Compliance Campaigns and Projects Officer

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 1

**APS5 - Compliance Campaigns and Projects Officer**

**About the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission**
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (the NDIS Commission) is an independent

agency established on 1 July 2018 to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and

services. The Commission is the dedicated national regulator of NDIS service providers in

Australia and a non-corporate entity under the _Public Governance, Performance and _
- Accountability Act 2013_.

**Job Reference**

**Number**
231_11/23

**Number of**

**Vacancies**
Multiple

**Position Title**

Compliance

Campaigns and

Projects Officer

**Division**

Regulatory Operations Division

**Classification **APS5 **Branch** Regulatory Campaigns & Projects Branch

**Status **Full time Ongoing **Section** Campaigns and Projects

**Salary Range**
$81,661 to

$87,208
**Location**

Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra,

ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne,

VIC; Parramatta & Penrith NSW; Perth, WA.

**Contact Person **Shaynie Paton **Contact Job Title** Director, Campaigns and Projects

**Contact**

**Number**

**Date**

**Applications**

**Open**

12am

**Date**

**Applications**

**Close**

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**The NDIS Commission’s core legislative functions are to**:
uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with

disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National

Disability Insurance Scheme

develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for people

with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the

National Disability Insurance Scheme

promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS providers

and people with disability

secure compliance with relevant legislation through effective compliance and

enforcement arrangements, including through the monitoring and investigation

functions conferred on the Commissioner by legislation

promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and the delivery of

progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability

develop and oversee the broad policy design for a nationally consistent framework

relating to the screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and services to

people with disability

provide advice or recommendations to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)

and its Board in relation to the performance of the Agency’s functions

engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects of

the relevant legislation, and

provide NDIS market oversight, including:
i. by monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging

risk; and

ii. by monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal.

The NDIS Commission is a disability friendly organisation that offers interesting and

Commission.

**Regulatory Operations Division**
The Regulatory Operations Division oversees regulatory and compliance operations,

including incident response, compliance monitoring and investigations. It is responsible for

the approval of providers, suitability assessments and manages the national Worker

Screening database. It uses a range of compliance and enforcement tools to support

quality services and safeguarding of participants. It manages key stakeholder interactions

with other regulators, enforcement and government agencies. It contributes to the

development of regulatory practice and policy, strategic initiatives, and regulatory

campaigns. The Division has three key branches and a small office supporting the Deputy

Commissioner:
Market Operations

Regulatory Campaigns and Projects

Compliance and Enforcement

Office of the Deputy Commissioner.

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**Regulatory Campaigns & Projects Branch**

The Regulatory Campaigns and Project Branch is responsible for delivery of regulatory

activities, campaigns and projects that have finite time, resources, activities and delivery

parameters. It supports a flexible approach to dealing with specific matters in a targeted

and risk-responsive regulatory approach.

The branch has five key teams:
Campaigns and Projects

Fraud Fusion Taskforce

High Intensity Response

Operational Policy, Practice and Provider Relations

Indigenous and Remote Operations

**Regulatory Campaigns & Projects Team
The Regulatory Campaigns and Project Team is responsible for developing a Campaigns

Program of Work to support the Commission’s regulatory priorities. The Team will develop

and implement multiple compliance campaigns at any one time. They will use data and

evidence to assess risks and opportunities and work collaboratively across the

Commission. The Team will establish sound methodology to assess the timeliness, quality

and impact/outcomes of the campaigns.

Campaigns are a key re