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• Organisation: Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 19 June 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

An exciting opportunity is available for highly motivated individuals with strong attention to detail and a passion for meaningful work to support the Operations Branch within VECRA with the compliance and quality assessment of ECEC services.

As a Senior Authorised Officer, you will play an active frontline role in promoting quality improvement in ECEC services by conducting assessment and rating visits across metropolitan and regional areas and planning and leading investigations as part of the core functions of VECRA. The role will also facilitate coaching and mentoring to colleagues, including Authorised Officers, in preparing and conducting assessment and rating visits, managing enquiries, complaint and incident notifications and conducting investigations. The role will at times have responsibility for key regulatory functions as determined by the Manager. The role will also be required to engage and provide specialist advice to internal and external stakeholders and provide leadership support across the team's regulatory functions.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Managing and reporting on approved education and care services' compliance with the National Quality Framework (NQF)

• Undertaking the assessment and rating process for approved education and care services against the National Quality Standard.

• Leading and conducting investigations following notifications of incidents or complaints.

• Preparing and analysing evidence to determine the action to be taken in response to the seriousness of the non-compliance and developing reports and recommendations.

• Applying a full range of regulatory tools to promote continuous improvement.

• Managing systems and processes for the collection and reporting of information relating to service quality and regulatory issues.

• Preparing detailed letters, briefings and reports relating to policy and operational issues

• Communicating legislative and regulatory requirements across licensed and approved education and care services, including through running information sessions and training programs.

• Implementing quality assurance frameworks, systems and processes to give effect to legislative and regulatory requirements.

• Mentoring and coaching Authorised Officers.

• Organisation: Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 23 June 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The Inspector/Senior Regulatory Officer (Monitoring) plays a key role in delivering risk based, intelligence led inspection and enforcement activities as part of an end-to-end sector-based team. In this role, you will undertake compliance inspections, including both on-site and remote, to assess adherence to regulatory requirements. You will apply analytical thinking to assess complex information, identify emerging risks and trends, and support well-informed regulatory decisions. You’ll contribute to meaningful outcomes by recommending appropriate actions in line with the VGCCC’s regulatory approach, posture, frameworks, policies and procedures.

This is a rostered position requiring flexibility to undertake shift work. It will suit someone looking for variety in their working hours. To be successful in this position you will have:

• Experience in regulatory operations.

• Experience preparing written summaries of available evidence to support decision making.

• Strong analytical capability with a thoughtful approach to interpreting complex information and identifying underlying causes.

• A proactive mindset to identify emerging trends that may impact the integrity, safety and fairness of activities.

• Organisation: Essential Services Commission

• Job type: Full-time

• Job closing date: 25 June 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

Join a high performing in-house legal team doing varied, high impact work for Victoria's economic regulator. The Legal Counsel plays a key role in the in-house Legal team within the Governance, Legal, Operations and Engagement division, providing accurate, timely and pragmatic legal advice across the breadth of the commission's regulatory work.

This is a busy in-house environment where a lot happens, and no two days are the same. One day you may be preparing detailed advice to support enforcement action, the next you may be reviewing the accuracy of guidance materials for a pricing determination, and another day you may be instructing external counsel at a hearing. You will bring your expertise and a collaborative approach to supporting the work of the commission.

This role provides the opportunity to develop your skills, work collaboratively across the organisation, and contribute to outcomes that support fair, reliable and accessible essential services for Victorian consumers.

• Organisation: Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 26 June 2026

• Job location: Sydney CBD

Job description:

Manager, Public Water Utilities is an opportunity to lead important regulatory work that helps deliver safe, reliable and fairly priced water services for the people of NSW. In this role, you’ll lead a small team responsible for overseeing the licensing and compliance framework for public water utilities across the state.

Working within IPART’s Regulation and Compliance Division, you’ll lead periodic licence reviews, identify opportunities to strengthen regulatory and compliance approaches, and support greater integration between compliance and economic regulation. You’ll also provide strategic advice to senior leaders and build strong relationships with government agencies, public water utilities and other key stakeholders.

We’re looking for a confident and capable leader with experience in a regulatory environment and strong knowledge of water and sewage services. You’ll bring sound judgement, strong project management skills, and the ability to turn complex technical issues into clear, practical advice.

This is a rewarding opportunity to influence meaningful reform, lead a collaborative team, and contribute to better outcomes for communities across NSW.

• Organisation: WorkSafe Victoria

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 28 June 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

Reporting to the Chief Executive officer, the Chief of Staff, provides strategic support to the CEO on key strategic priorities and external relations. The role is responsible for providing high level and expert executive counsel to the CEO on a broad range of significant issues and projects. The position also oversees WorkSafe’s media team.

The position works within a complex environment and often manages sensitive, time critical issues requiring innovative solutions. The role liaises, consults and negotiates at a senior level on a range of executive, operational and policy issues. The role also leads projects on behalf of the CEO.

Read the full briefing pack here.

• Organisation: WorkSafe Victoria

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 28 June 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

Reporting to the Executive Director Corporate Services and also having a close working relationship with the CEO and Board Committee, the Chief Risk Officer will provide strategic leadership across enterprise risk, assurance and resilience functions, ensuring WorkSafe maintains robust governance and risk management practices aligned to organisational priorities.

The role will oversee the development and implementation of enterprise-wide risk frameworks, advise executive and Board stakeholders on current and emerging risks, and strengthen organisational capability in risk-informed decision-making. The CRO will play a critical role in supporting strategic priorities, enhancing organisational resilience and ensuring effective assurance across WorkSafe’s operational, regulatory and insurance environment.

The Chief Risk Officer will also provide strategic oversight and challenge in relation to the risks that underpin the long-term sustainability of Victoria’s workers’ compensation scheme, including strategic, operational, financial and emerging risks, ensuring WorkSafe continues to meet its obligations to Victorian workers, employers and the broader community.

Read the full briefing pack here.

• Organisation: Essential Services Commission

• Job type: Full-time

• Job closing date: 29 June 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

Join and support a high performing legal team with the systems, processes and delivery that keep it running. The Paralegal/Project Administrator plays a key role in supporting the in-house Legal team within the Governance, Legal, Operations and Engagement division, providing project, coordination and operational support across the breadth of the team's work.

This is a busy in-house environment where a lot happens, and no two days are the same. One day you are actioning an FOI document review, the next you are improving how legal matters get triaged and flow, the next you are reviewing law firm proposals and reporting your findings to decision makers, and another day you are triaging the varied queries your colleagues need legal support on. You will work closely with the General Counsel, Principal Lawyers and internal clients, bringing a practical, get it done approach to everything you touch.

This role provides the opportunity to develop your skills, work collaboratively across the organisation, and contribute to outcomes that support fair, reliable and accessible essential services for Victorian consumers.

• Organisation: Economic Regulation Authority

• Job type: Contract/Temporary

• Job closing date: 29 June 2026

• Job location: Perth

Job description:

This position is an 18-month fixed-term contract, with the potential for extension or permanency, and is backfilling a role during a period of parental leave.

If you thrive on solving complex economic and regulatory problems and want your work to shape the future of the energy transition, come join us!

The ERA is looking for a sharp and strategic principal analyst to help steer the regulation of Western Australia’s electricity markets through the energy transition. In this role, you’ll apply strong analytical skills to real-world regulatory challenges: analysing market behaviour; providing public guidance to prohibit market manipulation and non-compliant market offers; guiding rule changes; testing the validity of market monitoring tools; and advising on market design in a rapidly changing energy landscape.

You’ll lead complex, high-impact projects, provide evidence-based recommendations to decision makers, and mentor highly engaged economists and analysts. You’ll also work closely with industry and government, influence strategic discussions, and represent the ERA in various forums.

• Organisation: Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

• Job type: Full-time

• Job closing date: 29 June 2026

• Job location: Sydney

Job description:

The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport (DCITHS) is seeking a motivated and collaborative Culture and Capability Project Officer to join the Hospitality & Racing division.

This role plays a key part in shaping organisational culture and supporting workforce capability across a diverse regulatory environment. You’ll contribute to and support the design and delivery of culture, values and ethics initiatives, and help embed capability priorities so they are understood, adopted and applied in practice.

You’ll help connect our people to the purpose of our work - supporting a vibrant, safe and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment for communities across NSW.

In this role, you’ll contribute to and support the delivery of practical engagement and culture initiatives that strengthen staff connection, support regulatory professionalism, enhance onboarding and recognition experiences, and help initiatives land effectively across the workforce. You’ll work closely with leaders and subject matter experts to translate intent into clear expectations and meaningful day-to-day practice, contributing to a culture of collaboration and regulatory excellence.

• Organisation: Essential Services Commission

• Job type: Full-time

• Job closing date: 30 June 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer will play a key role in Victoria’s water customer service framework including the protection of customers experiencing vulnerability. It is responsible for monitoring and reporting on water businesses compliance with relevant water rules and gathering evidence to inform decisions about regulatory compliance action.

The role is part of a multidisciplinary team and will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to proactively identify and share emerging regulatory compliance issues, develop proposals on appropriate regulatory responses, and develop resources that support improved outcomes for customers.

This role provides the opportunity to deploy your excellent communication skills, work collaboratively across the organisation, and contribute to outcomes that support fair, reliable and accessible essential services for Victorian consumers.

• Organisation: State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA)

• Job type: Full-time

• Job closing date: 3 July 2026

• Job location: Sydney

Job description:

The NSW Government is seeking an outstanding executive leader to lead SIRA, one of the State’s most significant regulatory agencies, overseeing insurance schemes that impact millions across NSW.

Reporting to the Minister, you will lead the strategic direction and performance of SIRA, ensuring effective, risk-based regulation of Workers Compensation, Home Building Compensation and CTP schemes. You will drive reform, strengthen scheme sustainability and affordability, and provide authoritative advice to government.

Working in partnership with the SIRA Board, you will support strong governance and decision-making while representing NSW across government and industry.

We are seeking a senior executive with:

• A proven track record in regulatory leadership within complex environments

• Demonstrated ability to partner with boards and government

• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing expertise

• Experience delivering reform and system-wide outcomes

• Sound judgement across governance, risk and financial oversight

NSW Public Service Senior Executive Band 3 – total remuneration package commensurate with experience.

For further information contact: dcs_executiverecruitment@customerservice.nsw.gov.au

To apply, submit your CV and cover letter via iworkfor.nsw.gov.au

Applications close: Friday 3 July 2026 at 9:59am.

• Organisation: WorkSafe Victoria

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 5 July 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Director, Corporate Services is a key member of WorkSafe Victoria’s Executive Leadership Team, providing strategic leadership across a diverse portfolio of corporate functions. These corporate functions include technology and information, risk, communications, policy, dispute resolution support, professional support and more – and they are all critical to underpin the organisation’s ability to deliver on its purpose and strategy.

Working closely with the CEO, Board, Executive Leadership Team and key external partners and stakeholders, the role will champion digital transformation, innovation and contemporary service delivery, ensuring corporate services functions are supporting WorkSafe strategic priorities and are delivering measurable value for the organisation and the Victorian community.

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• Organisation: Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC)

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 5 July 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

This is a rare opportunity to lead one of Victoria's most important integrity functions, overseeing the assessment of allegations of corruption, police misconduct and public interest disclosures that help safeguard public trust in government and public institutions.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director – Complaint and Assessment Services provides strategic and operational leadership of IBAC's Complaint and Assessment Services (CAS) Division, a critical function at the forefront of Victoria's integrity system.

The Division serves as the primary gateway for allegations of public sector corruption, police misconduct and public interest disclosures, assessing complex, sensitive and often high-profile matters that may have significant implications for government, law enforcement and the Victorian community. The Director is responsible for ensuring these matters are managed with rigour, fairness, efficiency and sound judgement, while maintaining public confidence in IBAC's role as an independent integrity agency.

Leading a division of 30 staff through five direct reports and overseeing an annual budget of approximately $4.8 million, the Director will drive the strategic direction, performance and continuous improvement of the complaint and assessment function. This includes strengthening assessment frameworks, enhancing service delivery, leveraging data and insights to identify emerging trends, and building organisational capability to respond to an increasingly complex operating environment.

As a member of IBAC's Senior Leadership Team, the Director will contribute to organisational strategy and decision-making, provide trusted advice to the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners and Executive, and represent IBAC across government, the integrity sector and key stakeholder groups. The role offers a unique opportunity to influence how Victoria responds to allegations of corruption and misconduct while helping to strengthen integrity and accountability across the public sector.

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• Organisation: Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal

• Job type: Full-time

• Job closing date: 8 July 2026

• Job location: Sydney CBD

Job description:

IPART is recruiting two ongoing Director roles within our Regulation & Compliance division, leading specialist teams that support safe, reliable and sustainable energy outcomes for the people of NSW.

The Director, Energy Networks Regulation will oversee licensing, compliance and stakeholder engagement across NSW’s electricity networks, while the Director, Energy Sustainability Schemes will lead compliance oversight of accredited providers through audits, investigations and assurance activities.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Regulation & Compliance, these senior leadership roles will provide strategic advice, guide risk-based regulatory approaches, and work closely with co-regulators, policy makers and stakeholders to support robust, impartial decision making.

We are seeking experienced senior leaders with strong judgement, regulatory or compliance expertise, and the ability to lead high-performing teams through complex policy, technical and stakeholder issues. Experience in the energy sector is desirable but not essential; a genuine interest in improving energy outcomes in NSW is important.