Shape the future of Victoria's earth resources sector and play a key role strengthening confidence in its performance and regulation.

Resources Victoria is seeking an experienced and influential leader to join the Regulatory Operations Division as Director, Regulatory Outcomes and Performance.

This senior executive position provides strategic leadership for licence compliance, rehabilitation, technical performance, royalties and rents, and complex regulatory matters across Victoria's mining, quarrying and petroleum sectors. The Director plays a critical role in promoting consistent, transparent and risk-based regulation that supports responsible resource development while maintaining public confidence.

Leading a branch of technical and regulatory specialists, you will drive regulatory performance, strengthen rehabilitation outcomes, manage emerging risks and provide authoritative advice to government on complex and high-profile issues.

Key responsibilities

- Lead state-wide oversight of licence performance, ensuring compliance with legislative, financial and operational obligations, including royalties and rents.
- Drive improved rehabilitation outcomes and strengthen financial assurance frameworks and rehabilitation bond management.
- Promote technical excellence and leading practice to support informed regulatory decisions and minimise risks to people, communities, infrastructure and the environment.
- Lead the management and resolution of complex and high-risk regulatory matters.
- Provide strategic advice, analysis and insights to the Minister and executives and senior stakeholders on emerging issues, priorities and risks.
- Build a high-performing and inclusive branch through strong leadership, capability development, sound financial management and a focus on delivering outcomes.

About you:

You are a strategic and credible leader with experience leading complex regulatory, compliance, technical or assurance functions within government, industry or another highly regulated environment.

You will bring:





- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams through complexity, change and competing priorities.
- Strong strategic thinking, sound judgement and the ability to make decisions in complex environments.
- Experience delivering regulatory, compliance, assurance, risk or governance outcomes at a senior level.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to provide trusted advice to executives, ministers and senior government leaders.
- Commercial and financial acumen, including oversight of governance, assurance and financial integrity frameworks.
- A commitment to building high-performing, inclusive and values-driven teams.
- The ability manage sensitive, high-profile and complex matters with confidence, professionalism and integrity.

About the organisation

We employ approximately 6,300 staff, including around 600 seasonal staff, across more than 86 locations throughout Victoria, across energy, environment, climate action, water, agriculture, and resources portfolios.

Our challenge is to maintain Victoria's liveability, with a population expected to almost double by 2050, while responding to climate change and protecting our natural environment, infrastructure and heritage for future generations. We take a community-centred approach and involve communities and key stakeholders in decisions and policies that affect them and we collaborate across our portfolios to design and deliver services and programs.

This is a fixed term position available for a period of up to 5 years. The work location for this position is 8 Nicholson Street, East Victoria with hybrid work arrangements available.





To be considered for this position, applicants are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter (no longer than 2 pages) summarising their skills and relevant experience.

For further information, please refer to the attached position description or call Jenny Smit, Senior Advisor, Workforce Management on 0456 673 *** or email **********@deeca.vic.gov.au.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday, 27 September 2026.

Other relevant information:

Preferred candidates will be required to:

- undertake pre-employment screening, including completion of a Declaration and Consent form and a National Police Check
- have their misconduct declarations validated, irrespective of whether misconduct has been declared or not
- provide at least two appropriate referees, including their current direct line manager or where relevant (i.e. because they are not employed) most recent direct line manager in accordance with the requirements set out in executive reference checks.
- provide evidence of their right to work in Australia

For more information about the pre-screening requirements for this position, please refer to the position description.

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants must be an Australian/Recent Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

A Diverse, Inclusive and Flexible Workplace

DEECA fosters an inclusive workplace culture and is committed to a fair, accessible, and equitable recruitment process.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. We recognise the strengths, knowledge and perspectives First Nations people bring and DEECA is committed to a culturally safe and respectful workplace. If you need support to participate, please contact ***************@deeca.vic.gov.au.

We support flexible working arrangements, including hybrid work, varied hours, part-time work and job sharing. For more information about our recruitment processes, visit applying for a role with us.

📌 Director, Regulatory Outcomes and Performance (Melbourne)
🏢 Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action VIC
📍 Melbourne