Library Experience and Spaces Manager
Job No.: 683103
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $120,138 - $132,610 pa HEW Level 8 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world leading University library
- Join our inclusive, collegiate community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Are you ready to lead transformative change in how our students and staff experience university library spaces? Monash University Library is seeking an inspired Library Experience and Spaces Manager to drive innovation, inclusivity, and excellence across our diverse study environments.
In this pivotal role, you’ll work at the heart of strategic space planning and operational excellence - managing, and influencing the design of evolving public and staff workspaces to inspire collaboration, creativity, and wellbeing. From overseeing refurbishments and relocations to championing health, safety, and compliance, you’ll help to ensure our spaces reflect the needs of a modern university.
Leading a talented team of 6–8 professionals, you’ll work closely with the Services and Spaces Manager and Frontline Services Manager to deliver high-impact projects and services. With a strong focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion, you’ll help to shape programs that elevate the student experience and empower academic success.
What you’ll do:
- Strategically plan and optimise Library spaces across our seven locations
- Partner with University stakeholders to lead refurbishment and capital works projects with precision and creativity
- Foster a culture of innovation, service excellence, and continuous improvement
- Drive data-informed decisions through UX and service design methodologies
- Champion health, safety, and wellbeing across all Library environments
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver impactful outcomes
What you’ll bring:
- Proven leadership in facilities or space management, ideally in a university setting
- Ability to develop and mentor team members to enhance project and service outcomes
- Expertise in project management, team development, and strategic planning
- A passion for creating inclusive, user-centred environments
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Join us in redefining how our Library spaces support learning, research, and community at Monash. If you’re ready to make a lasting impact, we want to hear from you!
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
Please submit a current copy of your resume along with a cover letter in which you outline how you meet 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: Hannah Fulton, Services and Spaces Manager, Monash University Library, +61 3 9902 4579
Position Description: Library Experience and Spaces Manager
Applications Close: Monday 1st September 2025, 11:55pm AEST
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