Job No.:686376
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration:12 month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $106789 - $117128 pa HEW Level 7 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
The Opportunity
Monash University is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Operations and Project Coordinator within the Monash Innovation division. Working closely with the Director Commercialisation Strategy this role will support the operations and coordination of a range of activities across Monash Innovation which will help our teams to perform and drive the change required to achieve growth and scale across our commercialisation and entrepreneurship activities.
A day in the life of the Operations and Project Coordinator is diverse from coordinating divisional operations developing a new process or policy alongside team members and other parts of the University working with teams to coordinate data and databases for performance and stakeholder reporting to tracking key change projects as well as ad hoc support to events and visits.
This role is all about helping to accelerate the building blocks for a growing team to achieve the vision of becoming a globally leading university in innovation and commercialisation where a can-do attitude with a high level of initiative and the ability to work on detail while seeing the bigger picture and an interest in change management are valued traits.
As the successful candidate you will have a degree qualification in a relevant field with extensive relevant experience; or extensive experience and management expertise in project management information and database management or business strategy. The ideal candidate will also have proven project management skills with a successful track record in coordinating projects within established standards timeframes and budgets as well as strong database management abilities to ensure data accuracy and compliance. Additionally the candidate should demonstrate excellent planning organisational interpersonal and communication skills along with a strong capacity for relationship management and problem-solving.
About Monash University
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
While we dont require you to separately address the Key Selection Criteria in your application we do ask that you address the four questions below in your cover letter to help us learn more about you:
For instructions on how to apply please refer to How to apply for Monash Jobs.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people culturally and linguistically diverse people people with disabilities neurodivergent people and people of all genders sexualities and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments please contact us at in an email titled Reasonable Adjustments Request for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Victoria Boag Director Strategy and Operations (Acting) via
Position Description:Operations & Project Coordinator
Applications Close:Wednesday 19th November 2025 11:55pm AEDT
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