Director, Regulation and Compliance (357822) - Independent Regulator
Department of Justice
Independent Regulator, CYSOR
Applications must be submitted by Sunday 04 May, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
Award/Classification:
Tasmanian State Service Award - General Stream Band 8
$140,703.00 to $150,200.00 per annum
Employment type:
Permanent, full-time
Region:
South
Location:
Hobart
The position of Director, Regulation and Compliance contributes significantly to the efficient, effective, and ethical operation of the Office of the Independent Regulator (the Office) by supporting the oversight, regulation and monitoring of organisations and services that provide services to children. The Director, Regulation and Compliance will influence and lead cultural change by building capacity and capability in organisations to be child-safe in line with the Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Act 2023. The work of the Director, Regulation and Compliance is guided by legislation, office procedures, and delegations. The position will operate through the direction of the Independent Regulator while supporting a team to achieve outcomes in line with the OIR’s strategic plan.
We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.
The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform the contact listed at the end of this vacancy.
We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about how this could work for you.
Hours per fortnight
73.50 hours per fortnight- flexible options available.
Duties
* Provide strategic direction and technical leadership and support the Independent Regulator in driving a culture of high performance and continuous improvement to fulfil statutory obligations, as well as managing a team of Regulation and Compliance Officers and Assessment and Monitoring Officers.
* Conduct or oversee the conduct of investigations of serious and/or complex reportable allegations and systemic child safeguarding concerns relating to the prevention of and response to reportable allegations and provide expert guidance to staff on reportable conduct functions and process.
* Responsible for developing and overseeing an assessment and monitoring program to assess the achievements of relevant organisations in meeting the Child and Youth Safe Standards and Universal Principle.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to facilitate collaboration, information exchange and timely expert response to child protection or matters of reportable conduct.
* Provide supervision for officers within the unit on their work across the Office including performing quality assurance on their case work and ensuring relevant agreed key performance indicators are met, providing constructive feedback, coaching, training, and support as necessary.
* Provide expert advice to relevant entities on high risk and/or complex child protection matters, from assessing and managing risks to best practice investigative methods and leading targeted and tailored sector development initiatives as needed.
* Provide timely and strategic advice to the Independent Regulator or other senior officers as required on trends, systemic issues, individuals of concern, agency deficient investigations as well as the result of the assessment and analysis of information/holdings and other matters relevant to the functions of the Office of the Independent Regulator.
* Working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to build capacity within organisations/entities to build compliance with standards.
* Exercise a high level of judgement in dealing with relevant entities and specific cases, accepting responsibility and being accountable for any risk taken or decision made.
* Assist the Independent Regulator in their fulfilment of their responsibilities pursuant to the following legislation:
o Child and Youth Safe Organisations Act 2023
o Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997
o Youth Justice Act 1997
o Right to Information Act 2009
o Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022.
A Current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People.
Pre-employment Checks
The Head of State Service has determined that the person nominated for this vacancy is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:
* Arson and fire setting
* Violent crimes and crimes against the person
* Sex-related offences
* Drug and alcohol related offences
* Crimes involving dishonesty
* Crimes involving deception
* Making false declarations
* Malicious damage and destruction to property
* Serious traffic offences
* Crimes against public order or relating to the Administration of Law and Justice
* Crimes against Executive or the Legislative Power
* Crimes involving Conspiracy
* Disciplinary action in previous employment.
Qualifications
Relevant tertiary qualifications or demonstrated employment history at a high level leading and managing high risk investigations and compliance activity.
Application Process
To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter addressing the following questions as they related to the Statement of Duties:
* The skills and experience you bring in strategic leadership within a Regulatory environment and examples to demonstrate the effectiveness of your work.
* Your knowledge of and experience in the management of investigative process and procedure and how you use quality assurance process to improve your practice and experience.
Please also include a copy of your CV/Resume. Refer to the 'Information for Applicants (DOJ)' document for further information. Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on (03) 6165 4914.
For more information
Zaharenia Galanos
Project Director (Child and Youth Safety)
zaharenia.galanos@oir.tas.gov.au
0437 318 552
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