Community engagement, skills and employability

Why work at ACU

We’re building a foundation for research excellence, top-tier teaching and sustained community empowerment that endures far into the future. Come join us.

A workplace that works well

Good company culture rewards positive actions and decisions. At ACU, we celebrate your achievements, encourage broad collaboration, and ensure you maintain that crucial work-life balance.

We’re a family of academics and professionals working side by side on a first-name basis. We come together with the common goal of improving society and communities. And we want to invest in you along the way.

Helping you reach your potential

Shape your career pathway with our ongoing training and development opportunities. Every year, you’ll have the chance to build on your strengths, acquire new skills and broaden your professional experience.

We also offer specific programs for staff moving into management positions, equipping them with effective and dynamic leadership skills.

Join an inclusive workplace

We’re a close-knit community with a shared outlook. Feedback from staff opinion surveys shows our staff enjoy a collegial atmosphere and feel a strong alignment with our mission and values.

We also have an established track record of being recognised as a leader in gender equality. The Federal Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) awarded us a citation after assessing our practices that support career development and the full participation of men and women in the workplace.

In short, we want you to feel like you’re a part of a warm, welcoming neighbourhood that supports you to excel in your role, reach your potential and flourish while improving the lives of others.

At ACU, we understand that fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace that supports diversity provides an enriching environment for both our staff and students, and we actively recruit with this in mind.

The University is committed to diversity and social inclusion in its employment practices. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities and people from culturally diverse groups are encouraged.

Gender Equality

ACU's commitment to equality and supporting all of our staff is aligned with the University's Mission and values. The University affirms this commitment through progressing the Gender Equality Strategy 2015-2020.

As a result of its leading workplace practices, ACU has been recognised as an exceptional employer that supports all staff to develop in their careers and to reach their potential. On 25 February 2019, the University was awarded a Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation for the seventh consecutive year.

Understand our gender equality strategy

Equal Opportunity

Our Equal Opportunity Policy supports our commitment to ensure our employment and recruitment practices are fair, equitable and merit based. ACU's Mission expresses our fundamental concern for social justice and underpins our strategy to promote an environment for our staff that is free from discrimination and harassment and provides equal access to opportunities.

Explore our commitment to equal opportunity

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Employment

At ACU, we understand the importance of implementing proactive strategies to help redress the disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and our recruitment practices seek to increase employment at all levels of the University. ACU supports prospective Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment by encouraging both mainstream and targeted employment. Through pursuing the goals of the ACU Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Employment Strategy 2015-2017, ACU is committed to being a leading-practice employer that provides a culturally inclusive space for staff. We aim to improve the employment and retention of staff and to encourage our staff to pursue professional development and career opportunities. Read more about our supports for staff.

Read more about our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Employment Strategy

Watch our staff share their stories

Disability

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to embedding equal opportunity for people with disabilities into our policies and practices. Processes and initiatives are in place to facilitate people with disabilities gaining employment and reaching their potential in the University.

These include:

· support and assistance for applicants as required during recruitment and selection

· recruitment and selection processes based on merit

· ongoing support and assistance, including reasonable adjustments to the workplace

· the availability of flexible work practices

· opportunities for training and development for all employees.

Do I need to be Catholic?

You absolutely do not have to be Catholic to join ACU.

According to recent staff surveys, around a third of our staff identified as practising Catholics. We have a great diversity of different perspectives and viewpoints – and we wouldn’t have it any other way. In fact, we think that’s one of our greatest strengths.

What’s important to us is that you believe in what we stand for: the invaluable benefit of a good education, the ongoing pursuit of knowledge, the dignity of every human person and a passion for community outreach.

Understand our mission

Our mission and values underpin everything we do. First and foremost, our primary responsibility is to provide excellent higher education to our diverse and dispersed student body.

We aim to produce graduates who are highly competent in their chosen fields, have a strong sense of ethics, deploy highly developed critical skills, maintain an appreciation of the sacred in life, and are committed to serving the common good.

But, more than that, we aspire to be a university characterised by free enquiry and academic integrity. Through fostering and advancing knowledge in education, health, commerce, the humanities, science, technology and the creative arts, we seek to make positive impacts at home and abroad.

We also engage with the social, ethical and religious dimensions of the questions we encounter during our teaching, research and service.

Read more about our mission, identity and values

We’re also advocates for environmental sustainability. Read about what we are doing to reduce our environmental impact by visiting our sustainability and wellbeing section.

Find out about our commitment to sustainability and wellbeing

ACU in the community

We want you to move forward by giving back. To that end, we’re dedicated to building deep and lasting connections with communities and social organisations.

These endeavours are guided by a fundamental concern for justice, equity and the dignity of all human beings.

Whether you’re a future staff member, current student or alumnus, we encourage everyone at every level in our organisation to help disenfranchised communities. It’s important, enriching and invaluable work.