Learning Support Tutor - Foundations (South)

Tastafe; City of Hobart; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

TasTAFE, based at Southern campuses, seeks a Learning Support Tutor – Foundation Skills to provide essential tutoring in literacy, numeracy, and employability to students in vocational programs. This is a part-time 0.5 FTE role (36.75 hours per fortnight), with in-person and online delivery and close collaboration with delivery teams.

The role focuses on student-centred tutoring, teamwork, and professional development, with responsibilities including tutoring, feedback, and admin tasks while

Qualifications

• Relevant foundation skills tutoring experience with individuals or small groups.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with diverse learners.
• Ability to manage workloads independently and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Tutor students to build foundation skills for course content and assessments.
• Provide timely feedback and maintain tutoring materials and documents.
• Collaborate with foundation skills teachers to align tutoring with vocational training.
• Attend team meetings and undertake relevant professional development.
• Perform administrative tasks in a timely manner.

Skills

Foundation skills tutoring

Communication & interpersonal

Workload management

Tech-savvy & problem solving

Foundation skills delivery

Education

Foundation skills qualifications or equivalent

Job description

About Us

As Tasmania’s publicly owned training provider, TasTAFE is a vital contributor to the prosperity of the state’s economy through supporting jobs and employment and the economic resilience of our businesses and industry. With a focus on practical, real-life learning, we work hard to ensure the training our learners receive is industry relevant and we provide real industry skills that are highly valued by employers.

TasTAFE aspires to be a place of innovation, creating new ways of training, finding solutions, delivering differently and increasing access for all.

The Role

Based at our Southern campuses, the Learning Support Tutor – Foundation Skills provides essential tutoring in literacy, communication, numeracy, digital skills, study skills and employability skills to students undertaking vocational education and training programs.

This is a part-time 0.5 FTE, (36.75 hours per fortnight) position.

Working closely with delivery teams, you'll work with students individually and in small groups—both in person and online to help them build the skills they need to understand learning materials, build confidence, and apply their knowledge practically. This is a student-focused role with a strong emphasis on collaboration with your team and colleagues.

Key responsibilities include:

• Tutoring students to build foundation skills and support their understanding of course content and assessments
• Providing timely feedback and maintaining relevant tutoring materials and documents
• Working closely with foundation skills teachers to develop and deliver tutoring that aligns with a learners vocational training
• Attending team meetings and undertaking relevant professional development
• Performing administrative tasks in a timely manner

What You Will Bring

• Relevant foundation skills knowledge and tutoring skills for individual and group settings with ideally, vocational education experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work with a diverse range of learners
• Experience in managing workloads independently and meeting deadlines
• Familiarity with technology and a flexible, proactive approach to problem solving
• Relevant qualifications and experience in the delivery of foundation skills

Desirable

• Previous experience in foundation skills tutoring or teaching to young people or adults
• Previous experience in vocational education and training

A current Working with Vulnerable People registration is required, or the ability to obtain prior to commencement.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At TasTAFE, we encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexibility. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity in our community, and we are committed to building a culture we are all proud of.

Ask us how we can make this role flexible to suit you.

Join TasTAFE

To be eligible, you must have the right to work in Australia.

Candidate screening and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know during selection.

Applications for this role close at 11.55 pm on Sunday 27th Sept, 2026

TasTAFE is determined to create a positive application experience for all candidates.

We are committed to provide application outcomes via phone or email in a timely manner to all candidates.

TasTAFE prioritises Tasmania’s Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety in its recruitment process, ensuring the safety and cultural well‑being of children, youth, and Aboriginal individuals.