Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Discrete Mathematics

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Discrete Mathematics

Job No.: 694429

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: Continuing appointment

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

The Opportunity

Join Monash University's School of Mathematics as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Discrete Mathematics (Level B or C) and contribute to world-class teaching and research in one of Australia's leading mathematics schools.

In this role, you will work closely with colleagues across the School of Mathematics to advance research in discrete mathematics, deliver outstanding teaching, and support the development of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Research areas of interest include combinatorics, graph theory, design theory, and algebra with a combinatorial flavour.

As the successful candidate, you will be responsible for:

Delivering high-quality teaching and curriculum development, including preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials, workshops and seminars, developing subject and course materials, coordinating courses (Level C), and fostering an engaging learning environment for students.

Conducting and advancing impactful research in discrete mathematics, building a strong publication profile, contributing to cooperative research projects, supervising honours and postgraduate research students, and, at Senior Lecturer level, leading research initiatives and securing external research funding.

Contributing to the academic life of the School, including student consultation and mentoring, assessment and marking, professional engagement, committee participation, and broader service activities that support the School's teaching, research and strategic objectives.

About Monash University

AtMonash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.





We value difference anddiversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion aninclusive 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 theworld’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Together with ourcommitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.

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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 includessupporting parents.

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.

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.

Position Description:

Applications Close: Sunday 13 September 2026, 11:55 pm AEDT

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