Senior Residential Life Coordinator

Senior Residential Life Coordinator

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: Continuing appointment

Remuneration: $106,789 - $117,128 pa HEW Level 07 (plus 17% employer superannuation)

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Monash Residential Services (MRS) has an exciting opportunity to join the team as a Senior Residential Life Coordinator.

The Senior Residential Life Coordinator is responsible for the general, academic and social activities occurring within a residential community (i.e. a hall of residence and / or an accommodation complex which may be made up of a number of units, flats and houses). The Senior Residential Life Coordinator contributes to planning and oversees the implementation of the necessary activities to achieve the community building goals of the Residential Support team. This includes planning events, setting a schedule and monitoring the budget to ensure effective outcomes.

As the successful candidate you will be responsible for coordinating a work environment of continuous review and improvement by evaluating the effectiveness of programs / events and gathering feedback to continually enhance community initiatives. Additionally, you will take responsibility for record keeping, reporting on events, ensuring residents are safe and supported, maintaining compliance with statutory requirements, monitoring the expenditure of the Residential Hall's fund and contributing and implementing strategic initiatives in the residence through annual action plans.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong community building and educational background or substantial relevant skills and work experience. The role requires a degree qualification in community building and management or education with extensive relevant experience; or extensive experience working with young adults in a tertiary residential support environment; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and / or education / training.

This role will typically work 12 midday to 8pm Monday - Friday and occasionally requires overtime and out of hours work, including weekends, may be required.

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Monash supports flexible working arrangements. Whilst this role is worked 100% on-site, we have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

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

• 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: Tom Holdsworth, Manager Residential Support, +61

Position Description : Senior Residential Life Coordinator

Applications Close: Sunday 31 August 2025, 11:55pm AEST