Professional Experience Lead Coordinator

Monash University; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 124,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Monash University, Parkville campus, is recruiting a Professional Experience Lead Coordinator to deliver employability, Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and placement initiatives. You will coordinate day-to-day delivery, support stakeholder engagement, and contribute to projects that strengthen graduate employability outcomes.

Working with internal and external partners, you’ll lead meetings and events, support policy and quality assurance, and develop the team responsible for WIL and placement

Qualifications

• Experienced operational or program management professional with strong planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes within deadlines.
• Excellent communication and relationship management with diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of higher education and WIL/placement programs is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day delivery of WIL and placement programs.
• Support stakeholder engagement and events.
• Contribute to policy, quality and continuous improvement activities.
• Lead and develop a small team.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Planning and organisation

Analytical skills

Job description

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

Job No.: 692514

Location: Parkville campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: Continuing appointment

Remuneration: $124,343 - $137,251 HEW 08 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

The Professional Experience Lead Coordinator will play a key role in delivering employability, Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and placement initiatives. Working closely with the Associate Dean, Professional Pathways and Employability, you’ll coordinate the day-to-day delivery of WIL and placement programs, support stakeholder engagement, and contribute to projects that strengthen graduate employability outcomes.

You’ll work with internal and external stakeholders, industry partners and alumni to coordinate meetings, events and initiatives, while supporting policy, compliance, quality and continuous improvement activities. The role also provides an opportunity to lead and develop a small team and contribute to the effective operation and ongoing enhancement of WIL and placement services.

About You

You’ll be an experienced operational or program management professional with strong planning, organisational and problem‑solving skills and a demonstrated commitment to service excellence. You’ll have experience coordinating complex programs or services, managing competing priorities, identifying opportunities for improvement and delivering outcomes within agreed timeframes.

You’ll bring highly developed communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to engage confidently with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. Experience managing and developing a team, together with knowledge of higher education and WIL or placement programs, will be highly regarded. You’ll also have strong analytical skills and the ability to quickly adapt to new systems and processes.

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.

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.

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 [e-mail] 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: Jennifer Short, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 0417 344 277

Position Description: Professional Experience Lead Coordinator

Applications Close: Thursday the 29th of October 2026, 11:55pm AEDT

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