• Full-time, ongoing position
• Based at TAFE SA, Regency Campus
• MAS3 salary $127,859 p.a. + super

About TAFE SA
Awarded the Large Training Provider of the Year at the 2024 Australian Training Awards, in addition to the Training Provider of the Year at the 2021, 2022 and 2024 SA Training Awards, TAFE SA ensures all South Australian students have access to quality education and skills training across a number of regional and metropolitan locations.

By working with TAFE SA, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation. Working on high-impact infrastructure initiatives, you’ll expand your leadership capabilities, influence strategic outcomes, and contribute to shaping the built environment that supports essential public services.

About the role

The Manager, Infrastructure Planning and Project Delivery reports to the Director, Facilities and Projects and provides strategic leadership in planning, prioritising, and delivering capital infrastructure initiatives for the South Australian Government. The role ensures resources are effectively allocated and projects align with broader government investment priorities.

Using data-driven insights, the Manager supports forward planning by leveraging infrastructure performance and asset utilisation metrics. The role positions infrastructure as a key enabler of government policy, economic development, and community outcomes through the effective management of public assets.

A collaborative and inclusive leader, the Manager drives high team performance through strategic workforce planning, capability development, and continuous improvement. The role also contributes to sector-wide infrastructure reform by addressing systemic challenges and leading cross-agency solutions that improve infrastructure performance and delivery.

Key Outcomes of the role include

• Oversee the development and improvement of TAFE SA’s Capital Infrastructure Planning Framework and Project Delivery, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and government policy.
• Lead the planning, prioritisation, and resource allocation for the annual Capital Infrastructure Plan, delivering projects on time and within budget to support educational outcomes.
• Provide expert advice to the TAFE SA Executive and sub-committees, contributing to government submissions, business cases, and ministerial briefings on capital investment.
• Review and improve infrastructure planning policies, systems, and frameworks to align with organisational strategy and operational needs.
• Promote and implement technical and design standards that drive innovation, sustainability, and continuous improvement, supported by strong performance evaluation measures.
• Lead initiatives to enhance capital planning and asset management maturity, using performance and lifecycle data to guide strategic decisions.
• Build a collaborative, high-performing team through inclusive leadership, workforce development, and effective change management.
• Contribute to leadership forums and work with peers to ensure consistent decision-making and address complex infrastructure challenges across teams.

Special Conditions
The successful applicant is required to demonstrate having a valid DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) prior to being employed. Applicants who do not hold a WWCC will need to apply at Department of Human Services (DHS).

• Out of hours work may be required.
• Some intrastate/ interstate travel and overnight absences may be required.
• Incumbent will be required to participate in the department’s Performance Development Program.
• Eligibility to work in Australia.

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

Application Instructions
All applications must be submitted online.
For further information on how to apply for this position, please refer to the attached application guidelines and Role Descriptor.

Your application must address all Key Selection Criteria as listed in the Role Description. Provide examples outlining your skills, experience, and knowledge of each criterion, and how you put them into practice. It is important that you identify skills you may have which are not explicitly specified in the Role Descriptor and yet, in your opinion, would enable you to perform well in the position.

Inclusion and Flexibility Statement
At TAFE SA, we ensure our workplaces are safe, inclusive, supportive and respectful. We do not accept discrimination, harassment, or violence of any kind. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ and people living with disability.

TAFE SA offers a range of work options to attract and retain great staff, including part-time. We support employees to manage their work-life balance at all stages of their lives. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Enquiries
Lanna Grundy
Director, Facilities and Projects
E: [email protected]