The Opportunity
This is a role for a storyteller who can turn complex ideas into clear, compelling content that shapes how Monash’s priority narratives are developed and expressed.
As a Senior Editorial Content Specialist, you’ll lead the development of narrative approaches and content direction across campaigns, thought leadership and opinion-led storytelling. You’ll work upstream with teams to define narrative direction, translating research, institutional priorities and complex topics into clear narrative frameworks and content approaches that can be executed across owned digital channels.
You’ll provide senior planning guidance, mentor writers and shape narrative frameworks to ensure content is coherent, high-quality and strategically aligned. Partnering with marketing, brand and academic teams, you’ll coordinate editorial planning, story sequencing and multichannel storytelling, particularly across email and other owned channels where audience journeys and sequencing are critical.
You’ll think beyond individual pieces of content, shaping how stories unfold across channels over time to create connected narrative systems rather than standalone assets. You’ll also test and refine narrative approaches based on performance and audience response.
This is an opportunity to influence how Monash’s stories are developed and delivered, and to shape content that connects with diverse audiences in a clear and meaningful way.
About You
You’re a Senior content professional with extensive experience shaping high-quality content for digital audiences, including long-form storytelling, campaigns and opinion-led work. You know how to take complex subject matter and turn it into clear, engaging narratives.
You bring deep expertise in copywriting craft, with a strong command of tone, structure and narrative flow, and you use this to guide and elevate content quality across teams, not just produce it yourself.
You understand how content performs across digital channels, including web, email and social, and can use insight to inform editorial planning, sequencing and audience journey decisions. You’re highly organised, able to manage competing priorities and exercise sound judgement across complex content initiatives.
You’re a confident collaborator and influencer, comfortable working with senior stakeholders to shape messaging, storylines and campaign narratives. You work independently, bring initiative and attention to detail, and support teams to deliver clear, audience-led content.
If you’re ready to lead storytelling that informs, engages and strengthens how Monash connects with its audiences, we’d love to hear from you.
Selection Criteria
Extensive experience shaping high-quality content for digital audiences, including long-form storytelling, campaigns and opinion-led content.
Demonstrated ability to develop narrative frameworks and story approaches that translate complex subject matter into clear, engaging and audience-relevant content.
Deep expertise in copywriting craft, including tone, structure and narrative flow, with experience guiding and elevating content quality across teams.
Strong understanding of multichannel content delivery, including web, email and social, with the ability to plan and sequence content across channels as connected audience journeys.
Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders to shape messaging, storylines and content direction for campaigns and priority initiatives, while working autonomously on complex content work.
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 make tangible contributions because our purpose is clear; to deliver positive economic, social and environmental impact in resolving the global challenges of our age.
At the core of achieving this purpose is the diversity of our staff. We welcome and value everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. When you come to work, you can be yourself, be a change-maker and develop your career in exciting ways. This is 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'.
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 [email protected] 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: Jo Dallas, Recruitment Manager, [email protected]
Position Description: Senior Editorial Content Specialist
Applications Close: Sunday 14 June 2026, 11:55pm AEST
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