Professor and Head of Department - Physiology

Monash • Clayton, NC

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role provides 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. The focus will be to drive excellence in research, education, professional activities, and policy development while overseeing the strategic, financial, and operational management of the department. The department has an operational oversight budget of approximately $40M. The role involves championing world-class discovery research, spearheading commercialisation, and driving clinical translation. The successful candidate will mentor the next generation of pioneers and influence global health policy.

Requirements

• 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 commercialization.
• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Support for parents
• Access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree