Manager Community Engagement

**TAFE NSW: A career of life-changing impact**

**Manager Community Engagement (Aboriginal Targeted)**

**Location negotiable within the relevant TAFE NSW Community (pending campus availability)**

**Temporary Full-time opportunity (12 months)**

**Package valued at $191,958 includes salary ($170,090 per annum) plus superannuation and annual leave loading**

**At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact.**

That’s why we offer world-class training and education that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

Life-changing impact starts with an incredible team that sees their career as an opportunity to transform someone’s world. Whether that’s inspiring students, supporting each other, or helping our communities and industries flourish.

**We invest in our people**

At TAFE NSW, you will discover a diverse, dynamic, and collaborative environment, where you can innovate, create value, and do meaningful work.

We provide you with tools and ongoing training and professional development, health and wellbeing programs, and flexible working options.

**About the role**

As a Manager Community Engagement, you will be responsible for implementing engagement strategies, programs, and plans to build strong relationships with local communities, industry, and learners, ensuring a deep understanding of their needs and aspirations to guide decision-making across TAFE NSW.

This role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders to build trusting relationships with industry and communities, ensuring insights are captured and used to develop strategies that improve local decision-making, service delivery, training solutions, and community engagement.

This role can be located within the following communities:

- Central City + Western City
- Central Coast + Eastern City
- Far West + Central West
- Illawarra Shoalhaven + South East and Tablelands
- New England North West + Hunter Newcastle
- North Coast
- South Inland

Map of the Community locations can be found here.

To find out more about the role, click to view the Role Description.

**Our commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment**

With over 390 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership group possessing over 240 years of expertise in the VET sector, we are committed to creating a culturally safe workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued.

At TAFE NSW, you will have a sense of belonging and the opportunity to share your skills, stories, and passions and represent your communities and culture.

We are proud of our Reconciliation Action Plan, and our Aboriginal Employment Strategy and are continually improving our services to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students.

**Applications close: Wednesday 4th December at 11.55pm AEDT**
- Your current resume
- A cover letter outlining how your capabilities, knowledge and experience meet the essential requirements as listed in the Role Description
- Confirmation of Aboriginality (if applicable)

**Targeted Question**:What factors would you consider when designing a community engagement plan to capture a diverse range of voices and perspectives in a Local Government Area to better understand their needs and aspirations? (max 300 words)

If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor listed below.

This is a child-related position. A Working with Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work. It involves a national criminal history check and review of findings of workplace misconduct.

To be eligible for positions at TAFE NSW, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport.

An eligibility list, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently becomes vacant, may be filled via this recruitment.