School Manager, School of Psychological Sciences

Job No.: 655108

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $172,393 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

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The Opportunity

Are you a dynamic and results-driven professional ready to make a lasting impact in the field of psychology? Your journey begins here! Our vision is to transform the field of psychology to optimise psychological health for all. We're on the lookout for a School Manager to join the Monash School of Psychological Sciences and be a driving force in shaping our future. As a School Manager, you'll be at the helm, offering expert advice to our Head of the School and School Executive as we chart our strategic course. You'll set the bar high, establishing performance indicators for all school functions, and keeping us on track to achieve excellence.

But that's not all – you'll also lead and oversee every facet of our administrative operations, from financial performance to human resources, communications, marketing, research, and compliance. Your support will extend to major School initiatives, such as the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, ensuring they thrive. With your strong leadership, we'll build an empowered, customer-focused team and work together to achieve our marketing and communication goals. Ready to embrace this exciting challenge and help shape the future of psychology at Monash? Join us today!

With relevant qualifications and extensive management experience, the successful applicant will drive our success. Your outstanding leadership and governance skills will shape our strategy, while your exceptional planning and organisational abilities keep us on track. Your matrix management and staff motivation talents will create a high-performance team committed to excellence. Your analytical thinking and superior interpersonal skills will foster successful relationships, influence, and consensus at senior levels. As a vital member of our leadership team, you'll help define our direction, plan strategically, and drive initiatives to meet our goals. Shape the future of psychology with us.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Join the pursuit of our purpose to build a better future for ourselves and our communities – #ChangeIt with us.

Monash avidly supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments more easily.

The successful applicant will need to possess a current valid Police and Finance check.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.

Enquiries

Professor Shantha Rajaratnam, Head of School, School of Psychological Sciences, +61 3 9905 3934

Position Description

School Manager, School of Psychological Sciences

Closing Date

Thursday 12 October 2023, 11:55pm AEDT