Food Services Coordinator (Front of House)
Job No.: 699377
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $100,155 - $108,106 HEW 06 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
Monash Residential Services is seeking an experienced Food Services Coordinator (Front of House) to oversee food service operations across its residential communities. You will coordinate café services, meal deliveries, catering, banqueting and large-scale events, ensuring high-quality service for a diverse community of approximately 3,000 residents.
Leading and developing the Front of House team, you will manage daily operations, staffing, logistics, stock and supplier relationships while ensuring compliance with food safety and occupational health and safety requirements. You will also collaborate with the Residential Life team to support events and provide operational leadership across food services as required.
About You
You are an experienced hospitality professional with a strong background in leading Front of House operations within a high-volume café, dining or functions environment. You bring excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, a customer-focused approach and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced setting.
With proven leadership and communication skills, you can motivate and support your team, build positive stakeholder relationships and maintain high service standards. You are confident using POS and booking systems, committed to food safety and continuous improvement, and adaptable in responding to changing operational needs.
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
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Monash University invites applications from candidates who can demonstrate valid and current Australian work rights.
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: Ridwan Tandijono, Food Service Manager, ridwan.tandijono@monash.edu
Position Description: Food Services Coordinator
Applications Close: Wednesday 11 November 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
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