TAFE SA
Job reference: 843450
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Full time ongoing position
• ASO7 salary range $112,163 - $121,246 p.a. + super
• Based at Light Square campus / Kaurna Country
• View: Role Description

Impact starts here, are you in? TAFE SA, proud winner of Training Provider of the Year in 2021, 2022 & 2024 SA State Awards and winner of the Large Training Provider of the Year 2024 National Training Awards, is on the hunt for an Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant to join our dynamic team shaping South Australia’s future. 

What You’ll Drive

The Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant is responsible for leading the planning, delivery, and evaluation of programs, projects, and services that provide strategic employee and industrial relations leadership across TAFE SA. To provide expert employee and industrial relations leadership and advice that supports TAFE SA to achieve its strategic and operational objectives. The role delivers expert advice and high-quality case management services to support complex and sensitive industrial and employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with South Australian public sector legislation and industrial instruments. 

The Skills You Bring

• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and work under broad direction, both independently and within a team, apply initiative and significant delegated authority in determining methods and approaches to manage and resolve complex and sensitive people matters whilst maintaining confidentiality and professional integrity.
• Highly effective interpersonal skills, with a significant capacity to foster collaboration, influence successful outcomes and prepare high level reports with recommendations and advice.
• Significant experience in interpreting industrial legislation and human resources policies and providing specialised and expert industrial and employee relations advice, using a collaborative and highly consultative approach.
• Significant experience designing, developing, implementing and evaluating complex industrial relations programs, projects, and services, including interpreting implementing and contributing to the development of policies to achieve shared organisational objectives.

What You Need to Know

A valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the South Australian Department of Human Services is required before employment.

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

Why Join Us?

TAFE SA offers amazing benefits, including:

• Generous leave entitlements including Recreation, Sick, Long Service, Retention, Paid Parental, Family & Domestic Violence, Special and Cultural leave that supports cultural diversity and First Nations
• Purchase Annual Leave
• Salary Sacrifice / Salary Packaging options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health & Wellbeing Program
• Flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance conditions
• Inclusive, diverse and collaborative culture
• Career development and progression
• Ongoing professional development opportunities

Ready to Shape the Future?

Submit your resume and a short selection criteria response (max 2 pages) addressing the criteria outlined in the role description. Let’s do this! Applications must be submitted online.

For enquiries, please contact Michelle Ford – Manager, Employee Relations via email at michelle.ford2@tafesa.edu.au

Inclusion and Flexibility Statement

Be you, be valued, be included. At TAFE SA, we celebrate diversity and encourage all applicants, including First Nations peoples, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities, LGBTIQA+ individuals, people with disability, and neurodiverse talent. Need support applying? Let us know!

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Applications close: 18/05/2026 11:45 PM

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.