- Executive leadership across a key regional portfolio
- Drive strategy, quality and commercial outcomes
- Influence the future of regional training delivery
TAFE Queensland is the state’s largest provider of vocational education and training, delivering high-quality outcomes for students, industry and communities across Queensland.
The Opportunity
An outstanding opportunity now exists for a strategic and collaborative executive to join the Southwest Region as Executive Director, Education and Training. This role can be based at the Ipswich or Toowoomba campus, with travel across the region required.
As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will lead the education and training portfolio across a large and diverse region, shaping long-term direction, driving performance and ensuring training remains relevant, responsive and future-focused.
In this role, you will provide strategic leadership across education delivery, training quality, portfolio performance and regional planning. You will work closely with executive colleagues to develop and implement a clear long-term direction for the portfolio, aligned to workforce demand, community need and organisational priorities. The role also carries responsibility for strengthening collaboration across campuses and teams, improving consistency and accountability, and ensuring the region is well positioned to respond to changing industry and student expectations.
The Person
This role will suit a contemporary and innovative leader who can bring people together around a clear vision, strengthen alignment across teams and campuses, and translate strategy into practical outcomes. You will be visible, influential and commercially astute, with the ability to lead through complexity and build strong relationships across industry, community and government stakeholders. You will also bring the judgement to balance strategic ambition with operational discipline, ensuring high-quality outcomes for students while supporting sustainable growth and sound resource management.
The ideal candidate will have vocational education experience, or leadership experience from an adjacent complex service environment. Most importantly, you will bring executive presence, strategic capability and a strong track record of leading change, lifting performance and building high-performing teams.
Why TAFE Queensland
This is a rare opportunity to make a genuine impact across one of Queensland’s most important regional education portfolios.
To view the Success Profile for this opportunity, please copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/kw24ezuf
To apply, please click ‘apply now’ and upload your CV and cover letter. For a confidential discussion, please contact Ashleigh Stewart on 0408 856 689 or Kelly Lorentz at Kelly.lorentz@davidsonwp.com
Applications close Sunday 26 th April 2026.
