We're Hiring!

Senior Consultant, Future Workforce Design

• Full Time, Fixed Term role until 30 June 2028
• Geelong office location, with flexible hybrid working
• Offering a competitive base salary of circa $155,000 plus super and benefits

Care in Action

With a career at the TAC, you’ll be helping us look out for the lives of everyone who travels on Victoria’s roads. That’s care in action.

Find out more about our shared purpose, and what drives every one of us.

Right now, we’re seeking a Senior Consultant, Future Workforce Design who will play their part in this shared purpose, while also supporting the progress of clients and colleagues so they can achieve great things. That’s truly rewarding work that will help us continue to deliver life-critical services where it matters. 

About the role

As Senior Consultant, Future Workforce Design, you will work closely with Business Partners and business leaders to translate strategic priorities, operating model changes and technology modernisation into practical future workforce plans.

Bringing specialist expertise in workforce forecasting and design, capability planning and scenario analysis, you will identify how work will change, the capabilities the TAC will need and the actions required to move from the current to future workforce. You will facilitate strategic workforce planning, develop evidence-based scenarios, assess workforce gaps and risks, and recommend practical transition strategies using levers such as build, buy, borrow, redeploy, redesign and automate.

About the Team

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Learning and Capability, this role sits within the People Capability Branch in the People & Culture division. You will join a collaborative, supportive and outcomes-focused team that is passionate about enabling the TAC and its people to thrive.

You will be supported by a manager who promotes a highly engaged, trusting and inclusive team culture.

What we’re looking for

Strategic workforce planning expertise

• Demonstrated experience in strategic workforce planning, workforce strategy, organisational design, capability planning or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of workforce planning methodologies, capability frameworks and strategies, workforce segmentation and scenario planning.
• Experience working in a complex organisation undergoing transformation or significant workforce change will be highly regarded.

Analysis, scenario design and strategic advice

• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex workforce information and translate insights into clear, practical and evidence-based strategic advice.
• Experience developing future workforce scenarios that consider strategic, technological and organisational change, including AI, automation and emerging technologies.
• Ability to identify critical roles, capabilities, workforce segments, material gaps, risks and opportunities, and recommend sustainable transition actions.

Senior stakeholder partnering and facilitation

• Experience partnering with senior leaders to translate business strategy into future workforce requirements and practical interventions.
• Strong facilitation, consulting and influencing skills, with experience leading future workforce design and capability conversations with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Business, Workforce Planning or a related discipline are desirable.

Why you’ll love it here

There’s more to work than a competitive salary and amazing employee benefits. As our newest Senior Consultant, Future Workforce Design, you’ll also:

Make a positive difference

Every day the work you do at the TAC contributes to something bigger. As part of an inclusive, supportive team you’ll find real purpose in achieving goals, together.

Be rewarded for great work

We value our people, offering a service delivery payment, salary packaging and a reward and recognition program.

Grow and go places

We’re invested in your progress. When you work for one of Victoria’s largest and leading workplaces, you’ll receive extensive internal opportunities for development and access to the LinkedIn Learning Digital Hub.

Ready to put care in action? We’d like to hear from you.

Click apply to submit your cover letter and resume. If successful, you’ll progress to an interview. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application.

For more information, read the attached Position Description or contact Tamika Russell, Talent Acquisition Specialist via email tamika_russell@tac.vic.gov.au for a confidential discussion. Applications close at 11:55pm on Thursday 8 October 2026.

If we can do anything to help make applying for this role easier, or you have an adjustment request, please let our Talent Acquisition Team know at recruitment@tac.vic.gov.au. If over the phone is better for you, our number is 03 9300 0501.

A safe place to work

We’re committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of employees. This extends to inclusion, diversity and accessibility in our employment practices, and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, men, women and gender diverse people, culturally diverse, and LGBTIQA+ people to apply for roles.

Child Safety

At the TAC we are committed to the safety of children and young people. For more information regarding our commitment to child safety, please visit our website.