Senior Consultant Executive Reward
Job No.: 699047
Location: Mulgrave
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $145,062 - $153,976 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
As the Senior Consultant, Executive Reward, you will join the Talent, Reward and Mobility (TRM) team within Monash HR. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Executive Reward under broad direction, you will exercise a high level of autonomy to provide high-level specialist advice, complex remuneration analysis, and robust governance across the executive reward and appointment lifecycle.
In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor supporting senior leadership and governance bodies, including the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, University Committees, and Council.
Where You'll Make an Impact:
- Shape Reward Strategy: Provide high-level specialist advice on complex executive remuneration and appointments, ensuring alignment with policy, legislation, and organisational goals.
- Influence Senior Leaders: Partner with the Senior Manager to prepare executive briefings, submissions, and reports for the Vice-Chancellor's Office, Council, and University Committees.
- Drive Recurrent Cycles: Lead annual executive salary reviews, superannuation adjustments, and consistency audits, and manage eminent professorial title conferrals.
- Uncover Market Insights: Conduct advanced benchmarking and market research to design competitive, evidence-based total reward packages.
- Collaborate & Network: Build trusted relationships across senior leadership and partner with Executive Talent Acquisition on key executive appointments.
- Uphold Governance: Ensure strict compliance, audit readiness, and data confidentiality while driving continuous process improvements.
What You'll Bring:
- Deep Reward Expertise: Postgraduate qualifications (or equivalent experience) paired with solid expertise in executive reward and appointments, compensation policies, and relevant legislation.
- Analytical Mindset: Strong numerical, conceptual, and investigative skills to evaluate risks, spot trends, and turn complex data into action.
- Executive Presence: Outstanding communication and negotiation skills with the confidence to influence senior leaders and advocate for university frameworks.
- Discretion & Detail: Proven track record handling highly sensitive executive compensation and financial data with meticulous attention to detail.
- Strategic & Operational Agility: A client-focused mindset with the ability to combine strategic vision with hands-on execution in a dynamic environment.
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. 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'.
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 Jeremy Tobin, Deputy Director Reward & Mobility Reward & Mobility, +3 9902 9538
Position Description: Senior Consultant, Executive Reward
Applications Close: Friday 23 October 2026 at 11:55pm AEDT
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