Communications Coordinator

Communications Coordinator

Job No.: 699362

Location: Mulgrave

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $100,155 - $108,106 pa HEW Level 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

The University Communications division is on the lookout for a Communications Coordinator to join the team for a 12 month fixed term period to drive strategic messaging, stakeholder engagement, and digital communications to support the Finance Portfolio.

This role is positioned within the University Communications division and is dedicated to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President, you’ll develop and deliver engaging communications across traditional, digital, and emerging channels. Partnering with stakeholders across the CFO Portfolio and the broader University Communications division, you’ll help ensure communications are timely, audience-focused and aligned with the University’s broader strategy.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, organised and proactive communications professional to build strong stakeholder relationships, contribute fresh ideas and explore, test, and adopt Monash-approved AI platforms and emerging technologies to enhance communication outcomes, efficiency and engagement.

What your day will look like:

• Develop and execute strategy: Create and deliver communication plans and schedule multi-channel activities that support Finance Portfolio priorities and initiatives, ensuring audience relevance and timeliness.

• Content creation: Research, write, edit, and produce clear, engaging content across traditional, digital, and emerging channels, including newsletters, intranet, print, emails, reports, and presentations.

• Maintain digital communication channels: Maintain web and intranet content, monitor engagement, and establish effective operational processes while maintaining strict confidentiality and adhering to privacy, compliance, and prompt issue resolution.

• Stakeholder engagement: Partner with stakeholders across the Portfolio and University to identify communication needs, provide sound advice, and deliver audience-focused messaging.

• Continuous improvement: Drive quality standards across communication processes, templates, and protocols, striving to deliver a high-quality, customer-centric experience that exceeds expectations.

• Events and engagement: Support Finance events and initiatives that encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and staff engagement.

About You

You are a confident communicator with a strong eye for detail, and the ability to turn complex information into clear, engaging and accessible content. You excel in a fast-paced environment, balancing competing priorities while maintaining confidentiality and a customer-focused approach.

You will also bring:

• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills: Experience creating, editing and producing engaging content across digital and traditional channels.

• Qualifications: A degree in a relevant field with extensive experience, or equivalent management expertise in technical/administrative fields.

• Content and channel expertise: Proven experience writing, editing, and producing multi-channel content across print, digital, and emerging media.

• Stakeholder and project management: Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build relationships, provide communications advice, and coordinate complex communications activities.

• Organisational excellence: Outstanding administrative and organisational skills, with demonstrated ability to set priorities, plan work to meet tight deadlines, and maintain confidentiality.

• Customer focus and compliance: A commitment to delivering a high-quality experience, striving to exceed expectations and build trust through reliable service delivery and compliance with privacy and university standards.

• Digital and AI literacy: Strong digital literacy (including Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and communication platforms) alongside a demonstrated capacity to explore, test, and adopt Monash-approved AI platforms and emerging technologies.

• Finance context (desirable): An appreciation of, or willingness to understand, contemporary finance and procurement practices to support a high-performing finance organisation.

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: Namiko Gunatillake, Internal Communications Manager, Namiko.Gunatillake@monash.edu

Position Description: Communications Coordinator

Applications Close: Tuesday 1 December 2026, 11:55pm AEDT

Please submit your application as soon as possible for this fabulous opportunity to join Monash University. Interviews will be held as strong applicants are identified. Applications will close when the role has been filled.

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