Program Manager
Job No.: 698857
Location: The Alfred Centre
Employment Type: Part-time, fraction (0.6)
Duration: 12-month fixed term appointment
Remuneration: $124,343 - $137,251 pa HEW Level 08 (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
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales represent one of Australia's most serious and rising antibiotic resistance threats. STOP-CPE is a $3.9 million Medical Research Future Fund program bringing together eleven Chief Investigators, nine partner institutions, and clinical sites across four states — and this part-time, fixed-term role keeps it all moving.
What the Role Involves
- Serve as the central coordination point across multi-site research activities, governance committees, and partner organisations
- Establish and manage the governance framework, including secretariat support to the Steering Committee, Working Groups, Consumer Advisory Group, and Data Management Committee
- Coordinate HREC and institutional ethics applications, research contracts, subcontracts, and data-sharing agreements in liaison with Monash Research Office and partner institutions
- Monitor MRFF milestones and budgets up to $2.9M, preparing progress reports and maintaining financial forecasts and risk registers
What You Bring
- Postgraduate qualification in health, public health, biomedical science, research management, or a related discipline
- Demonstrated experience coordinating multi-site health or clinical research programs
- Hands-on experience preparing and submitting HREC applications and working within National Statement and GCP frameworks
- Strong financial management skills, including budget monitoring, expenditure tracking, and grant compliance reporting
- Experience managing research contracts and collaborative partnerships across institutions — ideally within a Monash or university research environment
- Clear, confident communication across multidisciplinary teams including consumer representatives and policy stakeholders
Why This Program
Based at The Alfred Centre, you'll work at the intersection of policy, advocacy, and scientific innovation on a nationally significant program. Monash University offers generous above-SGC superannuation, substantial leave entitlements, and a genuine commitment to research integrity and inclusive practice. The work is complex, the team is expert, and the outcomes have real consequence for Australian healthcare.
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. 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.
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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
Please address the Key Selection criteria within your Cover Letter. 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 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: Dr Nenad Maćešić, Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Deputy Director, Centre to Impact AMR - nenad.macesic1@monash.edu
Position Description: Program Manager
Applications Close: Tuesday 3 November 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
Please submit your application as soon as possible for this fabulous opportunity to join Monash University. Interviews will be held as strong applicants are identified. Applications will close when the role has been filled.
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