Environmental Compliance Reporting Lead

Environment Protection Authority Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Environment Protection Authority Victoria in Docklands is seeking a Compliance Reporting Officer to lead EPA's regulatory response to industry reporting obligations. You will work across EPA and with external stakeholders to improve reporting compliance, data quality and risk-based regulatory decisions.

You will manage statewide compliance reporting programs, deliver education, monitoring and inspections, respond to non-compliance, and turn reporting data into actionable intelligence to support

Qualifications

• Experience in a regulatory environment or public sector setting.
• Experience regulating compliance reporting (NPI, NEPM, permission conditions).
• Knowledge of National Pollution Inventory reporting requirements.
• Advanced program and project management (concurrent delivery, budgeting, evaluation).
• Strong analytical, negotiation and issue-resolution skills.
• Desirable: knowledge of Victoria's environmental protection laws.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver regulatory actions focused on compliance reporting under legislation, NEPM and permission conditions.
• Lead state-wide compliance reporting programs, governance, data quality, compliance and enforcement.
• Engage with industry and stakeholders through education, outreach, compliance monitoring and inspections.
• Analyse, negotiate and resolve compliance issues, including notices and enforcement actions.
• Develop sector-based intelligence and insights from reporting data to inform regulatory plans.
• Build relationships with EPA teams, co-regulators, industry and local government; provide training and advice.

Skills

Regulatory experience

Compliance reporting

NPI knowledge

Program & project mgmt

Analytical & negotiation

Organisational capability

Education

Tertiary qualification (desirable)

Job description

Environment Protection Authority Victoria in Docklands is seeking a Compliance Reporting Officer to lead EPA's regulatory response to industry reporting obligations. You will work across EPA and with external stakeholders to improve reporting compliance, data quality and risk-based regulatory decisions.

You will manage statewide compliance reporting programs, deliver education, monitoring and inspections, respond to non-compliance, and turn reporting data into actionable intelligence to support