Professor and Senior Academic Director, Learning and Teaching
Job No.: 680070
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: A competitive remuneration package will apply
- 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
As the Professor and Senior Academic Director, Learning and Teaching, you will play a central role in advancing educational excellence and innovation across the University. This is a unique opportunity to provide visionary academic leadership, shaping and executing strategic initiatives that enhance the student learning experience, elevating teaching quality, and strengthening professional development through the Monash Education Academy.
You will lead and inspire teams dedicated to advancing learning and teaching practice, ensuring robust quality assurance processes are effectively leveraged to drive continuous improvement and measurable impact. Working in close collaboration with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), you will oversee the design, implementation, and delivery of key institutional programs that align with Monash’s strategic education priorities.
In this pivotal role, you will cultivate strong partnerships across the education portfolio and across the University - collaborating with faculties, campuses, and both academic and professional staff within and beyond the University. Your deep expertise in pedagogy and proven record of educational leadership will position you to champion transformative practices that empower educators and deliver an exceptional learning experience for students.
This is a role for a forward-thinking leader - someone who thrives on strategic influence, fosters academic excellence, and drives innovation that shapes the future of education at Monash University.
To be considered for this role, you will bring:
- Distinguished educational leadership within higher education, with an established international reputation for advancing student learning outcomes and fostering academic excellence.
- Extensive experience driving university-wide strategic initiatives and educational transformation, including the development of evaluation frameworks and the alignment of institutional learning and teaching priorities with strategic goals.
- Proven capacity to lead, mentor, and inspire high-performing teams, ensuring the delivery of excellence in professional learning, educational development, and the effective integration of emerging education technologies.
- Advanced expertise in digital learning and innovation, ensuring the strategic design, implementation, and adoption of a cohesive suite of digital learning platforms and products that enhance the student and educator experience.
- Strong commitment to the scholarship of teaching and learning, supporting the advancement of academic career pathways, recognition frameworks, and evidence-based policy development that elevate teaching practice across the University.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, fostering influential and collaborative partnerships across faculties, campuses, and global education communities to drive a shared vision for educational excellence.
If you are an accomplished academic leader with a passion for educational innovation and a proven ability to drive transformative programs, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact. Through your leadership, Monash University will continue to deliver a distinctive, cohesive, and world-class academic experience for every student. Join us and contribute to shaping the future of learning and teaching at one of the world’s leading universities.
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
You are not required to address the Key Selection Criteria in a separate document. However, in addition to your CV, please provide a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) that clearly outlines:
1. Your motivation for applying for this role; and
2. How your skills and experience align with the Key Selection Criteria
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 Candice Menidis, Senior Director, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Candice.Menidis@monash.edu
Position Description: Professor and Senior Academic Director, Learning and Teaching
Applications Close: Sunday 7 December 2025, 11:55pm AEDT
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