We're Hiring!

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  

Working from our Alanvale Campus and under the guidance of the Executive Director of Governance and Corporate Affairs, the Executive Assistant will play a crucial role in managing and liaising with members of the Executive Director team. This part-time (0.8) position is multifaceted, challenging, and rewarding, emphasising top-tier service delivery and exceptional abilities. 

On any given day, your duties will include: 

• Mastery of scheduling, organising diaries, events, and arranging travel with efficiency to ensure the Executive Directors schedules run smoothly 

• Meticulous secretariat support crafting agendas, recording minutes, and ensuring action items get ticked off promptly. 

• Serving as a gatekeeper for information flow, adeptly drafting high-level correspondence, and ensuring prompt and accurate responses.  

• Handling financial tasks with finesse, including credit card reconciliation and invoice coding. 

• Maintaining order in digital systems, databases, and filing systems, and compiling appropriate information for the Executive Directors' review. 

What you bring 

• You’re seasoned in delivering top-tier executive support, anticipating needs, and providing seamless assistance. 

• Proficiency in navigating technology landscapes, mastering spreadsheets, databases, and financial systems. 

• Skilled in crafting polished executive documents and delivering outstanding client service experiences. 

• Capable of fostering collaboration across all organisational levels while managing sensitive matters with utmost discretion. 

• Expert multitasking with a talent for prioritisation, ensuring deadlines are met with precision and flair. 

This is a part-time role (4 days per week) to be based at our Alanvale (Launceston) campus. 

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