Details: The Education and Care, Regulation and Support (ECRS) Branch regulates and supports over 370 education and care services, 600 home-educated resident children, 49 non-government schools, and five ACT school CRICOS providers.

ECRS is seeking a candidate dedicated to protecting children and young people in the ACT through the risk assessment and auditing of Early Childcare Education and Care and non-government school sectors. Ideally, we are searching for a candidate who has experience in conducting physical setting and documentary audits in a regulatory environment.

This role will require the candidate to be emersed in the legislation, create balanced assessments using strong administrative decision making, while professionally representing the Regulatory Authority with members of the public.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other requirements:





- An existing working knowledge of the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT), the Education Act 2004 or the Children and Young People Act 2008 is highly desirable.
- The ability to move between sites (e.g. the office and a site visit), sometimes at short notice, is a key part of this role.
- Experience in a Regulatory context is highly desirable.

Note: This is a temporary position available immediately from 19 November 2026 to 14 December 2026. This position is available to ACT Government officers and employees only.

An order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months.

Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.

This position is located in a workplace designated for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.

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📌 Professional Officer Audit and Risk (Canberra)
🏢 ACT Education Directorate
📍 Canberra