Industry Engagement Manager

About us  

The Industry School, formerly the AITC, is unlike any other senior school. We’re for young people who seek a deliberately different educational experience. An industry-driven one. For those who want to learn in the classroom, within workplaces, and on the job. We’re for those young people who seek to start building real-world strengths and skills now, not only in the future.

We provide a unique two-to-three-year program for young people in Years 10 to 12 designed to progressively develop employability skills and achieve individualized learning goals while meeting the requirements of the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).

Our aim is to seamlessly blend senior education and vocational training to engage young people in purposeful learning experiences that are relevant to the real world of industry.

Values and Benefits

Our values play a critical role in cultivating culture. They set the standards for how we behave, interact with others, make decisions, and choose to act. They are:

Demonstrate genuine care  |  Think progressively  |  Take courageous action  | Achieve inspiring outcomes  |  Contribute authentically   |  Succeed collectively

We value and recognise our people through a range of benefits including superannuation matching after a qualifying period, access to corporate rate health insurance, salary packaging, staff discounts, Employee Assistance Programs, Professional Development, and the opportunity to participate in community-based activities in Australia and Cambodia to name a few.

About the role  

The new Industry Engagement Manager role has been created to connect young people at our Gold Coast School with industries and workplaces that inspire exploration and purpose, ensuring safe and meaningful workplace learning, and building sustainable workforce pipelines for localised industry partners.

This pivotal role drives the design and delivery of industry experiences, including Standard, Academy and Rookies programs, ensuring they remain innovative, engaging, and responsive to the changing world of work. 

A forward-thinking effective leader and industry champion, you will be a key member of the Gold Coast School Leadership Team, leading a team of Industry Consultants and playing a strategic role in operational decision-making and process improvements, ensuring compliance with school policies, procedures and regulatory requirements. 

Key functions include: 

• Driving business development and Industry growth: Proactively expanding Industry Partner networks in alignment with the future of work, strengthening industry connections and negotiating mutually beneficial partnership agreements that deliver long-term growth and innovation.
• Building a culture of safety, wellbeing and excellence in industry learning: Leading and overseeing industry program safety and embedding a culture of accountability, safety, and professionalism to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our young people. 
• Delivering outstanding outcomes for young people: Ensuring every young person achieves a positive destination pathway through either an apprenticeship, traineeship, further study, or employment.
• Leading an industry segment both in schools and across the system: Overseeing the effective delivery of programs, driving innovation, ensuring quality, continuous improvement and anticipating future workforce trends positioning the school in leading programs in preparing young people for industry specialisation.
• Leading and developing the Industry team: Building a high-performance culture of collaboration, professional growth, and shared purpose through inspiring and effective coaching, mentoring and goal setting. 
• Contributing to school and system leadership: Actively contributing to the Brisbane School Management Team and collaborating with the broader Industry Engagement Manager network to design and implement system-level improvements to industry programs.

About You 
To be successful in this role you will bring the following skills and experience:

Essential:

• Demonstrated experience leading a high-performing team to achieve outcomes and performance targets.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation, stakeholder engagement, and networking skills. 
• Passionate about the success of young people and is committed to making a tangible impact in education and industry.
• Experience managing quality systems and processes.
• Knowledge of safety, wellbeing, WHS and risk management processes and practices.
• High-level organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and make decisions independently.
• Strong understanding of confidentiality, privacy, and duty of care requirements. 
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card).
• Current driver’s license and ability to travel between sites as required.
• Ability to demonstrate The Industry School values.
• Right to work in Australia.

Desirable:

• Experience in an education or training organisation is highly regarded.
• Qualifications in education, training, business, or a related field (preferred).

To Apply
If this role has sparked your interest, please Apply Now.

Close Date for Applications: 13 August 2026

Please note: Interviewing may commence prior to the closing date on receipt of application. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as practicable.

For further information or a copy of the Position Description, please contact Wendy Mifsud at ******@theindustryschool.com.au

The Industry School is committed to safe and supportive work practices. Candidates will be subject to relevant checks such as teacher registration check, Blue Card, referee checks, identification verification, and the requirement to disclose any information relevant to your eligibility to engage in activities including children.