Overview
Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade in advertisement
Occupation: Policy
Location: Barwon South West - Greater Geelong
Reference: VG/6073
This role supports the Director, Legislation, Policy and Information Services (LPIS), to oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs across Victoria’s occupational health and safety, dangerous goods and workers’ compensation frameworks. The immediate focus is supporting the review, restructuring and remaking of Victoria’s occupational health and safety, equipment public safety and dangerous goods regulations for commencement in April 2028, while also contributing to divisional business planning, coordination and governance activities.
- $152,556.00 per annum + 12% superannuation
- Full time, fixed term until 08/11/2027
- Geelong based role (hybrid – 3 days a week in office)
About the opportunity
This role supports the Director, Legislation, Policy and Information Services (LPIS), to oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs across Victoria's occupational health and safety, dangerous goods and workers' compensation frameworks.
Key accountabilities include:
- Support the Director, LPIS, to oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs, with an immediate focus on the integrated OHS and dangerous goods regulations program and commencement of the new framework in April 2028.
- Establish and maintain an integrated program plan covering policy finalisation, regulatory architecture and drafting, Regulatory Impact Statement development, stakeholder engagement and government approvals.
- Work closely with LPIS managers and product owners to coordinate their contributions, monitor progress against agreed deliverables, maintain momentum and support resolution of cross-stream issues, while substantive policy and legislative accountability remain with the relevant manager or product owner.
- Establish and coordinate effective internal project governance, including governance forums, reporting, risk and issue management, decision and action registers, and clear escalation pathways to the Director and relevant governance bodies.
- Coordinate LPIS input to relevant enterprise governance forums, including Program Control Groups and the Safety Steering Committee.
- Identify emerging delivery, policy, and stakeholder risks, capacity constraints and critical-path issues, provide clear advice to the Director and LPIS management team, and support timely decisions and interventions needed to maintain the program schedule.
- Manage the business planning, resourcing, budget cycle, financial performance and procurement activities for the Division in consultation with the Director and management team.
- Coach and mentor junior staff.
About you
You are a highly organised and strategic leader with strong stakeholder engagement, project management and problem-solving capabilities. You can navigate complex environments, influence across business areas, provide clear advice to senior leaders and successfully coordinate large-scale programs with competing priorities and multiple dependencies.
Additionally, you will possess the following:
- Sound understanding and knowledge of WorkSafe's business processes as well as government and legislative requirements.
- Strong knowledge of government policy, legislative and regulatory development processes.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating complex, multi-stream policy, legislative, regulatory or government programs involving interdependent deliverables, stakeholders and approval processes.
- Proven ability to work under broad direction and deal with conflicting priorities and meet deadlines in a challenging and changing environment.
- Strong project management capability.
- Demonstrated experience supporting senior leaders to oversee complex projects.
- Demonstrated experience integrating internal projects governance with broader organisational governance arrangements, including coordinating contributions and preparing accurate updates on progress, risks, dependencies, decisions and deliverables.
- Highly developed analytical and conceptual skills.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating consultants, procurement activities, contracts or complex externally delivered products.
- Demonstrated leadership and people-management capability.