Associate Professor/ Professor - Film and Screen

Location: Caulfield campus

Remuneration: $175,487 - $193,326 pa Level D / $226,052 pa Level E (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative and growing social science community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

Join Monash Arts – Where Innovation Meets Excellence!

Monash Arts is one of Australia's largest and most dynamic arts faculties, excelling in humanities, performing arts, languages, and social sciences. We champion innovative studies that intersect traditional disciplines, delivered across eight schools and six campuses globally. Our faculty is renowned for cutting-edge research and passionate teaching.

At the School of Media, Film, and Journalism, located at Monash University’s Caulfield campus, we lead in teaching and research on the theoretical, historical, social, and industrial contexts of media and culture. We tackle contemporary issues such as online misinformation, #MeToo, and climate change communication. Our programs offer students cutting-edge experiences and our research shapes the evolving digital media landscape.

We are ranked 47th in the world for Communication and Media Studies and 5th in Australia (QS Subject Ranking, 2024). Situated within the Faculty of Arts, Arts and Humanities was ranked No. 52 in the world and No. 4 in Australia (Times Higher Education World University Ranking, 2024).

The Opportunity

The School of Media, Film and Journalism is seeking to appoint an Associate Professor (Level D) or Professor (Level E) of Film and Screen to provide leadership and foster excellence in research, teaching, and professional engagement. This role will drive the School’s strategic vision, strengthen research culture, and advance its influence within the academic community, industry, and broader society.

The role provides academic leadership through delivering lectures, tutorials, workshops, and practical sessions, developing and coordinating course materials, supervising postgraduate and PhD students, and conducting original research that produces high-quality publications and secures competitive grants. At Level E, you will also lead curriculum development, mentor early-career researchers, and foster strategic national and international industry, community, and academic partnerships.

About You

As the successful candidate, you will possess expertise in delivering high-quality teaching, developing innovative curricula, conducting impactful research, and producing a strong record of publications. You will demonstrate the ability to secure external research funding, supervise and mentor postgraduate students, and build productive academic collaborations.

Ideally you will bring expertise in one or more of the following areas: environment and screen studies, streaming platforms or screen and cultural diversity. 

For a Level D appointment, you will show advanced leadership, mentorship, and engagement within the discipline nationally and internationally.

For a Level E appointment, you will exhibit executive leadership, success in generating research income, and the capacity to cultivate sustained industry, community, and global academic partnerships.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Together with our commitment 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 includes supporting parents.

To Apply

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.

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 hr-recruitment@monash.edu 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: Professor Olivia Khoo Head of Section, Film, Screen & Culture, +61 3 9905 2128

Position Description: 

Level D - Associate Professor - Film and Screen

Level E - Professor - Film and Screen

Applications Close: Sunday 11 January, 2026, 11:55pm AEDT

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