Professor / Associate Professor and Head of Discipline, Nutrition and Dietetics

About the role

Bond University, a private not-for-profit university on the Gold Coast, is seeking an academic leader to head its Nutrition and Dietetics discipline within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. The role combines a full-time continuing appointment as Professor or Associate Professor with a five-year Head of Discipline appointment, renewable by mutual agreement. The discipline runs the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and the accredited Master of Nutrition and Dietetics Practice.

Key responsibilities

• Provide academic leadership for education, research and professional engagement, and shape the discipline's future direction
• Work with Faculty leadership to drive program quality, student outcomes and sustainable growth
• Lead and mentor an academic team, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture
• Strengthen the discipline's profile through research leadership, strategic partnerships and engagement with industry, healthcare providers, professional bodies and the wider community

Required profile

• PhD in Dietetics, Nutrition or a related discipline, and current Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) status, or eligibility to obtain and maintain it
• Demonstrated academic leadership, including mentoring academic staff
• Significant experience leading accredited dietetics programs and driving quality improvement
• Strong research profile with publications, research funding and national or international recognition
• Experience building partnerships with industry, healthcare organisations and professional bodies
• Current Australian work rights; appointment subject to pre-employment checks

What we offer

• Professor (Level E): $221,723.17 per annum; Associate Professor (Level D): $189,734.53 per annum plus 12% superannuation, negotiable
• Free staff car parking, up to 18/26 weeks of parental leave, annual leave loading and study assistance for staff and dependants
• Wellbeing program, confidential employee assistance, corporate health and finance discounts, onsite medical centre and counselling services, and an onsite sports centre with gym, fitness classes and pool

Applications, including resume and cover letter, are submitted through the executive search firm handling the search, closing 24 November 2026, with interviews starting week commencing 7 December 2026.