Early Childhood Compliance Officer: Impactful Regulation

ku children services; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VECRA is seeking an Early Childhood Compliance Officer in the Glen Waverley area to support area-based teams with regulatory and compliance activities across early childhood services.

The role includes administrative duties, report writing, and conducting inspections to assess compliance with the National Law and related Regulations. Travel within the North Eastern Victoria region and occasional overnight stays may be required.

Qualifications

• Desirable: Relevant qualifications in Compliance, Regulation, Business Administration, Early Childhood Education or similar.
• Essential: Victorian Working with Children Check and Victorian driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and regulatory support to the area or region.
• Conduct compliance service visits to early childhood education and care services to assess compliance against the National Law and Regulations.
• Support authorised officers during regulatory visits.
• Assess complaints and incident notifications and triage accordingly.
• Prepare compliance documents, communications, observation notes and incident records.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to support regulatory activities.
• Ensure data quality in the National Quality Agenda IT System.

Skills

Planning & organising

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Regulatory understanding

Stakeholder engagement

Communication (verbal & written)

Team collaboration

Education

Compliance/Regulation/Business Administration/ECE qualifications

Tools

National Quality Agenda IT System

Job description

VECRA is seeking an Early Childhood Compliance Officer in the Glen Waverley area to support area-based teams with regulatory and compliance activities across early childhood services.

The role includes administrative duties, report writing, and conducting inspections to assess compliance with the National Law and related Regulations. Travel within the North Eastern Victoria region and occasional overnight stays may be required.