Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Counsellor

Multiple Campus Locations within NSW

Permanent Full-time & Permanent Part-time Opportunities

Package valued up to $132,585, includes salary ($98,499 - $116,813), superannuation and leave loading (pro-rata).

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 First, 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 a variety of flexible working options.

About the Role

Make a meaningful contribution as a Counsellor by providing essential counselling services to both prospective and enrolled students, while offering educational consultancy and support to staff. Use your expertise to guide students in their academic, vocational, and personal journeys, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their full potential.

These positions will require occasional travel and outreach to other TAFE campuses within the region as directed.

Explore multiple campus based permanent roles across New South Wales!

For more information on available opportunities at our various campus locations, click to view Counsellor Vacancies

About You 

You are a qualified Counsellor, Social Worker or Psychologist who is passionate about supporting students to achieve their educational and career goals. You bring experience in delivering individual counselling and group work across educational, vocational, career and personal matters, and you’re confident using assessments to help identify barriers and guide the best course of action. You collaborate effectively with teachers, coordinators and managers, offering advice, insights and consultancy to improve student outcomes, and you’re comfortable designing staff development and delivering information sessions on more complex topics.

You manage your work with professionalism, ensuring your practice aligns with the standards of your professional body and all relevant TAFE NSW policies and procedures, maintaining accurate and confidential records while staying current with emerging educational, social, psychological and health issues affecting students.

You build strong networks with community agencies, make appropriate referrals, and contribute specialist expertise to programs for students with diverse needs. Above all, you reflect TAFE NSW’s values, place students at the centre of your decision making, and balance competing priorities to provide high‑quality, accessible and inclusive counselling services.

Key Requirements:

1. A valid Working with Children Check (required prior to commencement). 

2. Appropriate degree from a tertiary institution and at least three years study in psychology, or other such study at the Employer deems appropriate, plus two years appropriate vocational experience. 

3. Two years relevant recent counselling experience in personal counselling and educational OR vocational counselling. 

4. Willingness and ability to travel as per business requirements.

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

Apply now!

Applications close: Monday 6th April 2026 at 11.55pm AEST

To apply for this role, click on 'apply now' and provide:

• Your current resume (PDF)
• Certified copies of your transcript qualifications (PDF)
• Response to one Targeted Question when prompted in the application form (max 300 words)

Targeted Question: TAFE students may present with a range of problems affecting their vocational progress, e.g. personal matters, educational concerns etc. Explain your approach to counselling students presenting with multiple issues. (max 300 words)

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: Please contact Clinton Debreceny, Talent Acquisition Advisor via email at Clinton.debreceny1@tafensw.edu.au

Role-specific enquiries: Please contact Lisa Fox, Senior Manager Counselling & Career Development Services via email at Lisa.Whitbread-Fox@tafensw.edu.au or Claire Moore, Senior Manager Counselling & Career Development Services via email at Claire.Moore11@tafensw.edu.au

For helpful insights into preparing your application, TAFE NSW’s recruitment process, and getting interview ready, read through our Application Process and the interactive Capability Application Tool.  

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.