About Us

As Tasmania’s publicly owned training provider, TasTAFE is a vital contributor to the prosperity of the state’s economy through supporting jobs and employment and the economic resilience of our businesses and industry. With a focus on practical, real-life learning, we work hard to ensure the training our learners receive is industry relevant and we provide real industry skills that are highly valued by employers.

TasTAFE aspires to be a place of innovation, creating new ways of training, finding solutions, delivering differently and increasing access for all.

The Role

Are you a creative communicator who enjoys finding great stories and turning them into engaging content?

This is an exciting opportunity to support the communications and engagement activities for the Tasmanian Clean Energy Centre of Excellence (CoE) at TasTAFE’s Burnie campus.

As the Communications Officer, you will create and coordinate engaging content across a range of channels, build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and support communications activities that showcase the project, clean energy pathways and the opportunities it will create for Tasmania.

Working closely with the Project Director, Marketing and Communications team and Digital Content Creator, you will help bring the story to life through compelling written, photographic, video and digital content.

On any given day, you will:

- Lead and coordinate key education initiatives for the Clean Energy Centre of Excellence.
- Lead the Electrotechnology Trainer Strategy, supporting teacher capability and industry engagement.
- Coordinate the Student Support Strategy to enhance learner experience and success.
- Build strong relationships with industry, government, education providers and the National TAFE Centres of Excellence network.




- Coordinate professional development and support contemporary training approaches.
- Facilitate consultation, meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.
- Monitor project progress, outcomes and emerging issues, providing recommendations and updates as required.
- Support continuous improvement and ensure education initiatives respond to current and future industry needs.

This is a Fixed-term, full-time role until Dec 2028. This role will be based at our Burnie Campus.

What you will bring

You will bring strong communications skills and a creative approach to developing engaging content for a range of audiences and channels.

- Demonstrated experience creating engaging content across digital, social media and traditional media.
- Highly developed written, editing and proofreading skills.
- Robust verbal communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- The ability to research, identify stories and communicate information clearly and effectively.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Experience with photography and videography, with the ability to independently capture visual content.
- A team-oriented, proactive and flexible approach to working in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Requirements

Experience in a communications, media or marketing role.

Desirable Requirements

The following would be highly regarded:

- Relevant formal tertiary qualification.
- Ability to undertake intrastate travel.





A current Working with Vulnerable People registration is required, or the ability to obtain prior to commencement.

Australian permanent residency, or possession of a valid visa with work entitlement in Australia.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At TasTAFE, we encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexibility. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity in our community and we are committed to building a culture we are all proud of.

Ask us how we can make this role flexible to suit you.

Join TasTAFE

If you think this could be the opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply. To be eligible, you must have the right to work in Australia. For more information regarding this opportunity, please call TasTAFE on 13•• ••• 307 and ask to speak to a member of the Talent Team.

Candidate screening and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know during selection.

Applications for this role close at 11:55pm on Thursday, 22 October 2026

TasTAFE is determined to create a positive application experience for all candidates.

We are committed to provide application outcomes via phone or email in a timely manner to all candidates.

TasTAFE prioritises Tasmania’s Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety in its recruitment process, ensuring the safety and cultural well-being of children, youth, and Aboriginal individuals.

📌 Communications Officer - Tasmanian Clean Energy Centre of Excellence (Burnie)
🏢 Tastafe
📍 Burnie