Energy Leadership Position

Energy Leader Role

• Play a pivotal role in shaping Australia's energy future, ensuring secure, reliable and affordable energy for all citizens.
• Lead a high-performing team to deliver strategic outcomes and drive innovation within the industry.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders at senior levels to influence and drive policy decisions that benefit the nation.

The Australian Energy Regulator is an independent body responsible for making Australian energy consumers better off now and in the future. Our focus is on ensuring a sustainable, efficient and effective energy sector that meets the needs of all Australians.

We strive to achieve this through our four strategic objectives:

• Protect vulnerable consumers while enabling all consumers to participate in electricity and gas markets.
• Effectively regulate competitive electricity and gas markets primarily through monitoring and reporting, and enforcement and compliance.
• Deliver efficient regulation of monopoly electricity and gas infrastructure while incentivising networks to become platforms for energy services.
• Evolve our regulatory frameworks and approaches to support the transition to net zero emissions.

As we navigate evolving economic conditions, we require a leader who can navigate complex regulatory landscapes and help shape the AER into a recognised, high performing regulator committed to transparently engaging with all stakeholders invested in the affordable and reliable supply of energy.

• Provide strategic leadership and direction, including supporting the development of and execution of the organisation's Strategic Plan (2026–2030) and Corporate Plan, embedding a culture of performance, accountability, and innovation across the agency.
• Develop and manage the annual budget, ensuring activities are conducted within approved parameters and aligned with the strategic priorities.
• Lead and empower the senior leadership team, assigning responsibilities clearly, supervising performance and fostering a high performing, values-driven culture.
• Maintain regular contact with the Chair, ensuring timely communication of developments that might require board-level action.
• Oversee strategic and operational planning, identifying objectives and strategies required to achieve the organisation's approved strategic plan.
• Recommend significant operational changes to the Board as required, ensuring responsiveness to emerging challenges and opportunities.
• Ensure the Board is provided with accurate, timely and clear information and materials, enabling effective governance and decision making.
• Implement board-approved policies, processes and codes, ensuring alignment with broader APS governance frameworks.
• Instil and reinforce the organisation's purpose and values, promoting ethical and responsible behaviour, innovation, and excellence.
• Represent the organisation externally, providing a strong, credible presence in engagements with senior government officials, regulators, industry leaders, and consumer groups. Model exemplary standards of behaviour, stewarding the agency and articulating the organisation's culture thereby fostering a positive internal climate.
• Attract, engage and retain high-performing employees, creating and sustaining a culture and workplace that supports them to thrive and deliver productive outcomes for the organisation.

• Executive-level management experience and a proven track record of leadership within a dynamic, complex, and multifaceted public or private sector environment.
• Understanding of the operations of governments and regulators.
• Knowledge of Australian electricity and gas markets, and the role, purpose and objectives of the AER.
• Proven ability to manage performance against organisational goals, drive organisational change, mitigate operational risk and lead innovation.
• Tertiary qualifications in law, economics/commerce, engineering, public policy or related fields.

Make a meaningful contribution to Australia's energy landscape by joining our team as a CEO. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of energy in Australia as it transitions to net zero emissions.

Our organisation fosters an inclusive culture built on care, support, and inclusion, ensuring an environment where everyone can thrive. We offer flexible working arrangements to suit your needs and comprehensive benefits package.