Educational Team Leader

TAFE Queensland; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TAFE Queensland invites applications for an Educational Team Leader to lead teaching teams, ensuring high-quality delivery and strong student experiences. You will oversee planning, assessment strategies, and staff management, while driving continuous improvement within the team and campus operations across North Queensland.

The role reports to the Faculty Manager and is a temporary, full-time position until June 2027, with primary base at a TAFE Queensland North campus and potential duties at

Qualifications

• Certificate IV and/or Diploma in the relevant discipline.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122/TAE40116/TAE40110) or Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (TAE50111/TAE50116) or successors.
• Evidence of current industry skills aligned to training package requirements.
• Evidence of professional development in vocational training, learning and assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, direction, instruction and guidance to educators and teaching teams to achieve objectives.
• Oversee educational delivery planning, training strategies, yearly plans, and delivery timetables.
• Manage people processes including performance planning, development plans and performance management activities.
• Provide feedback and assessment of team performance and file outcome recommendations.
• Monitor training and assessment quality to ensure compliance with legislation and standards.
• Advise supervisors on staff management, student management and programming; act as a conduit for advice.
• Assist with budget and financial performance reporting and provide timely advice to stakeholders.
• Promote safety and model the values of Safety First and Working Together.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder liaison

Interpersonal communication

Education

Certificate IV / Diploma in relevant discipline

TAE40122/TAE40116/TAE40110 - Cert IV in Training and Assessment

TAE50111 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training

TAE50211 - Diploma of Training Design and Development

Higher level qualification in adult education (TAFE Queensland approved)

Job description

TAFE Queensland is proud to be the largest and most experienced Vocational Education and Training (VET) 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. Our award-winning training is delivered on campus, online, and in the workplace 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 part of a highly experienced workforce that is closely connected with their industries and dedicated to delivering best practices and innovative training.

As an Educational Team Leader, you will:

Have an opportunity to continue your practice as an educator while growing your leadership experience and capability by providing leadership and supervision embedded within teaching teams to achieve efficient and high quality delivery to students, and promote job satisfaction and improved quality of working life for teaching teams.

Focus on the delivery of quality educational outcomes and expected student experiences with the best utilisation of educators in a collaborative working environment, to meet the genuine needs of TAFE Queensland, employees, industry, and students. Educational Team Leaders are also responsible for leading and managing a teaching team or teams and performing associated administrative duties.

Working in an environment of ongoing change and continuous improvement.

This position reports to the Faculty Manager.

This is a Temporary, Full-Time opportunity, to June 2027 unless otherwise determined.

The position will be based primarily at any TAFE Queensland North campus, however you may be required to perform work at other TAFE Queensland campuses.

Key Responsibilities

Provide leadership, direction, instruction and guidance to educators and teaching teams to achieve team objectives and contribute collaboratively to the overall success of teaching teams.

Oversee and collaboratively contribute to educational delivery programming and planning activities within teaching teams including the development of training and assessment strategies, yearly plans, and delivery timetables.

Manage all relevant people processes related to teaching teams including, but not limited to:

completing and reviewing performance planning and development plans with team members.

actively participating in informal performance management processes and conversations with team members.

actively participating in formal managing unsatisfactory performance processes for team members including the provision of feedback, review and assessment of a team members performance and provision of an outcome recommendation to the appropriate delegate.

Monitor training and assessment quality and performance within teaching teams to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, standards, policies, practices and procedures including the Australian Qualifications Training Framework, and ensure coaching and feedback is provided to educators as needed.

Provide recommendations and advice to supervisors on issues relating to staff management, student management and programming, and act as a conduit for technical and specific advice relating to the teaching area.

Provide advice and generate solutions to facilitate the resolution of student complaints and employee performance matters, and accelerate matters to the next level of management as required/appropriate.

Report on exceptions to budget forecasts and assist with the development and monitoring of budgets and team financial performance.

Provide accurate and timely advice to students, staff and stakeholders in relation to TAFE Queensland operational requirements as they relate to education and training.

Contribute to the success of transformation and cultural change through promoting and modelling the values of Safety First, Working Together, Focussing on our Customer, Taking Responsibility and Showing Initiative.

How you will be assessed

The ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:

Demonstrated ability to lead vocational educational delivery including the capacity to plan and deliver education and training courses.

Apply knowledge, expertise and skills to provide professional development and mentoring to a multi-disciplinary educational team and the ability to positively respond to new directions and demands of the training market.

Demonstrated commitment to professional and self-development with a focus on qualifications/skills update and contemporary industry practices including safe, equitable and anti-discriminatory work practices.

Display highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to effectively liaise, consult and negotiate with internal and external key stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability to encourage creativity and innovation, attitude and ability to thrive within a dynamic, challenging and changing environment.

Mandatory Qualifications/Requirements

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

Certificate IV and/or Diploma qualification in the relevant discipline.

Evidence of current industry skills and knowledge aligned to training package requirements.

b. Possession of one of the following training and assessment credentials:

• TAE40122 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• TAE40116 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• TAE50111 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training.
• TAE50116 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training; or its successor.
• TAE50211 - Diploma of Training Design and Development.
• TAE50216 - Diploma of Training Design and Development, or its successor.
• Higher level qualification in adult education (approved by TAFE Queensland).

c. Current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided;

d. Current knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs the training and assessment provided;

e. 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 Requirements

High level of digital literacy skills across various platforms (online Learning Management Systems).

It would be highly desirable, but not essential, that an Educational Team Leader possess:

five (5) or more years’ teaching experience within TAFE Queensland, Vocational Education or another post-compulsory education experience.

an approved teaching qualification.

Job Reference Number: TQ2026-1039

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