PROGRAM MANAGER

Tafe Sa; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice / Salary packaging

Health & Wellbeing program

Flexible work arrangements

Employee Assistance Program

Career development opportunities

Job summary

TAFE SA in Adelaide City Campus seeks a Program Manager to lead a complex portfolio of Centre of Excellence projects, driving outcomes within budget and schedule.

You will oversee planning, design, prioritisation, and resource allocation across the team, delivering programs under a governance framework while engaging senior stakeholders and building high-performing teams. Role includes WWCC compliance and sector strengthening in early childhood education and care.

Qualifications

• Lead and manage complex strategic project portfolios with governance and reporting.
• Build high-performing multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-impact projects.
• Engage senior stakeholders, manage risks and allocate resources effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a complex portfolio of Centre of Excellence projects to achieve outcomes within budget and schedule.
• Oversee planning, design, prioritisation, and allocation of resources across the team under governance.
• Deliver program monitoring, evaluation and reporting to stakeholders.

Skills

Portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

People leadership

Job description

• Full time fixed term contract until 29 December 2028
• SSSM01 salary $144,421 p.a. + super
• Based at Light Square campus / Kaurna Country
• View: Role Description

Impact starts here, are you in?

TAFE SA, proud winner of Training Provider of the Year in 2021, 2022 & 2024 SA State Awards and winner of the Large Training Provider of the Year 2024 National Training Awards, is on the hunt for a Program Manager to join our dynamic team shaping the early childhood education and care workforce.

Located at the Adelaide City Campus of TAFE SA, the Centre of Excellence exists to strengthen the Early Childhood Education and Care sector nationwide by collaborating with stakeholders on practical, transformative initiatives to address qualification and skills gaps, ensuring the sector meets current and future needs for lasting generational impact throughout Australia.

What You’ll Drive

The Program Manager is responsible for leading and managing a complex portfolio of significant multi-functional TAFE Centre of Excellence projects and programs to achieve agreed business outcomes within budget and schedule. The position oversees the planning, design, prioritisation, allocation and negotiation of project resources across the Centre of Excellence team and is accountable for the delivery, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of program outcomes within an established governance framework.

The Skills You Bring

• Lead and manage complex strategic project and program portfolios, including planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, reporting, resource allocation and delivery of organisational outcomes.
• Build and lead high-performing multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex, sensitive and high-impact projects within budget and timeframe, while managing contracts, competing priorities and significant risks.
• Apply advanced judgement, communication and strategic influence to provide authoritative advice, negotiate with senior stakeholders, resolve complex issues, and strengthen networks, quality practices and sector outcomes.

What You Need to Know

A valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the South Australian Department of Human Services is required before employment.

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

Why Join Us?

TAFE SA offers amazing benefits, including:

• Generous leave entitlements including Recreation, Sick, Long Service, Retention, Paid Parental, Family & Domestic Violence, Special and Cultural leave that supports cultural diversity and First Nations
• Purchase Annual Leave
• Salary Sacrifice / Salary Packaging options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health & Wellbeing Program
• Flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance conditions
• Inclusive, diverse and collaborative culture
• Career development and progression
• Ongoing professional development opportunities

Inclusion and Flexibility Statement

Be you, be valued, be included. At TAFE SA, we celebrate diversity and encourage all applicants, including First Nations peoples, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities, LGBTIQA+ individuals, people with disability, and neurodiverse talent. Need support applying? Let us know!

At TAFE SA, our values shape how we work — We Work As One, We Do What Matters, and We Step Up.

Learn more about our values and what it’s like to work at TAFE SA: TAFESA Values

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For enquiries, please contact Julie Pisano – Director, Centre of Excellence – Early Childhood Education via email at [e-mail]