We're Hiring!

• Encourage learners to excel in their development and studies
• Very generous leave entitlements – ask us about this.
• Create a new career-defining path with TasTAFE.

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

Working from our Alanvale Campus, the Teacher of Foundation Skills will be pivotal in the delivery of foundation skills within a broad range of vocational contexts, to our adult learners.

You will lead essential foundation skill lessons, assess individual learner skill development needs, and monitor learner progress. You will work closely with colleagues to provide targeted learning opportunities to a wide variety of cohorts. Dive into a role where innovation, collaboration, and empowerment of learners are key, enabling them to make a significant impact in their studies.

If you’re experienced in the delivery of foundation skills training and have a desire to work with our learners to develop their skills – we’re looking for you!

On any given day, your duties will include:

• Provide explicit foundation skills instruction to a broad range of vocational learners and manage administrative tasks seamlessly.
• Develop and oversee teaching materials, resources, and equipment
• Create a positive and engaging learning environment within an adult educational and training context.
• Work with colleagues to build their foundation skills awareness and teaching and learning practice.

What will you bring

Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (TAE40122, TAE40116, or TAE40110) or a willingness to work toward it (TasTAFE can support you in obtaining this, free of charge), or

A secondary teaching qualification and one of the following credentials:

• TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set, or
• TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its successor, or
• TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its successor, or

A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult education or vocational education and training.

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

Desirable qualifications and attributes include:

• A Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Literacy and Numeracy
• Bachelor’s degree in education, teaching, or vocational education
• Outstanding communication skills, cultivating strong relationships with learners.
• Expertise in foundation skills teaching and assessment methodologies, skilled at developing strategies for effective learning outcomes

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.

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 the course of 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 Sunday 22nd June 2025

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.