Senior Regulatory Officer - Early Childhood Regional Operations (Talent Pool)

Queensland Department Of Education; Queensland; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queensland Department of Education is seeking a Senior Regulatory Officer to support the Early Childhood Regulatory Authority and contribute to regulation across Queensland. This role focuses on applying ECEC legislation, standards and policies to ensure high-quality and safe education and care services.

You will build collaborative relationships with Regional Offices, ECEC providers and central teams to achieve regulatory outcomes, conduct assessments and ratings, and undertake other duties

Qualifications

• Regulatory experience or ability to quickly learn ECEC regulation.
• Experience in assessment and rating, or the ability to complete required training.
• Strong understanding of quality early childhood practice.
• Strong analytical, communication, decision-making and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage risk, prioritise tasks, and work collaboratively with stakeholders.
• Passion for early childhood, with a focus on children's health, safety and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Apply (ECEC) legislation, standards, policies and guidelines to regulate the ECEC sector under Regulating for Quality Including monitoring, investigations and assessment of applications and notifications.

Skills

Regulatory experience

ECEC regulation learning

Assessment and rating

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Senior Regulatory Officer - Early Childhood Regional Operations (Talent Pool)

Queensland Department of Education – Queensland

Do you have experience as a regulator or strong experience in the early childhood sector?

Are you interested in ensuring that children are able to access early childhood education and care services that focus on the health, safety and wellbeing of children and providing quality programs for children?

The Early Childhood Regulatory Authority (ECRA) is recruiting for a Talent Pool for Regulatory Officers to fill current and future temporary and permanent vacancies within the next 12 months, across the 8 regions in Queensland.

The Early Childhood Regulatory Authority is looking for regulators with strong leadership skills who have a passion for early childhood, understand the role of the regulator and who always achieve results.

About the Department of Education:

The Department of Education (DoE) supports quality early learning and delivers world class education services. The department also hosts theEarly Childhood Regulatory Authoritywhich regulates early childhood education and care services and assesses and rates the quality of services against the National Quality Standard.

Your Role:

• Support the Early Childhood Regulatory Authority by applying early childhood education and care (ECEC) legislation, standards, policies and guidelines to regulate the sector under Regulating for Quality policy.
• Build collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Regional Offices, Central Office Teams and ECEC providers and services to achieve regulatory outcomes.
• The Senior Regulatory Officer reports to the Manager, Regulation, in each Regional Office, Early Childhood Regulatory Authority.

Responsibilities:

• Apply (ECEC) legislation, standards, policies and guidelines to regulate the ECEC sector under the Regulating for Quality Including monitoring, investigations and assessment of applications and notifications.
• Conduct assessment and rating of education and care services across Queensland.
• Build collaborative working relationships with stakeholders including Regional Offices, and ECEC providers to achieve regulatory outcomes.
• Undertake other duties as directed.

About You:

• Regulatory experience or ability to quickly learn ECEC regulation.
• Experience in assessment and rating, or the ability to complete required training
• Strong understanding of quality early childhood practice
• Strong analytical, communication, decision-making and organisational skills
• Ability to manage risk, prioritise tasks, and work collaboratively with stakeholders
• Passion for early childhood, with a focus on children's health, safety and wellbeing

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.