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About the Role
Lead NSW’s independent environmental regulator and environmental steward, building trusted relationships across government, industry, and communities. The role is accountable for governance, culture, organisational performance, and financial stewardship, ensuring effective, efficient, and evidence-based regulation.
Responsibilities
- Lead the continued delivery of effective environmental regulation in NSW.
- Build on the EPA’s strong strategic foundations and lead the delivery of its established priorities and reform agenda.
- Ensure the organisation continues to provide effective, efficient, and evidence-based regulation.
- Oversee compliance, audits, investigations, enforcement, and prosecutions.
- Maintain strong policy and legislative capability.
- Provide authoritative policy and legislative advice.
- Maintain clear accountability and ensure there are no surprises between the EPA and government.
- Engage productively with industry, Aboriginal people, and communities to improve compliance, minimise environmental harm, and deliver better outcomes.
- Lead a passionate, values-driven workforce and continue the development and maturation of the executive team.
- Sustain the EPA’s commitment to meaningful engagement with Aboriginal people and ensuring their perspectives and outcomes remain integral to its work.
Requirements
- Accomplished and strategic executive with strong intellectual capability.
- Deep knowledge of environmental issues, relevant industries, and factors shaping industry behaviour.
- Substantial experience spanning environmental regulation, policy, law, science, or a related field.
- Sound understanding of the Australian government and regulatory context.
- Understand the distinct but complementary responsibilities of an independent regulator.
- Exercise regulatory authority with integrity while remaining accountable to the Minister and working constructively across government.
- Provide authoritative policy and legislative advice.
- Lead complex implementation.
- Engage productively with industry without compromising regulatory independence.
- Credible and trusted relationship builder.
- Strong operational, financial, and governance judgement.
- Ability to make balanced decisions in complex and politically sensitive circumstances.
- Leadership style combines intellectual rigor with empathy, generosity, and sound judgement.
- Ability to listen well, address difficult issues directly and respectfully.
- Ability to harness the commitment of a highly values-driven organisation to deliver practical and measurable environmental outcomes.
Skills
- Environmental regulation
- Policy development
- Law
- Science
- Government relations
- Regulatory context
- Operational judgement
- Financial judgement
- Governance judgement
- Relationship building
- Executive leadership
- Strategic planning
- Communication
- Stakeholder engagement
Location
- Sydney, NSW
- Metropolitan NSW (travel)
- Regional NSW (travel)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Ongoing
Experience Level
- Executive
- Senior leadership
About the Company
- The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is the State’s independent environmental regulator and steward.
- It works with Aboriginal people, communities, industry, businesses, and government to protect, restore, and enhance the environment of NSW and safeguard human health.
- The EPA regulates activity across a broad and complex legislative remit, monitors compliance, investigates environmental harm, and takes enforcement action where required.
- It also provides policy and legislative advice to government, supports emergency and incident responses, and leads work across priorities including waste, the circular economy, and climate change.
- The EPA has a highly committed workforce and a strong culture of stewardship.
- The EPA is focused on delivering its established reform agenda and translating policy into practical outcomes.
- This includes maintaining public confidence in environmental regulation while responding to increasingly complex environmental, economic, and social challenges.