Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Executive Assistant

Location negotiable across NSW (subject to campus availability)

Permanent Full Time

$110,972 – $119,506  salary package - includes base salary ($97,771  - $105,290), 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.

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

The Executive Assistant provides a range of high level, confidential executive support and administrative services to senior executive management to facilitate effective and efficient delivery of executive office operations, communications and business activities.

In this role, you will manage the Chief Information Officer’s diary appointments, coordinate travel arrangements, attendance at events and supporting administrative processes. You will also provide high level executive secretarial and administrative support including preparation of briefing notes, presentations, senior management papers, ministerial, government and external stakeholder communications to meet specified timeframes and confidentiality requirements.

You will provide end-to-end coordination of the CIO’s office, including alignment across ELT, Digital Solutions Group (DSG) Directors, and Group Integration Manager. You will triage and prioritise incoming requests, with judgement to resolve or redirect without escalation where appropriate. The role will also support preparation and quality assurance of briefing materials, ensuring alignment to ELT expectations and organisational priorities as well as proactive management of dependencies, risks, and follow-ups arising from key forums (e.g. ELT, governance groups). In this role, you will act as a central coordination point across DSG to ensure consistency of messaging and timely responses.

About you

You will have high level of discretion and judgement in handling sensitive and confidential matters and ability to operate at pace in a high-volume, ambiguous environment with competing priorities. You will bring strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior executives and Ministerial-facing functions.

You will have the ability to support with occasional out-of-hours responsiveness aligned to executive commitments and organisational priorities as well as availability to support during critical incidents (e.g. ICT or cyber incidents), including coordination of communications and executive updates.

You are calm and organised under pressure; able to support with structured and timely responses during incidents; as well as able to act as an effective gatekeeper for the CIO, exercising sound judgement to prioritise, challenge, and redirect requests where required.

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 the Talent Acquisition Advisor listed below. 

A career of life-changing impact awaits you. Apply now!

Applications close 11.55pm AEDT Wednesday 29th April 2026

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

• Your current resume (in PDF format)
• Copies of your qualifications, where applicable, (upload as one PDF file). Certified copies preferred; these will be required if successful for the role.
• Response to one targeted question when prompted in the application form (max 300 words)

Targeted Question

Using a specific example, describe how you stay across the priorities and working styles of the leaders you support, and explain how you adapted and prioritised your work during a critical incident or unexpected change.

Role-specific enquiries: contact Rachael Hassall, Group Integration Manager, via email rachael.hassall1@tafensw.edu.au

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Talent Acquisition Advisor Shweta Yadav via email shweta.yadav@tafensw.edu.au or phone +61 2 7921 2961

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.

Location is negotiable across our TAFE NSW campuses. Please note your preferred campus location is not guaranteed and is subject to campus availability at the time of offer.

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