Policy and Stakeholder Coordinator
Job No.: 690585
Location: Melbourne CBD
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $106,789 - $117,128 pa HEW Level 7 (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
Join Climateworks Centre to bridge the gap between research and climate action and accelerate ambitious, evidence-based action for net zero emissions. If you’re passionate about driving real policy change, influencing decision-makers, and collaborating across government, industry and civil society, this is your opportunity to make your impact felt.
Why this role matters
As our Policy and Stakeholder Coordinator, you’ll be key to Climateworks’ mission to shift Australia’s public policy and climate action. You’ll work across our systems teams to facilitate and support development of the insights, evidence and relationships that help governments deliver ambitious climate outcomes. Your work will ensure our ideas don't sit on a shelf - it will inform leaders, strengthen collaborations, and help unlock the policies that cut emissions at scale.
What you’ll do
In this dynamic role, you will:
- Coordinate cross-organisational workstreams that fuel climate ambition, from government relations to stakeholder engagement.
- Undertake research, policy analysis, interviews, and knowledge gathering to produce policy briefs, submissions, presentations, reports and more.
- Support Climateworks to build trusted relationships with public sector decision-makers, industry partners and experts across the climate movement.
- Translate complex information into powerful, audience-ready insights that influence policy and spark action.
- Support teams with clear advice, strategic perspectives, and evidence that strengthens our policy impact.
- Plan, organise and manage tasks, timelines, and performance metrics to ensure high-quality delivery every time.
- Foster collaboration, share knowledge across the organisation, and help grow the culture of impact and excellence at Climateworks.
What you bring
You thrive at the intersection of public policy, research, and stakeholder engagement. You’re a natural collaborator with sharp analytical skills, high emotional intelligence, and the ability to turn complex climate and policy information into compelling narratives. You know how government works and how to work with government to deliver meaningful change.
Your background includes:
- Experience working with or within government, ideally in areas linked to climate change
- Highly developed government relations and communication skills
- Strong policy development and coordination capabilities
- The confidence to provide expert advice and operate with autonomy
- A passion for climate impact and a drive to contribute to system-wide transformation
Why join us?
At Climateworks, you’ll join a mission-driven team powered by evidence, collaboration and optimism. You’ll work with leading experts, shape national conversations, and contribute directly to projects that influence real-world climate outcomes.
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.
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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 in the position description. For further 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: Anna Malos, Australia Country Lead, Climateworks Centre, +61 419 834 395
Position Description: Policy and Stakeholder Coordinator
Applications Close: Tuesday 7th April 2026, 11:55pm AEST
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