Aps5 - Compliance, Intelligence & Investigation

**Contact Officer**:
**Closing Date**:
**11.59pm AEST, Tuesday 1 October 2024**

**Our Department Values**

Our values set the direction for what it means to work in our department. They inform the standard and expectations of behaviours, skills and capabilities and the attributes we currently have, will continually work to achieve and develop, and that we use to acknowledge and attract, retain and recruit into our department.

**A little bit about us**

The** Road & Vehicle Safety Division** aims to improve road safety and reduce road trauma for all Australians. The division has four main functions: setting the policy direction for road safety through the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30 and National Road Safety Action Plan 2023-25; delivering targeted road safety programs; developing and maintaining legislation including the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (RVSA) and other legislative instruments and vehicle standards; and regulating the first provision of vehicles in the Australian market including vehicle certification, imports, enforcement and vehicle recalls.

The **Vehicle Safety Operations Branch** administers the RVSA and the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (together the RVS legislation), which sets vehicle standards for all new vehicles entering the Australian market, regulates the supply of used vehicles to the market, establishes a Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) and establishes a framework for recalling unsafe road vehicles and approved road vehicle components.

The **Compliance and Enforcement Section** within the Vehicle Safety Operations Branch is responsible for the department’s compliance and enforcement activities under the RVS legislation. The Section consists of 3 interlinked teams:

- **Intelligence** - This team uses research, data analysis and external relationships to produce intelligence products. These products assist us in understanding the industry we regulate and helps inform us where to direct our compliance monitoring and investigation resources.
- **Compliance and Monitoring** - This team undertakes proactive and reactive compliance monitoring activities to confirm if regulated entities are complying with the RVS legislation. Where non-compliance is identified the team works to correct the identified non-compliance voluntarily, or through using enforcement responses. This team may also refer serious matters to the Investigations team.
- **Investigations** - This team investigates serious alleged breaches of the RVS legislation and recommends resolution via a suite of enforcement responses such as fines or court action.

**The opportunities we have available**

We currently have a number of vacancies for APS5 Intelligence, Compliance and Investigations Officers and we are looking to fill these positions across all 3 teams. A merit pool may be created for other similar vacancies for a period of 12 months from advertisement.

These positions have a key role in proactively monitoring industry compliance and also identifying, considering and assisting in responding to potential non-compliance. All the positions report to an Assistant Director and each position works within a small team that collectively undertakes and delivers a range of compliance and enforcement outcomes under the RVS legislation.

The positions require individuals who are naturally results oriented and you will be someone who enjoys complex and sometimes high-pressure work environments.

You will also thrive in a self-directed work environment, with limited supervision and will be able to react proactively to new or unexpected events. You will also exercise sound judgment while continuously assessing risk.

These positions require you to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and liaison skills and also naturally build rapport with people.

**What will you do?**

Key duties of the **Compliance Officer** position/s include:

- risk assessing, prioritising and processing reports of alleged non-compliance with RVS legislation
- encouraging voluntary compliance to resolve minor non-compliance issues and, as needed, identifying appropriate and proportionate escalation pathways to resolve a compliance issue
- proactively engaging with key stakeholders, both internally and externally
- providing general support and assistance to the broader Compliance and Enforcement Section with either high risk or strategic compliance and enforcement matters, projects or general tasks
- assisting with developing operational policy, procedures, templates and guidance materials to support the Section’s functions.

Key duties of the** Intelligence Officer** position/s include:

- undertaking appropriate research in support of an investigation activity to inform whether non-compliance exists
- identifying and recommending appropriate and proportionate escalation pathways to resolve complex compliance issues, including the use of various legislated enforcement tools
- assist in the developing of detailed reports and /or targ