Closes: 09 June 2025
Classification: Senior Officer Grade B
Salary: $145,253 - $162,877 plus superannuation
Position No: 16232, several
Directorate: Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development
Advertised (Gazettal date): 26 May 2025
Contact Officer: Louise Bassett on or (02) 6205 7743
Details : Do you have a passion to support consumers and keep our community safe? Do you consider yourself a good communicator? Are you confident in finding answers to questions that you don't know?
Well...if you have answered 'yes', then this may be the opportunity for you!
Role
The Fair Trading and Compliance branch is looking to fill the role of Director, Compliance and Investigations. This is a leadership position in the Compliance team which undertakes frontline regulatory work, directly impacting the safety and wellbeing of consumers within the ACT community. Work is undertaken for a variety of statutory office holders, including:
* The Commissioner for Fair Trading;
* The Gambling and Racing Commission;
* The Controlled Sports Register; and
* The Registrar-General.
The Compliance team protects consumers, educates stakeholders, conducts enforcement where necessary, and regularly conducts both proactive and reactive field inspections to ensure the best possible outcomes for preventing harm. The position leads the team to deliver on these priorities, making decisions, allocating resources, maintaining and developing stakeholder relationships and addressing the more complex issues handled by the team. The position engages directly with various industry representatives to improve identified compliance failures and to support ongoing compliance with legislation. The position also performs regulatory checks of businesses (during business hours and overtime e.g. late and weekend work) to monitor compliance and respond to community complaints.
Eligibility/other Requirements
* Previous experience with regulatory practices and governance frameworks is highly desirable.
* This position does not require a pre-employment medical.
* This position does not require a Working with Vulnerable People Check.
Notes: This is a temporary position available immediately to 04 December 2025, with the possibility of extension and/or permanency. An order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months. This position is in a workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.
How to Apply: Please review the Position Description details about the role associated responsibilities. Suitability for this position will be assessed on your Skills, Knowledge and Behaviour in relation to the Duties/Responsibilities listed in the Position Description. Please submit a written application, of no more than two pages, and a Curriculum Vitae with the contact details of at least two referees. The two-page response should be written in the form of a pitch and should specifically address the Skills, Knowledge and Behaviour Selection Criteria within the Position Description.
Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now Button Below.
Important Information for Applicants
Effective from 1 July 2025, as part of the ACTPS 2025 Change Implementation Program, the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD), Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS), Access Canberra, and the Better Regulation Taskforce will amalgamate to form the new City and Environment Directorate. Further information about the Changes Implementation Program is available in the ACTPS 2025 Taskforce Report - Open Government Information.
Note
This is a temporary position available immediately to 04 December 2025, with the possibility of extension and/or permanency. #J-18808-Ljbffr