Program Lead, Legislative & Regulation Reform (Hybrid)

WorkSafe Victoria; Geelong; Hybrid; AUD 137,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

WorkSafe Victoria in Geelong invites applications for the Manager Integration, Legislative and Regulation Reform Program. This hybrid, full-time role leads complex reform programs across OHS, dangerous goods and workers’ compensation, with a fixed term until 8 November 2027.

You will partner with the Director, LPIS, shape program plans, governance and budgeting, coach staff, and coordinate multiple workstreams to deliver regulatory reform by April 2028 and beyond.

Qualifications

• Sound understanding of WorkSafe’s business processes and 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 to achieve objectives and meet deadlines in a challenging and changing environment.
• Strong project management capability, including experience establishing and maintaining integrated project plans, governance arrangements, delivery schedules, dependencies, risk and issue management, decision records and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior leaders to oversee complex projects, including identifying emerging delivery risks, capacity constraints and critical-path issues and providing clear, timely advice on required interventions.
• 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 for senior governance forums.
• Highly developed analytical and conceptual skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information across multiple workstreams, identify connections and cumulative impacts, and present an integrated view of a program.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating consultants, procurement activities, contracts or complex externally delivered products to agreed quality, time and budget requirements.
• Demonstrated leadership and people-management capability, including setting clear expectations, supporting staff development and contributing to a collaborative and accountable team culture.

Responsibilities

• 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, including clear deliverables, responsibilities, dependencies and timeframes.
• 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, providing timely and accurate updates on the status, risks, dependencies, decisions and deliverables for LPIS-led aspects of programs monitored at the enterprise level.
• 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 so as to comply with operational policies and business initiatives, including monthly reporting, (accruals and future planning).
• Coach and mentor junior staff, encouraging an environment of teamwork and continuous improvement.

Job description

WorkSafe Victoria in Geelong invites applications for the Manager Integration, Legislative and Regulation Reform Program. This hybrid, full-time role leads complex reform programs across OHS, dangerous goods and workers’ compensation, with a fixed term until 8 November 2027.

You will partner with the Director, LPIS, shape program plans, governance and budgeting, coach staff, and coordinate multiple workstreams to deliver regulatory reform by April 2028 and beyond.