no firm advance commitment to ongoing or indefinite work. The casual rate will vary as per the work completed. Please click here to view our various casual academic pay scales. 

For further information about UQ’s benefits, please visit Why Work at UQ and review Operational UQ Enterprise Agreement_2021-2026.pdf 

Questions? 

For application queries, please contact casualrecruit@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number in the subject line. 

How to Apply

All applicants must supply the following documents:   

• Resume   

To satisfy pre-requisite questions and ensure your application can be considered in full, all candidates must apply via the UQ Careers portal by the job closing deadline. Applications received via other channels, including direct email, will not be accepted.   

Other Information  

You must have work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.  

If you are based within our psychology clinics, please note that you will be required to provide evidence against certain vaccine preventable diseases, which may include the COVID-19 vaccine. 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion.  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au