Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Workforce Design & Change Specialist

Statewide (subject to campus availability) 

Multiple Permanent Full-time Positions

$145,605 - $160,719 salary package - includes base salary ($128,284-$141,600), 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 

The Workforce Design and Change Specialist plays a key role in shaping and delivering TAFE NSW’s organisation change agenda. As part of a centralised workforce design and change function, you will partner with leaders to design, assess and implement organisational changes that support strategic goals and uplift the employee experience. 

In this role, you may focus primarily on organisation design including analysing current structures, developing options, modelling workforce impacts, and ensuring alignment to operating model principles. Alternatively, you may specialise in change implementation supporting business units to deliver approved changes, coordinating end-to-end processes, preparing data and documentation, ensuring governance compliance, and guiding leaders through transition. 

Across both streams, you will work in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands on delivery. You will contribute to consistent practice, quality assurance, and improved ways of working across the Workforce Design and Change team. 

About You  

You are an experienced practitioner with strong foundations in organisational design or workforce transition. You bring strong analytical capability, structured problem solving and a sharp attention to detail, with the ability to translate complex workforce information into clear, actionable insights. 

You communicate with confidence and build trusted relationships quickly. Whether you are designing organisational options or supporting local managers through implementation, you work with clarity, fairness and respect. You navigate ambiguity with ease, manage sensitive matters discretely, and provide sound advice across industrial and employee relations interfaces. 

You thrive in a collaborative team environment, stay calm under pressure and consistently deliver quality outcomes. Above all, you are motivated by improving how people, structures and work come together to support TAFE NSW’s strategic direction. 

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 Monday 8 December 2025

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

• Your current resume 

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

Targeted Question: Describe a time when you were responsible for delivering an organisation design or change outcome under tight timeframes. What actions did you take to ensure the work was completed on time and met the required quality standards?

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Paula Zacharakis Petsis, Talent Acquisition Advisor, paula.zacharakis@tafensw.edu.au, 02 7921 6383. 

Role-specific enquiries: contact Kylie Reay, Senior Manager Organisational Design, kylie.reay2@tafensw.edu.au, 0404 077 453. 

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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