Career Educator in Canberra

Deliver personalised student-centred career support and career development initiatives.

ACU Career Educators provide high-impact, student-centred career development learning experiences, resources and services that support students to develop the skills, capabilities and confidence to successfully launch and navigate their career journeys.

Through direct engagement with students, you'll deliver personalised career support alongside scalable career development initiatives. You will implement ACU's career development learning strategy and, under the direction of the National Manager, deliver career services, co-curricular initiatives, and targeted curriculum-embedded interventions aligned with institutional and faculty priorities.

This includes the ongoing development and delivery of career development learning content, learning design projects, academic collaborations and personalised, one-to-one and point-of-need career support services. In undertaking this work, Career Educators apply evidence-based career development theories and best-practice learning design techniques to ensure learning experiences are purposeful, inclusive and responsive to student needs.

You will use data and evaluation skills to evidence learning gain, inform continuous improvement and demonstrate impact, while partnering closely with stakeholders to create scalable career development opportunities that enhance graduate employability for all ACU students.

For full position details, refer to the position description.

What we offer:

• The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
• Total remuneration valued to $124,509 - $134,699 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $105,212 - $113,823 (pro rata) pa (HEW 7), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
• 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
• Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
• As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging.

Applications close: 11-NOV-2026 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time.

Preferred candidates will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU's compliance requirements. This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and/or Working with Vulnerable People Check (WWVP) (ACT only).

ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. This is underpinned by our mission and values, grounded in our respect for all people and the advancement of the common good. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. ACU is recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter and veterans are encouraged to apply. ACU offers support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process. Please contact recruitment@acu.edu.au to discuss your requirements in confidence.

About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a publicly funded university whose teaching, research and service is shaped by the vision of flourishing lives, thriving communities, and a more ethical future for our world. ACU has more than 2,500 staff and 34,000 students across eight campuses: Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU draws on the Catholic intellectual tradition which values human reason and welcomes everyone regardless of their faith, cultural tradition or circumstances. ACU invites all staff - both academic and professional - to embrace, and to support in ways meaningful to them, its mission to respect the dignity of every human person, to seek knowledge and to advance the common good.