Assistant Director

EL 1
- Office of Water Compliance Division
- Adelaide, SA, Brisbane, QLD, Canberra, ACT - 7 London Circuit, Dubbo, NSW, Goondiwindi, QLD, Mildura, VIC, Sydney, NSW, Wodonga, VIC, Loxton, SA, Albury, NSW

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**Who we are**
In partnership with internal and external stakeholders, Compliance & Enforcement Division monitor and assess risk to enhance compliance through effective regulatory intervention, ranging from education to enforcement which will ultimately safeguard our economy, trade, environment and agriculture.

The Office of Water Compliance supports the Inspector-General of Water Compliance, which is an independent statutory role. The Inspector-General of Water Compliance will aim to improve trust and transparency in implementing the Commonwealth’s Basin water reform agenda, deliver greater consistency and harmonisation of water regulation across the Basin, and strengthen Basin Plan compliance and enforcement.

You will be part of a team of experts accountable for a range of programs and projects such as research, analysis, frameworks, advice and reporting to discharge the Inspector-General’s monitoring and decision-making responsibilities under the Basin Plan for:

- Water Resource Plan compliance
- Sustainable Diversion Limit compliance
- Water market and trade regulation.

The work that the team undertakes will keep the Inspector-Generals’ ‘finger on the pulse’ of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. This will include developing monitoring, compliance and risk assessment systems that are utilised by the Inspector-General.

**The Job**
The Assistant Director, Compliance Monitoring supports and assists the Director, Compliance Monitoring. As an Assistant Director you will be required to undertake complex and sensitive work under limited direction. You will be expected to exercise a considerable degree of independence and accountability and perform a leadership role within the team and within the broader Office of the Inspector-General. An EL 1 employee engages in complex problem solving and issues management and may undertake detailed or sensitive projects and inquiries that impact on strategic, political, or operational outcomes for the agency.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a new independent organisations’ culture, systems and performance to build a new institution based on integrity, transparency and trust. All employees of the Office of the Inspector-General of Water Compliance are expected to approach matters with impartiality and an intention to find the truth and have the highest levels of integrity in relation to exemplary decision making and behaviour.

**Please note** that this recruitment process will be used to fill several vacancies in the Monitoring Section. The merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of 18 months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may also be used to fill vacancies where the duties are of a similar nature.

**What we are looking for**

**Knowledge and experience**
The successful applicants will have some or all of the following:

- knowledge of the Water Act 2007, Basin Plan 2012 and Water Resource Plans and related state water management responsibilities or the demonstrated ability to acquire this knowledge quickly
- experience working within a water regulation, water management, water markets, environmental science or natural resource management, regulatory environment or similar
- experience in analysing and interpreting hydrological data.

**Skills and capabilities**
The successful applicants will have some or all the following:

- demonstrated high-level critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills that can be applied to complex policy, regulatory and compliance issues, and the capacity to provide strategic advice and deliver results
- ability to build team capability, plan and prioritise, allocate work, provide constructive and regular feedback
- demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, to inform and advise the Inspector-General and deliver clear, concise messages to a diverse range of stakeholders including the broad community
- demonstrated ability to manage tight and competing deadlines and deliver results
- ability to work within or supervise a geographically dispersed and/or regional team.

**For additional information, please read the Job Description below.