Job Description

Research Centres & Infrastructure Manager

Job No.: 698799

Location: Caulfield campus

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 Research Centres & Infrastructure Manager, you'll sit at the heart of the Business and Economics Research Services team, ensuring that its diverse suite of research centres and labs run with precision and purpose.

What You'll Drive

• Uplift the operational and compliance functions of research centres and affiliated entities across the Business School
• Partner with academic leaders and professional staff to streamline research administration processes
• Monitor budgets, reporting obligations, and funding milestones across a complex portfolio of centres and labs
• Provide expert advice on research infrastructure planning, governance, and resource allocation

What You Bring

• Proven track record of leading, motivating, and developing high-performing, service-driven teams within large, complex, or matrixed organisations.
• Demonstrated broad experience in research management within a university or similarly complex environment
• Strong understanding of the Australian research funding landscape and the operationalisation of grants, tenders and contract research
• Proven ability to interpret and apply university policy and governance frameworks within a faculty research context
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work credibly alongside senior academics
• Excellent analytical and organisational skills, with experience managing competing priorities across a broad portfolio
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Why This Role

This is a continuing, full-time position based at Monash's Caulfield campus - offering genuine scope, a collaborative team culture, and the opportunity to shape how one of Australia's leading business schools supports and grows its research enterprise. You'll work alongside people who care about doing the work properly, in an environment that values both rigour and collegiality.

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

Your response must address the Key Selection Criteria. 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: Helen Matich, Senior Research Services Manager, Helen.matich@monash.edu, 9903 2497

Position Description: Research Centres and Infrastructure Manager

Applications Close: Sunday 1 November 2026 at 11:55PM AEDT