Careers at TAFE NSW

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Senior Facilities Coordinator

Newcastle Campus

Permanent Full-Time Opportunity 

$131,911 - $142,056 salary package - includes base salary ($116,219 - $125,157), 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, a 35 hour working week with a variety of flexible working options.

About the role

As a Senior Facilities Coordinator, you will oversee property and facilities services across multiple TAFE NSW sites, ensuring compliance, safety, performance, and customer service. You'll manage an in-house team and contractors, approve work scope changes within your authority, and support organisational goals by coordinating programs, projects, data requests, and audits to meet operational objectives.

This is a Full-Time Permanent Opportunity based at our Newcastle Campus.

About You 

We are looking for driven and self-motivated individuals who have the capacity to meet the following Essential Requirements:

1. Degree in relevant discipline or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.

2. Demonstrated experience assessing and approving facilities/ assets related scopes of work, liaising with contracted services providers and ensuring performance standards are met.

3. Experience coordinating facilities management activities and support for broader projects across a number of locations to meet operational needs.

 4. Experience leading and supervising inhouse and/or external contracted services in the delivery of high standards of facilities management services and effectively utilising computerised systems to support work management.

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: Monday 26th January 2026 at 11:55pm AEDT

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

• Your current resume
• Certified relevant qualifications – transcript & certificate - & licences (PDF)
• Response to the targeted question when prompted in the application form (max 300 words)

Targeted Question: Tell me about a time you managed a complex third‑party relationship (e.g., landlord/lessor or contracted services provider) across multiple sites. What was complicated about the arrangement, what were your responsibilities, and how did you ensure compliance, performance, and customer service standards were met?

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Talent Acquisition Advisor, Peta Handley, via email peta.handley@tafensw.edu.au   

Role-specific enquiries: contact Steven Gregory, Regional Facilities Manager North, via Steven.Gregory@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.

An eligibility list will be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently become vacant during the next 18 months.