TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers
Associate Director – Data Services
State-wide opportunity (subject to TAFE NSW campus availability)
12 months Temporary Full-Time role
Total Remuneration Package $236,474 includes base salary $210,015 plus superannuation and leave loading.
At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact.
That’s why we offer world-class training and education that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.
We live by TAFE NSW values: Customer Focus, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. They define who we are, how we work and inspire our performance.
We invest in our people
At TAFE NSW, you will discover a diverse, dynamic, and collaborative environment, where you can innovate, create value, and do meaningful work.
We provide you with tools and ongoing training and professional development, health and wellbeing programs, and depending on your role, a variety of flexible working options.
About the role
Reporting to the Director Strategy & Architecture within our Digital Solutions Group, the Associate Director Data Services will be responsible for managing and driving the development and implementation of data sciences, analytics, business intelligence and reporting services to be used across TAFE NSW. This includes the design, provisioning, continuous improvement and management of data services to leverage data features and underpin the analytical needs of business across the whole of the Systems Group architecture.
This is a 12-month temporary full-time role and available from 15 September 2025.
About You
You thrive in a fast-paced environment and a dynamic team and enjoy supporting and regularly interfacing with senior and executive level management. You have strong communication, stakeholder and influencing skills, with the ability to motivate team members and drive contemporary ways of working through periods of change.
To be successful in this role, you will have:-
- Degree qualification in Systems Group and or relevant experience in an information/ data/ records, Master Data Management or similar role.
- Understanding of modern micro service architecture and master data management practices
- Extensive knowledge and skill in leading, developing and implementing enterprise information and data management frameworks within a diverse and complex organisational environment.
- Significant strategic, analytical, planning, conceptual and advisory skills in translating business direction and initiatives into data and information strategies and services within a complex organisational environment.
- Proven ability to comply with legislation and policy as directed by strategy and architecture to underpin the TAFE NSW Systems Group data and information management framework.
- Ability to interpret enterprise architectures
Highly Regarded
- Prior experience and understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and services, including any formal qualifications in AI
- Proven experience in managing large data cloud environment
- Prior experience in building Modern data services environment
Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks. If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor listed below.
A career of life-changing impact awaits you. Apply now!
Applications close 11.55pm Wednesday 9th July 2025
To apply for this role, click on 'apply now' and provide:
- Your current resume (in PDF format)
- Certified copies of your qualifications (if applicable as a single PDF document)
- Response to one targeted question when prompted in the application form (max 500 words)
Targeted Question:
Please provide an example of an implementation project for enterprise information and data management framework OR large data cloud environment OR building modern data services environment that you led from planning to implementation including an indication of the scale and complexity of the project. What challenges did you experience, what were the major risks and how did you overcome them?
Role-specific enquiries: contact Colin Frewen, Director Strategy and Architecture, via email Colin.Frewen1@tafensw.edu.au
General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Talent Acquisition Advisor Shweta Yadav via email shweta.yadav@tafensw.edu.au
For helpful insights into preparing your application, TAFE NSW’s recruitment process, and getting interview ready, explore our Candidate Toolkit, attend one of our Recruitment Readiness Workshops, and check out the interactive Capability Application Tool.
This is a child-related position. A Working with Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work. It involves a national criminal history check and review of findings of workplace misconduct.
To be eligible for positions at TAFE NSW, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport.
An eligibility list, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently becomes vacant, may be filled via this recruitment.
Location is negotiable across our TAFE NSW campuses. Please note your preferred campus location is not guaranteed and is subject to campus availability at the time of offer.
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