Project Director, Regulatory Reform Unit

About us

The Department of Education (the department) is responsible for delivering and regulating state-wide learning and development services to approximately one-third of all Victorians across the early childhood and school education sectors. The department is also one of Victoria's biggest employers, with approximately 80,000 teaching staff and around 5,000 public service employees.

The Legal Division provides highly valued legal services to support the delivery of the department's strategic objectives, key reforms and to manage legal risk. In doing so, Legal Division provides direct, practical and strategic legal advice to portfolio ministers, the secretary, other senior staff and over 1,600 government schools, supporting approximately over 650,000 Victorian Government school students.

About the role - Fixed Term, Full-Time 30 June 2027

A rare opportunity has arisen to join the Legal Division's executive leadership team as Project Director of the newly formed Regulatory Reform Unit (RRU).

The RRU has been established to lead the legal aspects of significant legislative projects including the implementation of proposals to improve child safety in early childhood services in Victoria.

The Project Director will lead a small team of lawyers to deliver these legislative projects, including providing expert legal advice with a focus on government law issues, particularly the application of Victorian laws in relation to government administration and the school and early childhood education system.

The position requires leadership and people management skills, as well as technical legal and project management expertise.

The successful candidate will respond to urgent and important emerging issues, proactively engage with other areas of the department, and seek out strategies to support the successful delivery of legislative projects. This role takes a lead role in building and maintaining strategic relationships with senior executives, ministers' offices, central government agencies and other departments, as well as portfolio entities.

The Legal Division is currently recruiting for additional roles for the RRU, including two Principal Lawyer roles and a Senior Lawyer role. See the links below for more information:

Senior Lawyer, Regulatory Reform Unit:

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• Careers.Vic: Senior Lawyer, Regulatory Reform Unit | Melbourne - CBD | Vacancies -
• LinkedIn : (28) LinkedIn

Principal Lawyer, Regulatory Reform Unit:

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• Careers.Vic:
• LinkedIn : (27) LinkedIn

Why join us?

• Meaningful work that is varied, satisfying and rewarding - A career as a government lawyer provides opportunities that are unrivalled by the private sector. Scale, impact and richness of work sets the public sector apart from almost every other employer. To find out more about the wide range of opportunities for bright publicly minded lawyers visit Legal profession |

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements — Part time, flexible start and finish times, work from home to help manage your work and personal commitments.

• Competitive salary - Annual salary increases in line with the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement
• Diversity and inclusion - As one of Victoria's largest employers, the department is committed to creating an organisation that is inclusive and ensuring it has a workforce that represents the community it serves.
• Values - The department has adopted the public sector values which are set out in the Code of Conduct for Victorian Public Sector Employees, which are Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values underpin how we interact with colleagues, students and families, members of the community, suppliers and government.
• Employee assistance program — For emotional, mental and general psychological wellbeing and support

How to Apply

For more information, please review the attached position description.

Applicants are required to submit a CV and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages).

For a confidential discussion regarding the role, please contact A/Project Director, Kylie Gauvin on

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Applications close at 11:59 PM on Friday, 29 August 2025.