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SalaryAbout TAFE Queensland
TAFE Queensland is proud to be the largest and most experienced Vocational Education and Training provider in the State. For more than 140 years, TAFE Queensland has delivered practical and industry-relevant training to provide students with the skills and experience they need to build lifelong careers. TAFE Queensland been named the Large Training Provider of the Year at the prestigious 2023 Australian Training Awards. Our training is delivered to students and apprentices on-site, online, in the workplace, or on-campus to give people the skills they need to enrich their communities, support their industries, and strengthen their local economies.
By working at TAFE Queensland, you can be part of a highly experienced workforce closely connected with their industries and dedicated to delivering best practices and innovative training.
Your Opportunity
As the Senior Tutor, you will:
- Contribute to supporting quality learning services to a wide range of clients.
This position reports to the Educational Delivery Manager
This is a Temporary Full Time for 6 months unless otherwise determined.
The position will be based primarily at Robina however you can work from any of the following locations:
- Robina
- Bundamba
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Cairns
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct tutorial activities designed by a supervising teacher, in a range of learning environments, including simulated, workplace, online or other mode of delivery, to revise and reinforce learning on content that has been previously instructed by a Teacher, Senior Teacher, Leading Vocational Teacher or Educational Team Leader.
- Facilitate learner skill development, provide support and guidance under direction and provide feedback.
- Supervise support and/or contribute to the collection of assessment evidence, under the direction of a Teacher, Senior Teacher, Leading Vocational Teacher or Educational Team Leader.
- Participate in compliance and quality assurance activities as required.
- Provide support to students in preparing for assessment processes and where academic progression intervention is required, as directed.
- Meet with teachers on a regular basis to discuss individual student needs and issues, learning activities and subject-matter content.
- Monitor student participation and engagement in tutorial activities and provide regular feedback to teachers on student progress.
- Maintain a safe learning environment and ensure students adopt and practise acceptable safety procedures and sustainability at all times.
- Contribute to the planning, design, development and review of educational programs and learning content as part of an educational team.
- Provide advice on industry trends and current industry practices.
- Co-ordinate, maintain and store required documents and records as per team requirements.
- Contribute to the achievement of TAFE Queensland’s quality assurance processes by adhering to the implementation of quality systems, processes and documentation, and through participation in validation and moderation processes.
- Conduct student marking, assessment and assign grades.
- Participate in validation and moderation processes.
- Contribute to the success of transformation and cultural change through promoting and modelling the established values of Safety First, Working Together, Focussing on Our Customer, Showing Initiative and Taking Responsibility.
How you will be assessed
The ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:
- Possess industry specific skills and knowledge relevant to the course/program for which tutorial support is being provided.
- Possess ability to contribute to course planning, development and assessment through participation and contribution within a team focused on student learning and skill development.
- Demonstrate capacity for self-management, participative decision-making, team participation and the ability to accept, promote and manage change.
- Demonstrate capacity to strengthen the links between industry, community, education and other providers of education and training.
- Demonstrate commitment to self-development with the focus on student engagement, applied and active learning, instructional skills, current and emerging technology, maintaining and updating skills and contemporary industry practices.
- Possess ability to demonstrate instructional effectiveness including knowledge of contemporary industry practice, content knowledge, quality student interaction, technical applications, and ability to impart knowledge of accepted safety practices.
Mandatory Qualifications/Requirements
a. Vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered and assessed;
- Cert III Business / Business Administration
b. Possession of one of the following training and assessment credentials:
- TAE40116 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment;
- TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment plus TAELLN411 Address Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Skills and TAEASS502 Design and Develop Assessment Tools;
- TAE50111 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training;
- TAE50116 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training; or its successor;
- TAE50211 - Diploma of Training Design and Development;
- TAE50216 - Diploma of Training Design and Development, or its successor;
- Higher-level qualification in adult education (approved by TAFE Queensland).
c. Current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided;
d. Current knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs the training and assessment provided;
e. Evidence of undertaking professional development in the fields of the knowledge and practice of vocational training, learning and assessment including competency-based training and assessment.
Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
Confirmation of employment is conditional upon the preferred applicant being issued with a Blue Card. For further information, please access the Public Safety Business Agency’s Blue Card Services: http://www.bluecard.qld.gov.au/.
Note: Proof of qualifications and industry currency/experience to be provided at interview.
How to apply
If you’re interested in this role, click the ‘Apply’ button to submit your application via the TAFE Queensland Recruitment Portal. When submitting your application, please ensure you provide the following:
- A detailed resume;
- A cover letter that outlines your known skills, abilities, knowledge and experience in response to the “How you will be assessed” criteria above (maximum of 2 pages in total); and
- The contact details for two referees (one of whom is your current supervisor)
Closing date: 16:00 Friday 05 April, 2024
Job Reference Number: TQ2024-352
For further information, please contact:
Carmel Guy, Director
**********@tafeqld.edu.au
