Join us in this exciting leadership opportunity as Manager, Regulation within Early Childhood Regulatory Authority.
If you're ready to lead with purpose and make a difference, we want to hear from you!

Job details

The Child Safeguarding team is a specialist statewide function within the Queensland Early Childhood Regulatory Authority. It 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.

About the Role:

• The opportunity to lead a specialist child-safeguarding team within the nation's leading early childhood education and care regulator.
• Direct engagement with leading academic experts in protective behaviours and situational and contextual crime prevention.
• The opportunity to shape 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 working relationships with regional regulatory staff, government agencies, external authorities and sector stakeholders.
• The opportunity to provide authoritative advice to senior leaders and contribute to strategic regulatory decision-making.

Responsibilities Include:

• Substantial experience leading a regulatory, investigative, child-safeguarding or comparable human-services function.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing a specialist team, including setting performance standards, building capability, managing competing priorities and supporting staff wellbeing.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing complex and high-risk investigations, risk assessments and regulatory or administrative responses.
• Highly developed analytical and critical-reasoning skills, including the capacity to assess adult conduct, behavioural patterns, contextual risk and complex evidence.
• Demonstrated ability to translate behavioural risk assessments into lawful, evidence-based and proportionate regulatory interventions.
• Sound knowledge of administrative law principles and experience interpreting and applying complex legislation.
• Experience assuring the quality of investigations, regulatory decisions, briefs of evidence, investigation reports and high-level advice
  highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide clear and authoritative advice to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience building effective relationships with government agencies, external authorities, sector stakeholders and subject-matter experts.
• Experience leading regulatory reform, policy development, priority projects and improvements to operational systems and practice.

Relevant investigation qualifications and experience in child safeguarding, sexual misconduct matters or human services will be highly regarded.

About You:

• 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.

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 response to competencies section of the attached role description.   
• Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements outlined in the attached role description.

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.

• CO697831_26P - Role Description (PDF, 300KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants