Manager, Strategy and Performance
Job No.: 690611
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12 month secondment
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
Ready to step into a high-impact leadership role where strategy meets action? This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of the Buildings & Property Division by driving strategy, performance, and transformation at scale.
As a Manager, Strategy & Performance, you’ll lead the development, implementation and delivery of the Division’s Enabling Impact Plan, working shoulder-to-shoulder with senior leaders and stakeholders to turn bold ideas into tangible outcomes. This role is perfect for a strategic thinker who thrives on influence, collaboration, and making change stick.
This role sits at the heart of the Division’s strategic agenda. You’ll be a trusted adviser to the executive team, a champion of organisational capability uplift, and a driver of innovation, continuous improvement, and change. This role acts as the key liaison with Monash HR and drives L&D initiatives and staff development.
You’ll bring people together, cut through complexity, and ensure the Division is positioned to deliver on its priorities now and into the future.
What you will be doing
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Lead the strategy cycle: Manage the 3–5 year planning horizon and drive the development and delivery of annual Enabling Plan actions and outcomes.
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Turn strategy into action: Design and lead a program of strategic initiatives that directly support Enabling Plan goals.
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Be a trusted adviser: Provide high-level advice on strategy execution, organisational performance, engagement, and leadership development.
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Deliver complex initiatives: Oversee priority Enabling Impact Plan initiatives using best-practice project and change management approaches.
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Build capability: Strengthen organisational capability in innovation, business improvement, and change management—and embed best practice.
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Lead communication and engagement: Support executive leadership with strategic communications and meaningful staff engagement activities.
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Provide insight and analysis: Lead complex research and data analysis to inform executive decision-making and manage risk.
What You'll Bring
You’re a confident leader and strategic operator with a proven ability to influence at senior levels. You’ll also bring:
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Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and persuasively
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Extensive experience delivering business transformation, organisational development, and change initiatives
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Strong project management capability, including budget oversight in large, complex environments
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Outstanding relationship-building and negotiation skills
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Highly developed analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
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A strong track record in identifying risks, emerging issues, and opportunities
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Experience developing and delivering major programs and strategies with diverse stakeholders
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Demonstrated people leadership experience, with the ability to motivate and lead high-performing teams and mentor junior staff.
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Sound judgement, discretion, and attention to detail when handling sensitive information
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: Dirk Jansen, Group Manager Strategy and Business Transformation, Dirk.Jansen@monash.edu
Position Description: Manager Strategy Performance
Applications Close: Wednesday 25th February 2025 11:55pm AEDT
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