Director, Institutional Planning
Job No.: 691534
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Fixed-term appointment until 29 August 2026
Remuneration: $191,131 pa Level 10A (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
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced strategic planning leader to take on the role of Director, Institutional Planning within the Enterprise Intelligence and Insights team. Enterprise Intelligence and Insights plays a central role in supporting the University’s strategic agenda through performance monitoring, identifying and mapping emerging opportunities, leading rankings reporting, delivering the University’s annual student load plan, managing key institutional data sources, and delivering and maintaining the University’s Institutional Planning Framework. As a senior member of the leadership team, the Director will lead and develop a high-performing Institutional Planning Team that provides authoritative advice to support strategic decision-making across central portfolios, faculties, entities and offshore campuses.
The Director will steward the implementation and continual monitoring of the Institutional Planning Framework to ensure alignment with Impact 2030 and cohesion across institutional planning activities. The Director will also partner closely with senior leaders across the Monash Group, providing expert advice on planning processes, horizon scanning and the monitoring and evaluation of strategic initiatives. As the lead strategic analyst for the Research and Enterprise Portfolio, the Director will also play a key role in ensuring timely access to insights and intelligence that support the University’s research and enterprise ambitions.
This is a significant career opportunity for someone with deep institutional planning expertise, outstanding interpersonal skills and a focus on service excellence.
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.
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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
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Please include a cover letter and CV.
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 Behrooz Hassani-Mahmooei, Chief Analytics Officer +61 3 9905 5158
Position Description: Director, Institutional Planning
Applications Close: Tuesday 17 March 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
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