Research Impact Manager
Job No.: 689926
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $120,138 - $132,610 pa HEW 8 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 Research Impact Manager leads the Faculty’s research engagement and impact agenda, working closely with the Manager, Research and Graduate Research and the Deputy Dean (Research) to embed a strong culture of impact across research labs, centres and groups. The role provides high-level strategic advice to researchers and Faculty leadership, oversees the development and delivery of the annual engagement and impact strategy, and supports the creation of project-specific impact plans to ensure research delivers meaningful outcomes beyond academia.
You will build and maintain strategic partnerships, monitor national developments to identify opportunities for research translation, and support impact lab leaders and research centre directors with strategic planning and operational oversight, including budget management. In collaboration with marketing and communications teams, you will enhance the Faculty’s public profile and lead outreach initiatives such as lectures, forums and conferences, while fostering effective collaboration across portfolios and managing professional staff supporting research centres and impact labs.
As the successful candidate, you will possess experience in a research translation environment, with a strong understanding of research planning and administration processes and a demonstrated ability to achieve impactful outcomes and meet targets. You will bring excellent negotiation, organisational and prioritisation skills, with the capacity to manage competing demands effectively, along with sound knowledge of the local and national education landscape.
You will have highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to analyse complex information and prepare clear, persuasive proposals and tenders. Confident working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, you will also demonstrate strong computer literacy and the ability to work independently under broad direction, exercising initiative, sound judgement and problem-solving skills.
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
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.
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: Ms Trudi Brunton, Manager, Research and Graduate Research, +61 3 9905 2896
Position Description: Research Impact Manager
Applications Close: Sunday 22nd of February 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
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