Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Manager of Educational Excellence

Location Negotiable across NSW (subject to campus availability)

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.

This role is preferably based at one of the 20 faculty delivery locations listed below; however, location is negotiable for the right candidate.

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.

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

Applications close 11.55pm AEST Monday 7 July 2025

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

• 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
• Response to one targeted question when prompted in the application form (max 300 words)

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.

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Talent Acquisition Advisor Shay El-ardenli at shayma.elardenli@tafensw.edu.au and 02 7921 0896

Role-specific enquiries: contact Yalta Dabbene, Director Educational Operations, at yalta.dabbene7@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. 

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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