Secondment Backfill: Senior Operations and Infrastructure Manager
Job No.: 676540
Location: The Alfred Centre
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Fixed-term appointment until 19 December 2025
Remuneration: $135,417 - $143,738 pa HEW Level 09 (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
The Senior Operations and Infrastructure Manager provides high-level leadership, expert advice, and strategic direction for the spaces, facilities, and buildings occupied by the School of Translational Medicine. Reporting to the School Manager, this role ensures the effective operation of research environments, overseeing space planning, building projects, security management, leasing support, and compliance while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Managing a team of up to five staff, the position also requires risk management expertise, ensuring the proper functioning of controlled environments, such as -80°C storage, cryo storage, and radiation management. As a key stakeholder, you will liaise with University divisions, precinct partners, and emergency management committees to maintain and enhance infrastructure that supports cutting-edge medical research.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facility & Space Management – Oversee the operation and allocation of research spaces, ensuring security, accessibility, and compliance
- Research Infrastructure Oversight – Manage controlled environments to protect critical research materials and respond to infrastructure alarms
- Strategic Leadership – Drive continuous facility improvements, operational processes, and long-term sustainability initiatives
- Team Development – Lead and develop a high-performing team, aligning resources to meet research priorities
- Stakeholder Engagement – Collaborate with University divisions, external partners, and funding bodies to advance operational priorities
- Risk & Compliance Management – Ensure adherence to legislative and university regulations, including OGTR, OH&S, and Radiation Safety
About You:
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field OR extensive management experience in a medical or scientific environment
- Strong leadership and operational management experience in complex research spaces
- Proven ability to manage risks and respond to critical events in a laboratory-based setting
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Strong technical and digital proficiency, including advanced MS Office skills
This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on leader to shape the future of research infrastructure at Monash University.
Apply now to lead the next generation of medical and scientific research facilities!
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – 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.
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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: Dr Michelle Zajac, School Manager, School of Translational Medicine, michelle.zajac@monash.edu
Position Description: Senior Operations and Infrastructure Manager
Applications Close: Monday 10 March 2025, 11:55pm AEDT
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