Student Wellbeing and Careers Officer

**TAFE SA**
**Job reference**: 642133
**Location**: 5251 - MOUNT BARKER, 5253 - MURRAY BRIDGE
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Part-time (0.8 FTE), term role until 30 Jun 2025**:

- **Multiple positions available**

**- Based across TAFE SA Mt Barker and Murray Bridge Campuses**
- **ASO4 salary range, $76,561 - $80,256 p.a. + Super**

**About TAFE SA**
Awarded the Training Provider of the Year at the 2021,2022 and 2024 SA Training Awards, TAFE SA ensures all South Australian students have access to quality education and skills training across a number of regional and metropolitan locations.

By working with TAFE SA, you’ll have the opportunity to advance your career in a diverse and inclusive organisation, while helping to deliver job-ready skills and meaningful outcomes for students across our state.

**About the role**
**TAFE SA** is looking for a **Student Wellbeing and Careers Officer** to support students' academic and personal success through tailored counselling, welfare services, and career guidance. In this role, you will provide inclusive support to students at risk, those with disabilities, and individuals from diverse backgrounds, helping them navigate challenges and achieve their goals.

By collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders, you will contribute to fostering a positive learning environment and promoting student wellbeing initiatives across TAFE SA.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Offer intervention strategies using mediation, negotiation, and problem-solving techniques.
- Provide crisis management, financial information, and support services.
- Collaborate with educational business units, the Student Success and Wellbeing team, and external agencies.

**Key Selection Criteria**:

- Demonstrated experience in providing career development services, including the use of career development tools.
- Proven ability to support the needs of students at risk, students with disabilities, and individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Experience in delivering effective counselling, mediation, and conflict resolution services.
- Strong knowledge of the vocational education and training (VET) sector and its current challenges.
- Understanding of career pathways, career service providers, and the impact of labour market trends on career direction.
- Highly desirable: Qualifications in counselling and/or career development.

For more information, please refer to the Role Description.

**Special Conditions**
- Out of hours work will be required
- Intra/interstate travel may be required.
- Incumbent will be required to participate in the department's Performance Development Program.
- Eligibility to work in Australia.

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

**Application Instructions**:
**Inclusion and Flexibility Statement**

TAFE SA offers a range of work options to attract and retain great staff, including part-time. We support employees to manage their work-life balance at all stages of their lives. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Enquiries**
Toni Schammer
Senior Counsellor Student Success and Wellbeing

**Applications close**: 03/01/2025 11:45 PM

**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.