Operations and Facilities Manager
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Job Summary
Operations and Facilities Manager
Job No.: 690944
Location:Caulfield campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $120138 - $132610 pa HEW 8 plus 17% employer superannuation
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Operations and Planning Manager this senior role provides strategic leadership and expert advice across facilities space and infrastructure planning for the Monash Business School. You will work closely with academic and professional stakeholders to ensure facilities and space services support the Facultys teaching research and precinct objectives while aligning with University strategies and regulatory requirements.
Operating with a high degree of autonomy you will lead space planning and facilities governance frameworks oversee contractor and service provider performance contribute to capital works and business cases and manage significant budgets and resources. This role is focused on strategic oversight and continuous improvement rather than day-to-day operational delivery.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Leading the strategic planning governance and continuous improvement of facilities space and infrastructure services
- Providing high-level authoritative advice on space planning building utilisation refurbishment and capital work
- Developing and implementing best-practice frameworks policies and service models for facilities and space management
- Contributing to strategic planning business cases capital submissions and executive reporting
- Overseeing budgets contracts and service provider performance to ensure value for money safety and compliance
- Building strong partnerships across the University and with external consultants and service providers
- Providing leadership and guidance to staff and contributing to a collaborative outcomes-focused culture
About You
You are a highly experienced facilities and space planning professional with a strong strategic mindset and the confidence to operate in a complex large-scale organisation. You bring demonstrated experience influencing senior stakeholders managing budgets and contracts and leading facilities governance rather than hands-on operations.
You will also have:
- Postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience or an equivalent combination of qualifications and experience
- Proven experience in strategic facilities and space planning within a complex environment
- Strong analytical skills including experience preparing business cases and executive-level reports
- Highly developed stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities
- A demonstrated commitment to safety sustainability and inclusive practices
About Monash University
We value difference and diversity and welcome and celebrate everyones contributions lived experience and expertise. Thats why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95000 students four Australian campuses and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the worlds best tertiary institutions. We rank in the worlds top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
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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
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 disabilitiesneurodivergent 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:Ms Kerry AllisonOperations and Planning Manager
Position Description:Operations and Facilities Manager
Applications Close: Thursday 5th of March 202611:55pm AEDT
Supporting a diverse workforce
Monash University recognises that its Australian campuses are located on the unceded lands of the people of the Kulin nations and pays its respects to their elders past and present.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Computer Skills
- Management Experience
- Facilities Management
- HVAC
- CMMS
- Ammonia Refrigeration
- HVAC/R
- Maintenance Management
- OSHA
- Maintenance
- Budgeting
- Supervising Experience
