You will be at the forefront of ensuring early childhood education and care services across Queensland meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance. You’ll lead complex investigations, guide regulatory decisions, and provide expert advice impacting the wellbeing of children.
We’re seeking a highly skilled regulatory professional with strong investigative and decision-making experience. You will work closely with ECEC providers, peak bodies, and other government agencies to resolve complex matters and drive sector improvement. Within the Early Childhood Regulatory Authority’s Regulating for Quality framework, you’ll apply risk-based regulatory strategies to protect children, strengthen provider accountability, and foster community confidence.
If you’re ready to make a measurable difference in the lives of Queensland’s children, this is your opportunity.

Job details

About the Department of Education:

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About the Role

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the implementation of consistent, transparent and robust regulatory practice in accordance with the Undertaking complex regulatory activities, making recommendations and decisions that support the Regulatory Authority to undertake its functions under the legislation and in accordance with the principles of good administrative decision making.
• Providing guidance and support to team members to ensure delivery of effective regulatory practice.
• Identifying operational policy initiatives to support continuous quality improvement in effective regulatory practice in line with risk-based regulatory frameworks.
• Identifying and understanding risk, compliance and quality trends through analysing and monitoring data captured from a range of sources and regulatory systems.
• Applying effective record keeping practices and using regulatory systems to capture accurate and timely data, and regularly monitoring and reviewing data quality.
• Establish professional relationships with providers of ECEC services, other stakeholders and government agencies to achieve regulatory objectives.
• Providing expert advice that is consistent, accurate and timely to support the Regulatory Authority leadership team and external stakeholders including regulated ECEC providers and services, the general public and other agencies.
• Resolving conflicts in regulatory matters by effectively by managing relationships, accurately applying the legislation and escalating matters when needed.
• Contributing to the provision of high-level documentation, including briefs, correspondence, reports to support regulatory and executive decision making.
• Contributing to a professional team environment through personal commitment to ethical behaviour, staff wellbeing, skills development, professional growth and continuous improvement.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CO654194_25P Role Description (PDF, 269KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants