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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

As a Content & Audience Specialist, you’ll play a key role in supporting TasTAFE’s transition to a new Student Management System (SMS). Working within the Change & Adoption stream of the SMS Renewal Project, you will design and deliver clear, audience-focused communication strategies that help staff and learners understand upcoming changes and confidently adopt new systems and processes.

Based at our Campbell Street Campus in Hobart, you will collaborate closely with change management, project, and operational teams to ensure messaging is timely, consistent, and aligned with project milestones and organisational objectives.

On any given day, you will:

• Develop and deliver internal communication plans aligned with SMS project milestones.
• Create clear and engaging content including emails, newsletters, presentations and project updates.
• Translate complex system and process information into accessible and audience-focused messaging.
• Engage with stakeholders to capture feedback, manage concerns and support effective communication.
• Manage internal communication channels and optimise them to increase engagement and reach.
• Work closely with change and capability teams to reinforce readiness and training activities.

What you bring:

• Minimum three years’ experience in marketing, communications or internal communications roles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex information.
• Experience delivering communication strategies within large change or transformation projects.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience using digital communication platforms such as intranets, collaboration tools and email systems.

Desirable:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Experience in vocational education and training environments

This is a full-time maternity leave cover position until 29 January 2027, based at our Campbell Street Campus in Hobart.

A current Working with Vulnerable People registration, 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 LGBTIQ+ 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

If you think this could be the opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply by submitting a current copy of your resume which outlines your skills and experience (you do not need to include a cover letter). 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. For more information regarding this opportunity, please call TasTAFE on 1300 655 307 and ask to speak to a member of the Talent Team.

Applications for this role close at 11:55pm on Thursday 2nd April 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.