We're Hiring!

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

Fixed term from 6 May 2024 to 9 December 2024, working from our Southern Campuses at Campbell Street and Drysdale, the Facilities Officer is a pivotal part of our organisation.    

On any given day, you will:

• Help coordinate campus/regional maintenance and minor works programs through property inspections.
• Advise and collaborate with teaching teams and clients to fulfill operational needs efficiently.
• Assist with obtaining, distributing, and managing furniture and equipment, including arranging repairs when needed.
• Assist in managing inventory, Test and Tag records, and coordinate testing needs for the Facilities team.

What will you bring

• You will have relevant qualifications in facilities management and customer service.
• A good knowledge and understanding of varied maintenance and minor works requirements including procurement procedures as they apply to asset maintenance and including the purchasing and disposal of stores, furniture, and equipment.
• Ability to coordinate procedures and determine priorities for the maintenance and minor works programs including undertaking associated administrative tasks.
• Good administrative and organisational skills, and experience in aspects of a financial system in relation to raising orders, matching invoices and achieving budget objectives.
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise with and coordinate external contractors and maintain good working relationships with customers.

You will require a current Working with Vulnerable People registration, or the ability to obtain one 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.

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

We're conducting an agile selection process, reviewing applications as they arrive. Candidate screening and interviews may begin prior to the closing date.

Applications for this role close at 11:55pm on Sunday 5 May 2024

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.