Registered Social Work Academic Staff Member

• Full Time
• Application Closes 09 Apr 2026
• Waikato - Hamilton City
• Social Work Teacher, Postsecondary

Responsibilities

• Prepare Moodle sites, online activities and course outlines
• Pre-prepared lesson plans and resources for each class session
• Teaching to learning outcomes and facilitating opportunities to learn 
• Teaching social work skills, Aotearoa history and impacts, policies, ethics, competencies
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi based practice, ensuring cultural safety, addressing racism and institutional harm, using kaupapa Māori frameworks, whakawhanaungatanga, mahi tahi, manaakitanga, etc
• Working in a team and as well as independently
• Willingness to do research.

Required

Masters (or working towards) to teach across all four years of degree.

Skills & Experience

Teaching / facilitating engaging learning experiences

Facilitating discussion, critical reflection

Excellent and clear communication skills and applying social work practice skills

Supporting diverse learners

Knowledge of social work practice, skills, ethics, policy and professional competencies

Understand of Aotearoa New Zealand history and impacts of colonisation and inequality

Te Tiriti o Waitangi-based practice, kaupapa Māori frameworks and values.

Whakawhanaungatanga communication and relationship building skills

Team work skills

Reliable, accountable, punctual, supportive, ethical and professional standards