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Welcome to the NRCoP Regulation Jobs Board – Your Gateway to New Regulatory Opportunities.

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Overview

Welcome to the NRCoP Regulation Jobs Board – Your Gateway to New Regulatory Opportunities!

Explore regulatory career opportunities through the NRCoP Jobs Board. New roles will also be promoted in NRCoP newsletters and on the NRCoP LinkedIn page, helping the regulatory community stay informed and connected.

Corporate Members

Corporate Members of the National Regulators Community of Practice (NRCoP) can advertise regulatory roles free of charge by completing the Corporate Member submission form.

Non-Corporate Members

Organisations that are not NRCoP Corporate Members can advertise regulatory roles for a fee. To submit a job advertisement, please complete the job listing registration form.

The NRCoP team will review each submission to ensure it aligns with the purpose and objectives of the Jobs Board. If the advertisement is approved, the nominated payment method will be charged. If it is not approved, no payment will be processed, and your organisation will be notified.

Bulk Job Listings

To submit multiple job listings, please complete the job listing registration form. An NRCoP team member will contact you by email to confirm the number of listings, collect the relevant details and provide a payment link.

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Vacant Roles

Opportunities in the Regulatory Community

Data Analyst (VPS4)

  • Organisation: Essential Services Commission

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 30 September 2026

  • Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The focus of the role is to provide robust analytical insights to support all aspects of the energy division’s operation.  

The role is split across two core functions: 

  • Support enhancements of the analytical proficiency of the energy division through producing innovative insightful analytical products, providing recommendations on how to uplift analytical systems and tools, and managing improvement projects under limited supervision  

  • Deliver on operational requirements including responding to internal and external clients’ requests, undertaking data management activities, and delivering a broad range of analytical and business intelligence reports.  

In this role you will: 

  • Produce insightful analytical reports (regular and ad hoc) to a broad range of stakeholder using advanced data analysis. 

  • Support the uplifting of the existing Energy Division’s data analytics platform and tools. 

  • Support the uplifting of the existing Energy Division’s advanced data analytics capability

Change Lead (VPS5)

  • Organisation: Essential Services Commission

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 1 October 2026

  • Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The Change Lead plays a key role in supporting delivery of the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) Transformation Program by leading change planning and implementation across a range of initiatives.

In this role, you will partner with program and business leads to assess change impacts, develop change approaches, and support the successful adoption of new ways of working. You will design and deliver practical change activities such as stakeholder engagement, communication, training, readiness planning and implementation support.

The role requires someone who can work across multiple initiatives in a dynamic environment, build strong relationships with stakeholders, and translate complex change into clear, practical actions for affected teams. You will bring demonstrated experience in change delivery, sound judgement, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across a complex regulatory setting.

Assistant Manager - Compliance and Enforcement - EL 1

  • Organisation: Australian Communications and Media Authority

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 4 October 2026

  • Job location: Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Job description:

Use your curiosity, drive and regulatory expertise to make a real difference for Australians.

  • Lead investigations and compliance actions that help protect telecommunications consumers and support consumer safety and confidence in essential services.

  • Manage a high-performing team while tackling emerging challenges across consumer protection, industry compliance and regulatory reform.

  • Work on issues that matter – from financial hardship and consumer safeguards to the reliability of Australia's critical communications services.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an independent Commonwealth statutory authority responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, radiocommunications, telecommunications and some online content.

This work underpins our vision for a connected, informed and entertained Australia.

Click ‘Apply Now’ to learn more about ACMA and the positions available.

Manager Regulation

  • Organisation: Early Childhood Regulatory Authority

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 4 October 2026

  • Job location: Brisbane

Job description:

The role offers opportunities to lead improvement work, develop guidance and tools, and influence how regulatory practice is operationalised across the Regulatory Authority. The role provides opportunities to develop staff through coaching, quality assurance and practical involvement in complex matters.

There is genuine scope to contribute ideas and improve how we work, including through better use of data, technology and risk-based approaches.

The work provides exposure to complex matters and decisions that can have significant implications for children, services, approved providers and the broader ECEC sector.

Principal Investigator

  • Organisation: ReturnToWorkSA

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 6 October 2026

  • Job location: Adelaide

Job description:

The opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to join ReturnToWorkSA’s Enforcement team, playing a critical role in protecting the integrity and fairness of the Return to Work scheme. You will contribute to meaningful outcomes for South Australians by supporting a regulatory environment that promotes compliance, deters wrongdoing, and upholds community trust. Working in a collaborative and values-driven organisation, you will be part of a team committed to excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The position

As Principal Investigator, you will lead complex investigations into suspected non-compliance and offences under the Return to Work Act, applying advanced investigative techniques and legislative expertise. The role involves gathering and assessing evidence, managing prosecution processes, and partnering with internal and external stakeholders, including our claims agents, external investigations providers, legal providers and law enforcement. You will also deliver investigative expertise to the Return to work Scheme, contribute to enforcement strategy, process improvement, and the development of best-practice investigation approaches.

Manager, Worker Screening Intelligence

  • Organisation: Social Services Regulator

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 6 October 2026

  • Job location: Melbourne CBD / Hybrid

Job description:

The Manager, Intelligence leads the Social Services Regulator's worker screening intelligence capability, directing the collection, collation, analysis and dissemination of information that identifies risk to children at the individual case level and at population scale.

The role leads a team of intelligence analysts and senior analysts, controls the tasking of all intelligence work, establishes and maintains the analytical standards and tradecraft of a newly created function, and ensures that decision makers receive relevant, timely and accurate intelligence.

Manager, Policy Practice and Reform

  • Organisation: Social Services Regulator

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 6 October 2026

  • Job location: Melbourne CBD / Hybrid

Job description:

Reporting to the Executive Director, Safeguarding and Regulation, you will lead a specialist team that supports consistent, effective and contemporary regulatory practice. You'll provide expert advice and practical guidance to shape how regulatory schemes are designed, implemented and continuously improved.

This is an opportunity to influence regulatory practice, strengthen operational frameworks and make a meaningful contribution to effective safeguarding and regulation.

Senior Review Officer

  • Organisation: Office of Industrial Relations

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 9 October 2026

  • Job location: Brisbane CBD

Job description:

The Office of Industrial Relations (OIR) plays a vital role in ensuring healthy, safe, and fair workplaces across Queensland. We deliver contemporary regulatory services that protect workers and support industry, making a real difference every day.

We’re seeking a Senior Review Officer to join our Review and Appeals Unit within the Workers’ Compensation Regulatory Services directorate. In this role, you will manage reviews of decisions made by workers’ compensation insurers and internal reviews of work health and electrical safety matters.

Senior Advisor (VPS6)

  • Organisation: Essential Services Commission

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 11 October 2026

  • Job location: Melbourne CBD

Job description:

The Senior Advisor plays a key role in the Office of the Executive Director, supporting the Energy Division to deliver its strategic, operational and regulatory priorities. Reporting to the Executive Director, Energy, the role provides strategic advice and executive support, leads a small team and oversees divisional planning, governance and risk activities.

In this role, you will work closely with the Energy Senior Leadership Team to support the development, delivery and reporting of divisional and annual operational plans, coordinate high-quality briefings and executive engagement, and facilitate communication and collaboration across the division. You will also lead engagement with external stakeholders, including government, industry, consumer and regulatory representatives, and support forums relevant to the economic regulation of Victoria’s energy sector.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, contribute to high-quality regulatory outcomes, and help support fair, reliable and accessible essential services for Victorian consumers

This is an ongoing position. The work location for this position is 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne with hybrid work arrangements available.

Director, Compliance and Enforcement

  • Organisation: Consumer Affairs Victoria, Department of Government Services

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 12 October 2026

  • Job location: Melbourne CBD

Job description:

A rare opportunity to lead compliance and enforcement at Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV), one of Victoria's key marketplace regulators.

CAV is an active regulator with a wide remit of responsibilities across fair trading, renting and licensed sectors and professions in Victoria.

The Director, Compliance and Enforcement sets and drives the strategic direction and operations of CAV's compliance and enforcement functions across these areas, reporting directly to the Executive Director & Director, CAV.

This is a varied, challenging and rewarding regulatory leadership role.

Stakeholder Support Officer (VPS3)

  • Organisation: Essential Services Commission

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 12 October 2026

  • Job location: Melbourne CBD

Job description:

Reporting to the Team Leader Engagement, the Stakeholder Support Officer is primarily responsible for responding to telephone and email queries and complaints from external stakeholders relating to the VEU program.

The role requires providing support to consumers to resolve complaints relating to the marketing of VEU upgrades and any issues that arise following the installation of energy efficient products under the program. The role involves extensive interaction with program participants in troubleshooting and resolving stakeholder queries and working in collaboration with teams across the division as required.

The role requires a combination of outstanding communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills, a desire to achieve positive outcomes and ability to empathise with consumers and other stakeholders.

Exploration Assessment Officer

  • Organisation: Department for Energy and Mining

  • Job type: Full Time

  • Job closing date: 14 October 2026

  • Job location: Adelaide

Job description:

Support South Australia's minerals sector by assessing exploration applications, engaging stakeholders, and providing environmental and regulatory expertise to inform decision making.

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