Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Payroll Officer

Location negotiable at TAFE NSW Campuses of Macksville, Port Macquarie, Ourimbah, Tighes Hill, St Leonards, Ultimo, Wetherill Park, Miller, Nirimba, Strathfield, Kingswood, Albury, Bathurst, West Wollongong, Griffith, Tamworth, Orange, Parkes (pending campus availability)

Talent Pool

$91,081 - $100,536 package includes base salary ($80,246 - $88,576 per annum) 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, a 35 hour working week with a variety of flexible working options.

About the role

As a Payroll Officer, your role is valued and vital. You'll be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate processing of fortnightly salary payments, leave requests, and other employee entitlements. You'll work with various Employment agreements and conditions, ensuring our employee services and payroll processing functions run efficiently and effectively.

Your keen eye for detail and passion for numbers will shine as you administer, check, and generate reports related to leave and payroll using various HR systems. Building positive working relationships will be second nature to you, and you'll respond professionally and promptly to employee payroll inquiries, always placing the customer and our policies and procedures at the centre of your decision-making.

About You 

You will be able to juggle a consistently high-volume workload in a fast paced and agile environment, where resilience, collaboration, and teamwork are at the forefront of successful outcomes.

Demonstrated experience using SAP HR (payroll processing system) and knowledge of ServiceNow (ticket logging system) is desirable but not essential, we will train you!

We are a fun, supportive, and collaborative team that is positioned across various campuses. You will be trained and mentored by a buddy, so must be able to understand instruction.

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.

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

Applications close on 12 October 2025 at 11.55pm AEDT

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

• Your current resume
• Response to two targeted questions when prompted in the application form (max 300 words)

Targeted Question 1: Working in payroll requires adhering to strict deadlines. Describe a situation where you were able to help a team that was struggling with their workload. What actions did you take and what was the outcome?

Targeted Question 2: Describe a time when you completed a complex payroll calculation. What systems, tools and data did you use, and how did you ensure accuracy?

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Talent Acquisition Advisor Ashar Siddiqui via email ashar.siddiqui1@tafensw.edu.au or 02 7921 2741.   

Role-specific enquiries: contact Kerrillee Stace, Team Leader Payroll via email kerrillee.stace@tafensw.edu.au or 02 7920 4088.

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 within selective locations. Please note your preferred campus location is not guaranteed and is subject to campus availability at the time of offer. 

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