Company Profile
CQUniversity
Company Overview
At CQUniversity Australia we have an unbreakable belief that quality education, training, and research should be available to everyone – regardless of background, location or life circumstances. If you share our ethos, you will be inspired, challenged and rewarded here on a daily basis. We will provide you with genuine flexibility, generous benefits and practical resources so you can do what you do best. You will play a part in transforming people’s lives in ways that many of them have only dreamed of – that’s a priceless reward in itself. Your job changes lives.
Benefits
BE REWARDED
CQUniversity Australia provides a supportive environment with some of the best working conditions in the industry. We are leading the way by offering 6 weeks’ recreation leave every year. Our leave benefits also include carer’s, sick, domestic violence, maternity and paternity, cultural, religious, disaster and compassionate leave, as well as rewarding long service.
We value our employee assistance programs, and offer a number of strategies to promote personal wellbeing and discounted gym membership at various locations. You can also take advantage of exclusive offers through BUPA Corporate Health Plan and Westfund Health Insurance.
Eligible staff benefit from 17% employer superannuation, and being a CQUniversity staff member enables you to join the multi-award winning UniSuper Fund.
The sky is the limit at CQUniversity. Strive for your professional goals in a supportive and encouraging environment. We invest in our most important asset – our people – and offer comprehensive corporate training and other professional development and networking opportunities to open new professional career pathways, expand your skills and expertise, and enrich your experiences.
We support and encourage academic and teaching staff to study the Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education and promote professional development in your role as a tertiary educator. We also hold an annual academic promotion round to reward and recognise academic staff who have demonstrated outstanding and sustained achievement.
For more information on the working conditions on offer at CQUniversity, view our Central Queensland University Enterprise Agreement 2017.
BE ENGAGED
From community ties to global partnerships, CQUniversity staff are empowered to build mutually beneficial connections that drive real change and improves the lives of others.
CQUniversity is the most engaged and connected university in Australia. We empower staff, community, business and industry to interact and build partnerships that support the development of sustainable communities. This means our staff benefit from staying at the forefront of innovations in the tertiary education sector while also giving back to the community.
Our approach to community engagement has helped us achieve the highest share of students from first-in-family, Indigenous, low socio-economic, mature-age or disadvantaged backgrounds than any other Australian university.
CQUniversity changes the world for the better and through social innovation, our students, staff, academics, and communities are all driving the transformation. Enjoy the support of 7.25 hours of Engaged Service Leave per year to help give back to your community.
We are Australia's first and only Changemaker Campus recognised by global social innovation group Ashoka U. Being part of the CQUniversity community gives you the opportunity to help change lives in all kinds of amazing ways. You’ll be part of an organisation that partners with thousands of individuals, organisations and businesses nationally and internationally to create and exchange knowledge, deliver services and find solutions.
BE WORLD-CLASS
CQUniversity is recognised within Australia and the world for our research, teaching outcomes and social innovation.
With over 20 campuses across Australia, CQUniversity’s footprint is one of the largest and fastest-growing in the country. Our award-winning academic staff and high quality research are making an impact on the communities we serve and those around the globe.
You’ll be part of an organisation ranked in the top two per cent of universities worldwide and one of the Asia-Pacific region's top 100 universities.
We have an outstanding reputation as an education provider awarded five-star ratings by The Good Universities Guide 2019 (cqu.edu.au/reputation) for our ratio of first-generation students, full-time employment, overall experience, social equity, starting salary and teaching quality, placing us in the top 20 per cent of universities in Australia in these categories.
CQUniversity is a world-class research institution having achieved the highest rating 'well above world standard' in Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Sciences, Nursing, Other Medical and Health Services, Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, and Psychology and Cognitive Sciences. We support the development of new ideas and collaborate with industry and other areas of the university to undertake research that can have a strong impact on the communities in which we work and live. Explore our research projects.
Learn more at cqu.edu.au/reputation