TEQSA currently has multiple ongoing and non-ongoing (up to 18 months) opportunities for APS6 Senior Regulatory Assessment Managers and APS5 Regulatory Assessment Managers. These roles are responsible for undertaking tasks to support the comprehensive assessment of:

- Risk to compliance with relevant standards and legislation.
- Possible non-compliance with the relevant standards and legislation
- Applications involving higher education providers.

The primary duties of an APS6 Senior Regulatory Assessment Manager include:

- Undertaking complex risk-based assessments of higher education provider applications, reviewing, and analysing evidence submitted by providers and derived from other sources, interpreting legislation, and applying sound judgment to prepare well-argued reports / recommendations for consideration by decision makers.
- Undertaking complex risk-based assessments and investigations of possible non-compliance with the TEQSA Act, ESOS Act, or subordinate regulatory legislation, and applying sound judgment to prepare well-argued recommendations for consideration by decision makers.
- Planning and conducting intelligence activities using valuable operational judgement.
- Using knowledge of precedents, relevant legislation, standards, policy, procedures, and guidelines to interpret and analyse assessments involving moderate to high complexity and sensitivity.
- Managing communications with providers and other stakeholders and responding in a timely manner.
- Building and maintaining relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders and responding to their needs to achieve work priorities and agency goals.
- Working effectively and harmoniously in a team, managing competing and complex priorities, solving problems, and providing advice and support to others as required.

The primary duties of an APS5 Regulatory Assessment Manager include:

- Undertaking less complex risk-based assessments of higher education provider applications, reviewing, and analysing evidence submitted by providers and derived from other sources, interpreting legislation,



and applying sound judgment to prepare well-argued reports / recommendations for consideration by decision makers.
- Undertaking less complex risk-based assessments and investigations of possible non-compliance with the TEQSA Act, ESOS Act, or subordinate regulatory legislation, and applying sound judgment to prepare well-argued recommendations for consideration by decision makers.
- Conducting intelligence activities using good operational judgement
- Applying working knowledge of precedents, relevant legislation, standards, policy, procedures, and guidelines to interpret and analyse assessments involving moderate complexity and sensitivity.
- Undertaking analysis of information and data related to higher education providers’ operations, students, and staff to assess risk.
- As required, supporting delivery of assigned regulatory functions and working with leaders to prioritise work assigned to those functions.
- As required, supporting the delivery of annual risk assessment cycles and risk monitoring programs.
- Managing communications with providers and other stakeholders and responding in a timely manner.
- Building and maintaining relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders and responding to their needs to achieve work priorities and agency goals.
- Working effectively and harmoniously in a team, managing competing priorities, solving problems, and providing advice and support to others as required.

The successful applicant must:
- be an Australian citizen.
- complete a National Police Check satisfactorily.
- be able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA) clearance to Baseline status, supported by TEQSA.

How to apply





Your application must include the following items:

- TEQSA Job Application Cover Sheet
- A current resume (maximum two pages).
- A two-page cover letter (pitch) (maximum 1000 words) detailing how your skills, strengths and experience address the ‘our ideal candidates’ section (i.e. what makes you the best candidate for the position and the value you can add to TEQSA).

If you are applying for both the APS5 and APS6 level roles, please specify this on your application cover sheet. Your statement should be pitched at the higher classification level, and your application will be considered at both classification levels.

If you are applying for either the APS5 or APS6 (i.e. not both) level roles, please specify this on your application cover sheet. Your statement should be pitched at the classification level you are applying for.

Your application will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate that you possess the required skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications to perform the role. We are committed to fair and equitable recruitment processes offering reasonable adjustments for all applicants.

- This recruitment process is being used to fill multiple ongoing and non-ongoing (up to 18 months) APS6 and APS5 vacancies within the Regulatory Operations Division.
- Successful candidates may be placed in any one of the groups/teams within the Regulatory Operations Division and may be required to work in another team after 6-12 months as operational needs require.
- A merit pool of suitable applicants will be created from this process and may be used to fill similar ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies within Regulatory Operations. It is active for 18 months from the date of this advertisement.
- Before commencing in the role, the successful candidate will be required to disclose details of any material personal interests in connection with their employment at TEQSA via a Declaration of Interest form and seek approval to undertake any outside employment (paid or unpaid) via an Outside Employment application.

📌 Senior Regulatory Assessment Manager and Regulatory Assessment Manager (Australia)
🏢 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
📍 Australia