Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Space Planner

Greater Sydney

Permanent Full-time

Base salary $116,219 - $125,157 per annum plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and 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 a Space Planner at TAFE NSW, you’ll be pivotal in shaping the physical environments where education happens. Using space planning frameworks, you’ll help design layouts and determine uses of rooms and buildings that are functional, efficient, and tailored to the dynamic needs of modern learning.

Whether arranging furniture in a classroom or relocating students, staff and equipment to a new building, the primary goal is to ensure that the space can be effectively utilised and is tailored to meet the needs of its users. As such, you’ll collaborate with teams across the organisation to understand their needs and plan smart, efficient spaces that support training and service delivery.

Part of the Strategic Asset Management team, your focus will be on improving how we use space within our campuses to deliver exceptional learner outcomes and helping TAFE NSW get the most out of its assets. You’ll lead initiatives to ensure our spaces are fit for purpose now and into the future.

The Space Planner position is based in the Greater Sydney area with some travel to other campuses.

About You
You are a strategic thinker with a passion for collaborating and planning smart, efficient spaces that support dynamic learning environments. With a strong foundation in stakeholder engagement and space planning, you bring innovative solutions to complex challenges and thrive on translating business needs into practical, future-focused spatial outcomes.

Your excellent communication skills allow you to build strong partnerships across teams and facilities, enabling you to anticipate needs and influence decisions that optimise asset utilisation. You’re confident managing multiple priorities, balancing competing demands, and delivering high-quality outcomes within tight timeframes.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.
• Demonstrated experience in translating user’s needs into space requirements with a focus on optimising utilisation .
• Proven analytical skills to analyse data, evaluate and provide recommendations to complex issues.
• Strong experience developing and implementing continuous improvement to systems and processes to optimise space utilisation outcomes and efficiencies.

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: 11.55PM AEDT Sunday 7 December 2025

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

• Your current resume
• Certified copies of your qualifications (if applicable)
• Response to one (1) targeted question when prompted in the application form (max 300 words)

Targeted Question: What strategies would you use to assess and optimise the utilisation of physical spaces within a large organisation, and how would you ensure your approach aligns with both operational requirements and the needs of diverse stakeholders?

General recruitment enquiries: contact Sally Barry, Talent Acquisition Advisor, sally.barry4@tafensw.edu.au and 02 7921 0203.   

Role-specific enquiries: contact Jacqui Parrish, Senior Manager Strategic Asset Planning, jacqui.parrish@tafensw.edu.au and 0456 672 480.

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. 

An Eligibility List, 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. 

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