#1006 Branch Head, Compliance and Enforcement, SES Band 1, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE DCCEEW VACANCIES PAGE.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is responsible for protecting Australia’s environment, heritage and water resources and for the delivery of the Government’s climate change and energy agenda. Maintaining a healthy environment, protecting our cultural heritage and ensuring the successful transition of our energy systems to a renewable future, underpins the future of our community and the success of Australia’s economy in the coming decades.
The Compliance and Enforcement Branch provides a centralised compliance and enforcement capability for environment regulation. The branch works closely with internal permitting and licencing areas, with business, industry, government and community to understand and improve compliance with national environmental laws. The branch focusses on serious non-compliance with a range of legislation relating to protection of threatened plants, animals and ecosystems, wildlife trade, hazardous waste, air quality, cultural heritage and monitoring and compliance of projects approved under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (Cth) 1999.
The branch includes an intelligence team that identifies and responds to organised environmental crime in partnership with law enforcement and intelligence agencies and a dedicated criminal investigation team tasked with proactively monitoring and targeting high risk environmental crime. The branch has an extensive program of field investigations leading to a range of compliance actions from targeted education, infringement notices, remediation orders, enforceable undertakings, civil and criminal proceedings.
The branch is committed to continuous improvement in the area of regulatory practice and regularly reviews its operational effectiveness, to make better use of data, intelligence and information technology to inform risk assessments, engaging with key stakeholders in setting clear expectations, investing in capabilities in our staff and using technology such as satellite imagery and drones to improve performance.
The branch plays a key role in advising on environment programs and policy to ensure the regulatory regime is integrated and takes a whole of system approach.
The Senior Executive Service is comprised of the Secretary, and seven Deputy Secretaries. As Branch Head, you will be reporting directly to a Division Head who reports to a Deputy Secretary. For more information about us please visit our website.
As Branch Head, your duties include:
- providing strategic leadership to a diverse range of compliance, enforcement, intelligence, audit and strategy teams dealing with often high profile and complex compliance matters to achieve good environmental outcomes.
- building long term compliance and enforcement capability and delivering risk-based, intelligence lead compliance programs with a strong focus on collaboration and innovation.
- providing a strong focus on workplace, health and safety to support teams engaged in complex operational activities, including executing warrants and attending remote locations and build branch morale to support high performance.
- building strong stakeholder relationships across the department and with other Commonwealth and State agencies, industry and community groups.