About TAFE Queensland

Are you looking for a career that is challenging but also rewarding? Do you have a passion for your industry, recent industry experience and industry qualifications? Have you considered sharing your knowledge and skills with future industry experts?

As a TAFE Teacher you will have the opportunity to impart your extensive knowledge and experience to students. You will also enjoy the satisfaction of giving students from diverse backgrounds the skills they need to succeed at work and in their future.

The Role

We have an exciting temporary full-time Teacher position available until 27 June 2025 unless otherwise determined to join our Educational Delivery team in the Education Faculty. This position will be based at both TAFE Queensland’s Nurunderi Campus (located at Cherbourg) and Kingaroy Campus.

As a Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) TAFE Teacher, you have the opportunity to change the lives by improving the participants’ Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital skills giving them options for further training and employment.

This position reports to the Educational Team Leader.

Salary

The salary range for a TAFE Teacher is $89,799 - $118,528 (gross) per annum, depending on educational qualifications held and teaching experience.

Benefits

• Four (4) weeks recreation leave (accrued annually)
• Five (5) weeks Non-Attendance Time programmed annually for preparation
• Paid overtime arrangements may be available, according to operational requirements, with generous compensation
• Flexible work options (e.g. Purchased leave, compressed hours, telecommuting)
• 12.75% Superannuation and Salary packaging options available
• Remote Area Incentive Scheme payments may be available to eligible candidates
• Locality Allowance
• Financial assistance towards relocation expenses may be available
• Professional development, study assistance and support to return to industry for currency and competency purposes
• Wellbeing initiatives and social responsibility programs
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Access to private health corporate plans and corporate discounts (e.g. Fitness Passport, Apple products, Dell products, Lenovo products)
• Comprehensive Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) support options
• Work at Home Software (e.g. Adobe and Microsoft software)
• Employee discounts or deals related to work-at-home software, Apple products, Dell products, Lenovo products, fitness passports, and private health insurance.
• Annual staff recognition awards and years of service recognition
• Pride Network for LGBTQIA+ employees and allies
• White Ribbon Australia Accredited Workplace
• Free car parking

Mandatory Requirements

Applicants must possess the following:

• Vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered and assessed;

o Undergraduate degree of at least three years duration awarded by an Australian university or tertiary institution, or its onshore or overseas equivalent (recognised in Australia).

o Highly desirable: Post graduate TESOL qualification in adult education or equivalent (recognised in Australia); and

• Possession of one of the following training and assessment credentials:

o TAE 40122 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment;

o TAE40116 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment;

o TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment plus TAELLN411 Address Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Skills and TAEASS502 Design and Develop Assessment Tools;

o TAE50111 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training;

o TAE50116 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training; or its successor;

o TAE50211 - Diploma of Training Design and Development;

o TAE50216 - Diploma of Training Design and Development, or its successor;

o Higher-level qualification in adult education (approved by TAFE Queensland).

• Current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided;
• Current knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs the training and assessment provided;
• Evidence of undertaking professional development in the fields of the knowledge and practice of vocational training, learning and assessment including competency-based training and assessment.

Note: Proof of qualifications and industry currency/experience to be provided at interview.

Highly Desirable

Candidates who possess the following will be highly regarded:

• Possessing Post graduate TESOL qualification in adult education or equivalent (recognised in Australia)

How to apply

If you’re interested in this role, please use the ‘Apply’ button to progress to the TAFE Queensland Recruitment Portal where you can view the full role description. When submitting your application, please ensure you provide the following:

• a detailed resume including the contact details for two referees (one of whom is your current supervisor); and
• a cover letter which outlines your known skills, abilities, knowledge and experience in vocational education and training, why you are interested in the role and what you will bring to the role within the context of the “How you will be assessed” criteria detailed in the role description (a maximum of 2 pages).

Closing date: 4pm, Monday 10 March 2025

Job Reference Number: TQ2025-145

Contact:

Anne Smith

Faculty Director, Education

Phone: 0409 460 270

About TAFE Queensland

TAFE Queensland is proud to be the largest and most experienced Vocational Education and Training provider in the State. For more than 140 years, TAFE Queensland has delivered practical and industry-relevant training to provide students with the skills and experience they need to build lifelong careers. We have recently been named Winner of the 2024 Large Training Provider of the Year at the prestigious Queensland Training Awards and the 2023 Australian Training Awards. Our training is delivered to students and apprentices on-site, online, in the workplace, or on-campus to give people the skills they need to enrich their communities, support their industries, and strengthen their local economies.

By working at TAFE Queensland, you can be a part of a highly experienced workforce closely connected with their industries and dedicated to delivering best practices and innovative training.

In TAFE Queensland, South West region, we have a strong focus on workplace culture and we value employee collaboration, strong leadership and high performing teams. We believe that every employee has a role to play in “making great happen” through the embodiment of the following core values and behaviours in all that we do:

• We take ownership
• We are brave and contribute
• We invest in each other
• We seek to understand
• We celebrate success

South West Region

TAFE Queensland’s South West Region (South West Region) plays a vital role in the economy and communities of over one-third of regional Queensland, with locations in Bundamba, Inala and Springfield in the east, Toowoomba and other key Darling Downs centres, Stanthorpe, Kingaroy and Cherbourg, to Roma in the west. South West Region offers an exciting range of study options aimed at preparing graduates for employment in the resources, agricultural and construction industries, through to health and aged care, community services, creative, hospitality, education and business. South West Region has first-class facilities, teachers who are industry professionals, and we use the latest materials and tools. As well as employment outcomes, a qualification from TAFE Queensland provides opportunities for further study at university level.

Employees of the Nurunderi Campus of South West Region take great pride in servicing not only community members of Cherbourg but also of Murgon, Wondai, Proston, Goomeri, Nanango and surrounding areas.

We are dedicated to providing training opportunities for indigenous and non indigenous students who are committed to education and training which can offer rewarding employment outcomes and meaningful engagement in the community.

Cherbourg Shire is the third largest Aboriginal community in Queensland. It is located 170 km north west of Brisbane and is on Barambah Creek. It is located in Wakka Wakka tribal boundaries, near the border of Gubbi Gubbi territory.

TAFE Queensland’s vision for a reconciled Australia acknowledges the truth of our history along with the ongoing impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. TAFE Queensland seeks to achieve positive training and employment outcomes for First Nations peoples through demonstrating genuine pride in the cultural identity and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the oldest living culture on Earth.