Field Surveillance Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 12 Months

Organisation: Environment Protection Authority

**Salary**: $103,920 - $125,735

Occupation: Environment

Reference: VG/EPA/OPS/1700287

As Victoria's environmental regulator, we set and enforce environmental standards to help ensure all Victorians can enjoy clean air, healthy waterways and pollutant-free land.

To achieve the best possible environmental outcomes for Victoria, we're increasingly shifting our focus from minimising the effects of environmental harm, to preventing it from happening in the first place.

To help us achieve this, we're now recruiting. By working at EPA you can enjoy a meaningful career with great work-life balance, while building a better future for our environment.

**Field Surveillance Officer**
- $105,479 to $127,621 salary range
- Field based
- Fixed Term - 12 months

**About the organisation**

As the environmental regulator for Victoria, we set and implement environmental standards to help ensure all Victorians can enjoy clean air, healthy waterways and pollutant-free land.

**Benefits of working with the EPA**:

- Contribute to the protection of Victorian environment and health of its people
- A focus on work/life balance and development opportunities
- A diverse and inclusive workplace with many career pathways
- Hybrid and flexible work arrangement options

**About the organisation**

As the environmental regulator, EPA Victoria works on behalf of all Victorians to protect the health and wellbeing of Victoria's communities and environment from the harmful effects of pollution and waste. We are a values and purpose driven organisation, that works with the community, governments, and industry to achieve our objectives and deliver for all Victorians.

We're an independent statutory authority, established in 1971 and have undergone the biggest transformation in our history with the _Environment Protection Act 2017_ coming into effect on 1 July 2021. The new Act requires us to change our approach to become a world class regulator, using new powers and tools to prevent risk to the environment and human health.

**About the role**

As a Field Surveillance Officer and working under the direction of the Surveillance Program Specialist, you will contribute your surveillance expertise to guide and support Environmental Crime Branch (ECB) operations. You will work within a highly experienced Team of physical and technical surveillance professionals in the development, implementation and execution of complex operational plans and strategies consistent with ECB investigation requirements, legislation, and EPA policies and procedures. You will be expected to operate across the spectrum of covert physical surveillance operations and can contribute to technical surveillance activities. You will develop and prepare evidentiary material and other documentation to support investigations, ensuring evidence obtained is appropriately and legally captured, handled, and stored.

**About you**

You will have a formal qualification as a physical surveillance officer with contemporary experience in, and/or extensive knowledge of Law Enforcement or similar setting. As a self-starter who is always seeking to employ best practice, you are comfortable in being part of the research, development, and introduction of new or emerging techniques, methodologies, and technologies. You have proven ability to work as an effective member of a small, cohesive specialist team within an organisation, and are prepared at times to take on the leading role. You are committed to the successful delivery of the highest organisational priorities and have proven capability to build and sustain enduring relationships to enable the collaborative delivery of outcomes and the achievement of goals and targets. You are dynamic in your ability to think outside the square and respond quickly to developing situations, are comfortable in trying new things, and have a genuine desire to learn, share knowledge and make a difference.

**How to apply**

Click the ”Apply” button to submit your resume and cover letter. Applications close **8 March.**

EPA Victoria recognises the value of the diversity, strength, and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as we work with Traditional Owners to care for our environment. We provide a culturally safe and embracing work environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to merit, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We believe our workforce should represent the diversity of the lands upon which we reside; and we actively embrace staff of different abilities, orientations, backgrounds, faiths, and gender identities.

EPA Victoria is a Child Safe organisation with a strong commitment to physical, cultural, and emotional safety of all children including those with diversity of ability, culture, identity, and linguistic background.

Please note:

- You must be an Australian Citizen, Per