Teacher of Hairdressing and Barbering

About the role

TAFE NSW is looking for industry qualified teachers within Hairdressing and Barbering to join the team as Casual Teachers and share your industry knowledge and expertise with an engaged student cohort. You will become part of a highly driven and successful team who work collaboratively to achieve students’ success.

Campus locations include Tamworth/ Armidale/ Inverell/ Dubbo/ Broken Hill/ Orange/ Parkes/ Forbes/ Bathurst/ Lithgow (subject to accommodation availability). This recruitment will also be used to create a suitability list which may be used to fill future similar positions within the West region.

About You

You will love this position if you like to share your passion in the Hairdressing industry and are ready to educate a team of passionate students from a range of backgrounds to achieve their personal and work goals whilst developing and implementing an educational and career plan. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to share information with your students through face to face and connected learning platforms, if required.

To be considered for the role you will have:

• Certificate III (or above) in Hairdressing or Barbering

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116) or equivalent

• Minimum of three years post-qualification experience relevant to your qualifications, gained no longer than five years previously

• Demonstrated commitment to maintaining professional currency

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 let your Talent Acquisition Advisor know.

Applications close AEST on Tuesday, 27th February 2024

• Your current resume (in PDF format)

• Certified copies of your qualifications (in a single document in PDF format)

• Your response to the two targeted questions when prompted in the application form (max 300 words per response).

Targeted Question 1

Provide an overview of your experience within Hairdressing and Barbering and explain what motivates you to become a Teacher at TAFE NSW. How would you utilise your experience to enrich the learning of TAFE NSW students?

Targeted Question 2

The role of a TAFE Teacher as a professional educator is to help, construct, guide and enhance the educative process. Based on your industry experience, what are your strengths that are transferrable and will set you up for success in a learning environment?

For temporary positions, you will require a visa that gives you permission to work in Australia.

A suitability list, valid for 36 months, may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently becomes vacant, may be filled via this recruitment.