Vacancy Details


Team and Role Overview 

The Regulatory Operations Group (ROG) has responsibility for achieving safer and healthier workplaces within its jurisdiction. As an effective national regulator, it does this by promoting continuous improvements in work health, safety and rehabilitation practices and monitoring and compliance with the law. 

Using a contemporary risk-based approach, the Group plans and implements an integrated program of continuous improvement and compliance activities to target issues or entities across the jurisdiction that pose the most significant risk to health and safety of workers. 

The Regulatory Performance team supports the Regulatory Operations Group (ROG) and is responsible for conducting internal reviews and assurance activities, strategic and operational planning and reporting activities, maintaining an informative and effective Group intranet (ROG HUB) site, providing oversight and reporting on ROG budgeting and staffing matters, managing Comcare’s regulatory case management system, the delivery of ROG workforce planning, operational design and business improvement activities and the enhancement of ROG’s capability through the management of key projects and staff development activities.

Working closely with the Senior Director National Programs and Enabling Teams, Regulatory Operations Group Directors, colleagues and key stakeholders, the Director supports and enables the delivery of regulatory activities across the group by:

  • Providing strategic leadership and promoting national consistency across activity development and delivery
  • Promoting innovation and continuous improvement in work health and safety regulatory best practice
  • Designing, initiating, implementing and evaluating complex regulatory and business improvement programs and projects
  • Developing, monitoring and reporting on group budgets and strategic and operational plans
  • Preparing advice and briefs for the Executive and external stakeholders
  • Providing expert advice on policy, legislation, systems and processes, and
  • Developing staff and evaluating individual and team performance.

Elegibility and Specific Conditions of Employment

  1. Australian citizenship.
  2. Character clearance (police records check).
  3. Health clearance.
  4. Six months probationary period for new engagements.
  5. Ability to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting 1 Security Clearance.
  6. Specific Conditions: Ability to travel including overnight when required.


How to apply

Please review the Job Information Pack and Position Descriptions below and provide a statement of claims with your responses outlining what you could bring to this position including your skills, experience and knowledge relevant to the job specific capabilities and role/s (maximum 2 pages).