Manager Integration, Legislative and Regulation Reform Program

WorkSafe; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 137,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

WorkSafe Victoria is seeking a senior leader to oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs across OHS, dangerous goods, and workers’ compensation frameworks. The role focuses on an integrated reform program with a launch in April 2028, while also contributing to divisional planning and governance.

The ideal candidate has strong stakeholder engagement, project management and governance capabilities, with experience leading multi-stream policy and regulatory

Qualifications

• Organised and strategic leader with stakeholder engagement and project management skills.
• Ability to navigate complex environments and influence across business areas.
• Experience coordinating large-scale programs with multiple dependencies.
• Strong governance, reporting and decision-making capabilities.
• Demonstrated leadership and people-management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs, starting with OHS and dangerous goods.
• Establish an integrated program plan covering policy finalisation, drafting, RIS development, and approvals.
• Coordinate contributions across LPIS managers and product owners and monitor progress.
• Establish internal project governance with risk, issue management and escalation pathways.
• Coordinate LPIS input to enterprise governance forums.
• Identify risks and critical-path issues and advise the Director and management team.
• Manage business planning, resourcing, budget cycle and procurement activities for the Division.
• Coach and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Strategic leadership

Problem solving

Governance & reporting

Analytical thinking

People management

Job description

This role supports the Director, Legislation, Policy and Information Services (LPIS), to oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs across Victoria’s occupational health and safety, dangerous goods and workers’ compensation frameworks. The immediate focus is supporting the review, restructuring and remaking of Victoria’s occupational health and safety, equipment public safety and dangerous goods regulations for commencement in April 2028, while also contributing to divisional business planning, coordination and governance activities.

• $152,556.00 per annum + 12% superannuation
• Full time, fixed term until 08/11/2027
• Geelong based role (hybrid - 3 days a week in office)

About the opportunity

This role supports the Director, Legislation, Policy and Information Services (LPIS), to oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs across Victoria's occupational health and safety, dangerous goods and workers' compensation frameworks.

Key accountabilities

• Support the Director, LPIS, to oversee and coordinate complex legislative and regulatory reform programs, with an immediate focus on the integrated OHS and dangerous goods regulations program and commencement of the new framework in April 2028.
• Establish and maintain an integrated program plan covering policy finalisation, regulatory architecture and drafting, Regulatory Impact Statement development, stakeholder engagement and government approvals.
• Work closely with LPIS managers and product owners to coordinate their contributions, monitor progress against agreed deliverables, maintain momentum and support resolution of cross-stream issues, while substantive policy and legislative accountability remain with the relevant manager or product owner.
• Establish and coordinate effective internal project governance, including governance forums, reporting, risk and issue management, decision and action registers, and clear escalation pathways to the Director and relevant governance bodies.
• Coordinate LPIS input to relevant enterprise governance forums, including Program Control Groups and the Safety Steering Committee.
• Identify emerging delivery, policy, and stakeholder risks, capacity constraints and critical-path issues, provide clear advice to the Director and LPIS management team, and support timely decisions and interventions needed to maintain the program schedule.
• Manage the business planning, resourcing, budget cycle, financial performance and procurement activities for the Division in consultation with the Director and management team.
• Coach and mentor junior staff.

About you

You are a highly organised and strategic leader with strong stakeholder engagement, project management and problem-solving capabilities. You can navigate complex environments, influence across business areas, provide clear advice to senior leaders and successfully coordinate large-scale programs with competing priorities and multiple dependencies. Additionally, you will possess the following:

• Sound understanding and knowledge of WorkSafe's business processes as well as government and legislative requirements.
• Strong knowledge of government policy, legislative and regulatory development processes.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex, multi-stream policy, legislative, regulatory or government programs involving interdependent deliverables, stakeholders and approval processes.
• Proven ability to work under broad direction and deal with conflicting priorities and meet deadlines in a challenging and changing environment.
• Strong project management capability.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior leaders to oversee complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience integrating internal projects governance with broader organisational governance arrangements, including coordinating contributions and preparing accurate updates on progress, risks, dependencies, decisions and deliverables.
• Highly developed analytical and conceptual skills.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating consultants, procurement activities, contracts or complex externally delivered products.
• Demonstrated leadership and people-management capability.