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• Organisation: Social Services Regulator

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 26 August 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The role of an Initial Assessment Officer is to conduct preliminary assessments of Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening applications and Clearance holders with criminal records or relevant professional findings.

Initial Assessment Officers provide legislative support to the operational teams through the use of expert knowledge and carry out quality assurance functions across their work. Initial Assessment Officers also regularly engage with a range of stakeholders in both written and verbal formats to seek and clarify information.

Initial Assessment Officers are also responsible for a range of administrative functions associated with processing case files, including conducting initial research and analysis of data.

• Organisation: Social Services Regulator

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 26 August 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

THE ROLE

The role of the Senior Review and Assessment Officer is to undertake the review and assessment of complex Working with Children and NDIS check applications and produce comprehensive and accurate assessments in a timely manner.

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

Day-to-day your responsibilities will include:

• Review and analyse information related to applications and produce objective, comprehensive and accurate assessments.

• Undertake sensitive investigations and critical analysis of information from a range of sources to evaluate applications/reassessments and make an objective recommendation on the individual's suitability to have a card.

• Undertake autonomous case management of applications and reassessments.

• Prepare and write clear and concise briefings to the department's executive management outlining recommendations on the assessment of Checks.

• Organisation: Essential Services Commission

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 26 August 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The Director, Compliance and Enforcement is a senior leadership opportunity to shape the commission’s approach to compliance and enforcement across Victoria’s energy sector. Leading a branch of approximately 30 staff, you will set its strategic direction and oversee regulatory action that protects consumers and drives improvements in the energy market.

As a member of the Energy leadership team, you will influence the broader direction of the division, provide strategic advice to senior leaders and Commissioners, and represent the commission on significant compliance and enforcement matters. You will lead a capable team through complex and high-profile work while building strong relationships across government, the legal profession, industry and other regulatory bodies.

This role would suit an experienced compliance and enforcement leader who combines strong legal and regulatory expertise with sound judgement and a collaborative leadership style. A tertiary qualification in law, investigations, policy or economics is required.

This is a fixed term position for 5 years. The work location for this position is 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne with hybrid work arrangements available.

• Organisation: Early Childhood Regulatory Authority

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 26 August 2026

• Job location: Brisbane

Job description:

The Early Childhood Regulatory Authority is seeking applications for a permanent full-time AO8 Manager Regulation position within the Child Safeguarding unit and would like to invite you, or people you know, to apply.

Child Safeguarding is a specialist statewide function that assesses notifications, complaints and intelligence and investigates allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct in early childhood education and care services. The team works closely with regional regulatory staff, government agencies, external authorities, sector stakeholders and subject-matter experts to identify risks to children and support coordinated regulatory responses.

The role offers:

• The opportunity to lead a specialist team within the Regulatory Authority.

• Direct engagement with leading academic experts in protective behaviours and situational and contextual crime prevention.

• A key role in shaping the continuing development and application of behavioural risk assessment and proportionate regulatory intervention.

• A significant role in the Regulatory Authority’s response to the Queensland Family and Child Commission’s In Plain Sight report and implementation of the Reportable Conduct Scheme.

• Opportunities to influence child-safeguarding policy, regulatory practice, operational systems and sector-wide reform.

• Access to the collective expertise of a specialist team and established relationships across government, regulatory authorities and the early childhood education and care sector.

• The opportunity to contribute directly to strategic regulatory decision-making.

You will bring:

• Integrity, sound judgement and a strong sense of personal accountability.

• A clear commitment to child safety, balanced with objectivity, procedural fairness and respect for evidence.

• A calm, measured and decisive approach to complex, sensitive and high-risk matters.

• Professional curiosity and the intellectual discipline to test assumptions, consider alternative explanations and avoid premature conclusions.

• Confidence and courage in providing direction, addressing difficult issues and standing behind well-founded decisions.

• Resilience and emotional maturity when working with confronting material and sustained operational demands.

• Adaptability and a genuine commitment to continuous improvement in child-safeguarding and regulatory practice.

• Organisation: Essential Services Commission

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 27 August 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The Senior Economist leads economics-focused research and analysis within the commission’s Economics and Insights team in the Energy Division. The role identifies emerging issues in energy markets and informs regulatory decisions to promote the long-term interests of Victorian energy consumers.

You will manage research and analytical projects involving large and complex datasets. You will also build stakeholder relationships and communicate complex findings to varied audiences.

A tertiary qualification in economics, data or a related discipline is required.

• Organisation: Social Services Regulator

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 28 August 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

THE ROLE

Senior Advisers in the Internal Review Branch are responsible for independently conducting complex, sensitive and high-risk internal reviews across schemes administered by the Social Services Regulator (SSR). The roles critically analyse legislation, evidence and submissions and prepare clear, lawful and well-reasoned recommendations and draft decisions that support fair, timely and safety-centred outcomes.

As senior practitioners, the roles also promote consistent and high-quality decision-making through peer review, mentoring, case conferencing, portfolio leadership and continuous improvement. Senior Advisers works closely with legal, regulatory and operational areas while maintaining the independence and impartiality of the internal review function

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

• Independently manage complex, sensitive and high-risk internal reviews from initial assessment through to a decision-ready outcome, meeting statutory and organisational timeframes.

• Interpret and apply relevant legislation, identify review powers and jurisdictional requirements, critically assess evidence and submissions, and obtain further information where required.

• Prepare clear, concise and defensible recommendations, briefings and draft reasons that support lawful, fair, evidence-based and safety-centred decision-making.

• Organisation: Social Services Regulator

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 30 August 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

Fixed Term - 2 Years

Information used by the Worker Screening Operations Branch may be held across multiple agencies and regulatory schemes. The Information Coordinator, Worker Screening will facilitate access to information and provide administrative support to help the branch fulfil its regulatory responsibilities under the Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic), including by:

• extracting information from internal databases to support assessment processes

• responding to public enquiries about the status of applications/renewals and child safety reforms

• supporting co-ordinated regulatory responses through internal and external information sharing.

While located within Worker Screening Operations Branch, the Information Coordinator will engage across the SSR, including with:

• SSR’s Contact Centre

• the Worker Screening Intelligence and Compliance Branch

• Other SSR regulatory schemes, including the Reportable Conduct Scheme and the Worker and Carer Exclusion Scheme.

This role will also be a ‘go to’ for a range of external agencies relevant to Working with Children (WWC) Check and National Disability Insurance (NDIS) Check information sharing. The Information Coordinator plays an important role in Worker Screening Operations, helping deliver the Victorian Government's Child Safety Reform agenda through effective information sharing to support intelligence-led, proactive and preventative approaches to child safety.

• Organisation: Social Services Regulator

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 1 September 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

• Support and progressively undertake the end-to-end conduct of internal reviews, including managing lower-complexity matters and completing defined components of more complex reviews.

• Assist to identify the reviewable decision, grounds of review, relevant issues, statutory requirements, applicable powers and procedural steps.

• Gather, organise and analyse information and evidence, including preparing chronologies, issue lists and evidence matrices and identifying gaps, inconsistencies or areas requiring further enquiry.

• Undertake legal, policy and practice research and apply relevant legislation, policy, guidance and administrative law principles to the circumstances of each matter.

• Organisation: Social Services Regulator

• Job type: Fixed Term opportunity - 30 June 2027

• Job closing date: September 2 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

The Regulatory Officer plays a key role in delivering the Victorian Social Services Regulator’s functions under the Social Services Regulation Act 2021 (the Act) and regulatory frameworks.

Working in Child Safe Standards, Child Safeguarding Branch this role is responsible for a range of regulatory responsibilities, including ensuring regulated entities’ compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.

This role is expected to have expertise in understanding and applying principles of risk-based regulation to the regulatory activities for which the Child Safeguarding Branch is responsible.

The successful applicant will have a background in working with regulatory frameworks, child safety, and stakeholder engagement.

This position involves the handling of challenging and confronting materials. The Project Officer, Child Safe Standards will support the receipt and review of notifications about incidents that caused serious harm, or had the potential to cause harm, to children and young people. This includes sexual offences and misconduct, physical violence, behaviour that causes significant emotional or psychological harm, and significant neglect.

The Project Officer supports the Regulator’s mission to ensure that social services are safe and treat people with agency and dignity. The role contributes to a strong culture of integrity, fairness, and accountability in the regulation of social services.

• Organisation: Social Services Regulator

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 3 September 2026

• Job location: Melbourne

Job description:

Working in Regulatory Compliance, Child Safeguarding Branch this role is responsible for ensuring compliance with the CSS by organisations without a sector specific co-regulator. The Compliance Officer will undertake a range of regulatory responsibilities including operating under a risk-based framework while managing an active case load, undertaking compliance assessments and inspections to develop, propose and deliver compliance case strategies and actions. The role may use a range of education, compliance and enforcement tools when working with stakeholders or organisations.

The Compliance Officer works collaboratively with team members and may seek guidance and assistance from Senior members of the team to support the delivery of timely advice and action. The role also works with co-regulators on occasions.

This role is expected to have expertise in understanding and applying principles of risk-based regulation and to develop knowledge of the regulatory activities for which the Child Safeguarding Branch is responsible. This position involves the handling of challenging and confronting materials.

• Organisation: SA Health

• Job type: Full Time

• Job closing date: 8 September 2026

• Job location: Adelaide, SA

Job description:

Join a committed team delivering critical environmental health services that protect and promote the health of communities in rural and remote South Australia.

This position is responsible for the planning and delivery of health protection operations and provides expert professional consultancy and advice on environmental health regulation, enforcement and health protection matters.

The position oversees the delivery of critical front line environmental health services in areas of South Australia where environmental health functions are not delivered by local government, including out of council areas and rural and remote Aboriginal communities, to ensure compliance with the requirements of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011, Food Act 2001, Safe Drinking Water Act 2011 and other subordinate legislation on behalf of the Minister for Health and Wellbeing.

The position is also responsible for undertaking complex strategic and logistical planning to ensure the effective prioritisation and targeting of activities and resources and safe service delivery. Establishing and maintaining partnerships with state and Commonwealth agencies, industry and non-government organisations, and Aboriginal stakeholders is an essential part of the role to protect and promote the health of South Australians, including strengthening Aboriginal environmental health outcomes.