Head of Programming
Job No.: 683145
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $140,157 - $148,769 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
Are you an experienced and passionate curator of exciting and innovative performing arts events and festivals, alongside commissioning new works? Join Monash University Performing Arts Centres and play a pivotal role in delivering our unique performing arts seasons, programmes and commissions.
What you’ll do
- Curate multi art form seasons in MPAC’s cutting edge suite of professional performing arts venues
- Lead an established and experienced team of producers to deliver MPAC’s programming activity, working alongside a number of key University stakeholders
- Work with artists and companies to realise the creation of new works including work created for Meyer Sound’s Constellation active acoustic system and Soundmap technologies
What you bring
We’re looking for a dynamic, creative people-focused leader with:
- Strong skills in stakeholder engagement, influence and relationship building, with an established network with both artists and companies in the local, national and international performing arts industry
- Expertise and extensive experience in the development and delivery of performing arts event programmes
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.
Learn more about Monash.
Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here.
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: Mr Damien Boyle, General Manager, MPAC +61 3 9905 5955
Position Description: Head of Programming
Applications Close: Wednesday 15 October 2025, 11:55pm AEST
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