Professor and Head of Department – Physiology

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Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: Fixed-term appointment until April 2030

Remuneration: $233,964 pa Level E (plus 17% employer superannuation)

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head, School of Biomedical Sciences and Director, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, the focus of this role will be to provide visionary academic leadership as the Professor and Head of Department for Physiology. Located within the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, you will drive excellence in research, education, professional activities, and policy development while overseeing the strategic, financial, and operational management of the department.

This is a premier platform for profound global impact. Leading a department with an operational oversight budget in the order of $40M, you will champion world‑class discovery research, spearhead commercialisation, and drive clinical translation. The Faculty consistently ranks in the top 40 universities worldwide for clinical, pre‑clinical, and health sciences, and your department will play a critical role in providing the research underpinning the groundbreaking current heart hospital to be built on our Clayton campus.

Responsibilities

- Providing high‑level strategic leadership, fostering team building, managing equitable staff workloads, and driving recruitment and performance development.
- Managing a laboratory budget ($500K‑$1.5M) alongside broader oversight of a Department budget in the order of $40M.
- Maintaining an active, high‑impact publication record in a specialist physiology area, procuring competitive research grants, and driving clinical translation and commercialisation.
- Leading curriculum planning, course design,



and teaching quality monitoring to ensure an exceptional student experience, while expanding the Higher Degree by Research (HDR) program.
- Cultivating interdisciplinary research links and broadening collaborative partnerships with clinical precincts, industry, government, and international agencies.

Qualifications

- A doctoral qualification (or equivalent accreditation and standing) and recognition as a leading authority in the discipline of physiology.
- Evidence of outstanding scholarly activity of an international standard, including significant publications in high‑impact journals and a proven history of attracting national competitive grants.
- Substantial experience in discovery research, translation into clinical settings, and commercialisation.
- Demonstrated experience in academic management, including the strategic planning, financial, human resource, and decision‑making skills required to lead a major university department.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to mentor early‑career researchers and effectively advocate for the department on institutional boards.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. This commitment extends to an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed, including flexible and hybrid working arrangements and support for parents. 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.

Applications close: Sunday 6 September 2026, 11:55 pm AEST.

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.

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📌 Professor and Head of Department - Physiology (Melbourne)
🏢 Monash University
📍 Melbourne