Manager of Educational Excellence

4 days ago


Wollongong, Australia TAFE NSW Full time

**TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers**

**Manager of Educational Excellence**

**Permanent Full-time**

**Base Salary $176,043 p.a plus employer's contribution to 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 live by TAFE NSW values: Customer Focus, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. They define who we are, how we work and inspire our performance.

**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 depending on your role, a 35 hour working week with a variety of flexible working options.

**About the role**

As the Manager of Educational Excellence, you will lead a team that provides expert advice and support to education and training delivery teams. The role focuses on promoting high-quality, innovative teaching practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to drive excellence in learning and delivery outcomes.

Faculty delivery locations: Ultimo, Ryde, Design Centre Enmore, Nepean, Newcastle, Hamilton, Wollongong, Campbelltown, Tamworth, St Leonards, Wollongbar, Mt Druitt, Lidcombe, Granville, Kingscliff, Liverpool, Dubbo, Sutherland, Port Macquarie, and Hunter Street.

You may be required to travel as a part of this role.

**About You**

If you have a dynamic influence to drive collaboration with a variety of stakeholders, ability to lead and manage a large team and provide high-level advice and educational quality expertise, then this is a career opportunity not to be missed. Your demonstrated capability to connect and engage with your team and stakeholders to deliver effective business outcomes will be an indicator for success. An inspiring leader with demonstrated resilience you will lead through change and utilise your high-level negotiation and influencing skills across a broad range of client groups.

**To be successful in this role you must have**:

- Degree qualification in related field and high level of Vocational Education and Training (VET) experience and significant industry experience.
- Excellent understanding of Australian Skills Quality Authority Standards (ASQA) and Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) standards compliance.
- Experience in leading the delivery of focused and customer-centric quality services in a dynamic and complex organisation.
- Demonstrated high-level negotiation and influencing skills across a broad range of client groups with diverse interests.

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

**Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion**

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks.

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

**Applications close 11.55pm AEST Monday 7 July 2025**
- Your current resume
- Copies of your qualifications (upload as one PDF file). Certified copies preferred; these will be required if successful for the role copies of your qualifications

**Targeted Question**: Describe the strategies you have used to foster a culture within teams where learnings are shared for the benefit of the workgroup? Provide an example outlining how you have helped develop cohesion between team members.

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.

A talent pool, 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.

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