Senior Program Coordinator
Job No.:686421 / 686443(CC)
Location: 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $106,789 - $117,128 pa HEW Level 07 (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
Monash University is proud to invite applications for a Senior Program Coordinator to play a key leadership role within the newly established ARC Laureate Fellowship research program led by Professor Alex Collie.
Supported by a $3.8 million Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship, this nationally significant program is modernising Australia’s work disability, workplace health and workers’ compensation systems through large-scale, high-impact research and a nationally coordinated research training and capacity-building program.
This is a rare opportunity to take a central coordination role within one of Australia’s most prestigious public health research initiatives.
About the Role
The Senior Program Coordinator provides high-level program coordination, governance support and complex administrative services across the Healthy Working Lives Research Group’s ARC Laureate Fellowship program. This role is responsible for coordinating activity across three large, linked national research programs, as well as managing the implementation of a national research training and capacity building program in work disability prevention.
Working closely with Professor Collie and the Laureate Fellowship leadership team, the successful candidate will ensure the program is delivered to scope, key milestones are achieved, and collaborations across Monash University and national partners are supported effectively.
This role is the central operational hub of the Laureate Fellowship and a key liaison point between the research program, the School, the University, and a wide network of internal and external collaborators.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and deliver a high-quality national research and capacity-building program in line with University policy and best practice.
- Act as the central liaison and subject matter expert for program progress, priorities and stakeholder engagement.
- Lead continuous improvement across operations, governance, reporting, compliance and performance frameworks.
- Provide high-level research, data analysis, policy input and expert administrative advice across program functions.
- Build and sustain strong relationships with academic, government and industry partners, while supervising junior professional staff as the program expands.
About You
You will bring strong program leadership capability, exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, and a proven ability to coordinate complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in fast-paced environments.
Essential qualifications and experience include:
- A degree qualification in a relevant field with extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and professional expertise
- Exceptional project management experience delivering complex programs to scope, timeline and budget
- Highly developed planning, organisational and continuous improvement capability
- Demonstrated relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills
- Staff supervision and leadership experience
- Strong analytical, research and problem-solving capability
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Advanced computer literacy across contemporary business and project management systems
Highly desirable:
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 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 world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.
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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'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.
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 hr-recruitment@monash.edu 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: Professor Alex Collie, Director, Healthy Working Lives Research Group, Alex.Collie@monash.edu
Position Description: Senior Program Coordinator
Applications Close: Sunday 1 February 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
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