Regional Manager, Northern Metropolitan

Environment Protection Authority Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 167,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Environment Protection Authority Victoria seeks a Regional Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership across the region, translating EPA priorities into coordinated regulatory action. You will lead a safe, high-performing workforce and drive performance against divisional plans.

Based in Preston, you will collaborate with communities, industry and partner agencies to deliver transparent, risk-based regulatory outcomes and continuous improvement across Victoria's environmental

Qualifications

• Strategic and operational leadership across a region.
• Proven ability to lead a dispersed workforce with an inclusive, safe culture.
• Experience translating priorities into regulatory action.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across the region, overseeing resources, budgets, planning and staff development.
• Lead a high-performing workforce that is safe, inclusive, accountable and outcomes-focused.
• Oversee regional regulatory operations, including inspections, compliance programs and investigations to ensure effective delivery.

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic planning

Regulatory leadership

Job description

Environment Protection Authority Victoria – Preston VIC

Whoever you are, whatever skills you bring, you have a critical role in protecting Victoria's lands and waters. Whether in the office or on the ground, you get to see the difference you make each day.

Ongoing, full-time roleSalary: VPS 6.2 - $166,939 to $191,084 + 12% superannuationLocation: 13a Albert Street, Preston VIC 3072

About the Organisation

Whoever you are, whatever skills you bring, you have a critical role in protecting Victoria's lands and waters. Whether in the office or on the ground, you get to see the difference you make each day.

EPA is currently transitioning to a new operating model, creating a range of opportunities across the organisation. We're looking for talented people to join us and contribute to EPA's important work protecting Victoria's environment and community.

EPA works to prevent and reduce the harmful effect of pollution and waste on Victoria's environment and people. We work with community, industry and businesses. As the needs of Victorians change, we must be equipped to adapt and respond to a range of factors.

We are a workplace committed to new ways of working, EPA celebrates diversity of people and lifestyles. We offer a wide range of practical options to support both your work and personal life.

The EPA Experience

• See the impact in the communities we live in: at EPA you see your work first‑hand
• Range of internal working groups, networks and volunteering opportunities
• On‑the‑job training for a wide range of environmental roles
• Flexible start and finish times, as well as compressed work week options

About the role:

As Regional Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the region, translating EPA priorities and plans into coordinated, risk‑based regulatory action. You will lead a safe, accountable and high‑performing workforce and contribute to divisional and organisation‑wide strategy, decision‑making and performance.

This is an opportunity to work as part of a statewide leadership team, mobilise resources and capability across regional boundaries, and ensure regional intelligence and operational experience inform EPA‑wide planning, consistency and regulatory improvement.

In this role you will:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across the region, overseeing resources, budgets, business and project planning, reporting and staff capability.
• Build and lead a high‑performing workforce that is safe, inclusive, accountable, outcomes‑focused, collaborative and equipped to deliver regulatory priorities.
• Lead regional regulatory operations, including preventative projects, compliance programs, inspections, incident responses and the proportionate application of regulatory tools.
• Ensure regulatory delivery is transparent, risk‑based and evidence‑informed, with clear accountability and appropriate delegation of decision‑making.
• Build strategic relationships with communities, government, industry, councils and partner agencies, and represent EPA credibly at senior external forums.
• Work across regional and organisational boundaries to share intelligence, capability and resources and deliver collective EPA priorities.
• Lead responses to environmental and public health incidents and emergencies, coordinating effectively with EPA functions and external agencies.
• Collaborate with investigative and legal functions so enforcement, investigations and prosecutions align with strategic priorities and the public interest.

Skills and experience

• Strong senior leadership experience, including translating organisational strategy into operational priorities and using evidence, intelligence and practical experience to inform broader decision‑making.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a geographically dispersed, high‑performing workforce, building an inclusive, safe and accountable culture and leading effectively through change.
• Ability to lead beyond immediate accountabilities, align resources across boundaries and deliver shared