Communications Manager

**TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers**

**Communications Manager**

**Full-time Temporary until June 2026**

**Total Remuneration Package $178,647.30, base Salary $158,152 plus superannuation and 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 38-hour working week with a variety of flexible working options.

**About the role**

The Manager Communications is responsible for developing communications plans and supporting campaigns which promote and protect the organisation’s brand and reputation with key stakeholders including media, employees, industry, students, and the community.

**About You**

To be successful in this role you will have a strong background in media and both internal and external communications. Experience supervising a small team is a must. This is a hands-on role, so you’ll need to be highly organised, able to write at pace, and adept at influencing senior stakeholders.

Your duties will include but are not limited to:

- Developing and implementing internal communications plans that align with the TAFE NSW Strategic Plan, and the Corporate Communications Strategy.
- Crafting messages, selecting appropriate media and communications tactics, and measuring their effectiveness.
- Leading communications projects designed to embed and support change.
- Leading a small team, providing day-to-day supervision and guidance.
- Producing high quality written materials including media releases, interview briefs, media statements, intranet content, newsletter copy, and speeches.
- Identifying and shaping PR opportunities and responding to contentious issues.

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 AEDT Tuesday 29th April 2025**
- Your current resume

**Targeted Question 1**: Describe a time when you managed a complex or contentious media or communications issue involving multiple stakeholders. How did you navigate differing viewpoints, engage key audiences, and secure senior‑leadership alignment throughout the process?

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.