Are you an experienced regulator with great administrative decision-making skills? Do you have excellent writing and stakeholder management skills?
The Early Childhood Regulatory Authority seeking an experienced applicant to fill the position of Principal Regulatory Officer. The successful applicant must be confident in making complex assessments to support statutory licensing decisions about early childhood education and care services under the National Quality Framework.
This opportunity is based within the Maroochydore Office.

Job details

About the Department:

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities Include:

The Principal Regulatory Officer contributes to the team's work on a day-to-day basis by:

• Working in a multidisciplinary team that undertakes complex regulatory activities, makes 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 recommendations that are informed by data, analysis of evidence and accurate interpretation of the legislation.
• Preparing accurate, high-level documentation to a range of stakeholders on a range of matters relating to early childhood education and care regulation including correspondence, reports, briefs, regulatory decisions and executive recommendations.
• Being highly organised, agile and have experience managing competing priorities.
• Applying effective communication, conflict resolution and relationship building skills with early childhood education and care providers, services and other regulatory staff to develop and implement strategies to deliver regulatory objectives.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. 

The ideal candidate will:

• Highly desirable to have advanced regulatory skills, especially in the assessment and triaging of complaints and notifications.
• Highly desirable to have experience in undertaking complex investigations.
• Highly desirable to have experience in, or possess the ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of, the early childhood sector.
• Excel in administrative tasks, coordination, and reporting, ensuring high-quality outcomes in all aspects of their work.
• Be adaptable and capable of working both in a collaborative team and independently.
• Demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build and maintain good working relationships inside and outside the organisation.

The Principal Regulatory Officer reports to the Manager Regulation, Early Childhood Regulatory Authority.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history). 
• A statement (maximum two pages, 11-point font, normal margins) mapping your knowledge, skills and abilities to the six individual contributor competencies in the Role Description, having regard to the responsibilities of the role.

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. 

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). 

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. #LI-PRIORITY 

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 candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  NCR638608_25P - Role Description (PDF, 269KB)
  Role Description