Team Leader Commonwealth Student Loans

Description:

• ASO6 salary range $98,478 - $104,165 p.a. + super
• Full-time, short-term contract until November 2025
• Based at TAFE SA Regency Campus

About TAFE SA
Awarded the Training Provider of the Year at the 2021, 2022 and 2024 SA Training Awards, TAFE SA ensures all South Australian students have access to quality education and skills training across a number of regional and metropolitan locations.

By working with TAFE SA, you’ll have the opportunity to advance your career in a diverse and inclusive organisation, while helping to deliver job-ready skills and meaningful outcomes for students across our state.

About the role

The Team Leader is responsible for managing the Commonwealth Student Loans workgroup and plays a crucial role in ensuring TAFE SA meets legislative requirements in reporting and management of Commonwealth income contingent loans.

What we’re looking for:

Strong Leadership & People Management – Proven experience in leading teams with confidence, exercising sound judgment, and using initiative to coach, manage, and enhance staff performance.

Customer-Centric Approach – A commitment to delivering outstanding service, with the ability to guide and support a diverse customer base while fostering a high-performing team culture.

Process & Performance Improvement – A strategic thinker who can review business operations, analyse data, and implement innovative solutions to complex challenges.

Quality & Compliance Expertise – Hands-on experience with investigations, internal audits, research, data collection, developing policies and procedures to maintain a high-quality operational environment.

Industry Knowledge & Strategic Insight – A deep understanding of:

• The Higher Education and Vocational Education & Training (VET) sector at a state and national level.
• Organisational governance, protocols, and decision-making frameworks.
• The broader funding landscape, government policies, and educational contexts that impact operations.

If you’re ready to lead with purpose and make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Special Conditions
The successful applicant is required to demonstrate having a valid Working With Children Check (WWCC) prior to being employed. Applicants who do not hold a WWCC will need to apply at Department of Human Services (DHS).

• Out of hours work may be required
• Intrastate and interstate travel may be required.
• Incumbent will be required to participate in the department's Performance Development Program.
• Eligibility to work in Australia

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

Application Instructions
All applications must be submitted online .
For further information on how to apply for this position, please refer to the attached application guidelines and Role Descriptor.

Your application must address all Key Selection Criteria as listed in the Role Descriptor. Provide examples outlining your skills, experience and knowledge of each criterion, and how you put them into practice. It is important that you identify skills you may have which are not directly specified in the Role Descriptor and yet, in your opinion, would enable you to perform well in the position

Inclusion and Flexibility Statement
At TAFE SA, we ensure our workplaces are safe, inclusive, supportive and respectful. We do not accept discrimination, harassment, or violence of any kind. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ and people living with disability.

TAFE SA offers a range of work options to attract and retain great staff, including part-time. We support employees to manage their work-life balance at all stages of their lives. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Enquiries
Lisa Toogood
Manager, Regulation Services
Ph: 0456963841
E: lisa.toogood@tafesa.edu.au

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.