Regional Manager - North Metro

Ongoing, Full time role 

Salary: VPS 6.2 - $162,077 to $185,518 + 12% superannuation

Location: 13a Albert Street, Preston VIC 3072 

About the Organisation

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:

Reporting to the Director, Metropolitan Melbourne Area, the Regional Manager, Northern Metropolitan Melbourne Region, leads and manages a team responsible for EPA’s ‘on-ground’ front line regulatory response across the Northern Metropolitan Melbourne Region to prevent harm to communities and the environment from pollution and waste.

This is a senior management role that is part of EPA’s executive team, leading a positive organisational culture, ensuring that the highest standards of performance and integrity are achieved; and fostering genuine partnerships across all levels of government, industry, and community to deliver organisational outcomes.

In this role you will:

• Manage the allocation of resources, budgets, business and project planning and reporting; and demonstrate a strong commitment to a positive culture and the development of staff.
• Be an active member of the executive team at EPA, contributing to the overall operational strategy and direction of the organisation, ensuring a one-EPA approach to the delivery of priorities; build a high performing workforce that is safety and wellbeing focussed, outcome-orientated, collaborative, innovative, professional, and engaged.
• Lead the region in building, maintaining and leveraging strategic relationships and partnerships to ensure that the EPA is a trusted and influential authority in advancing the prevention of harm to the environment and human health from pollution and waste; effectively represent the EPA in the local community and at external forums.
• Oversight the planning and delivery of regulatory operations in the region, including preventative projects, compliance programs and the delivery of other program of works, to achieve EPA’s strategic priorities in preventing harm to communities and the environment from pollution and waste, including engagement and education, compliance monitoring and inspections, and managing non-compliance via regulatory notices and enforcement action; lead the regions response to environmental and public health incidents and emergencies, working in collaboration with Regulatory Services Branch and other parts of EPA.

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• A proven record of achievement in a senior management role leading a business unit through change to achieve high performance and a positive organisational culture along with senior management experience leading regulatory operations in government, or equivalent.
• A knowledge of community engagement practices and understanding of the communities in Northern Metropolitan Melbourne Region.
• Proven ability to mobilise efforts across the business and with external stakeholders to achieve outcomes and be able to influence and communicate at all levels.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities, including building a shared sense of direction, clarifying priorities; identifies and responds proactively to strategic issues impacting the operating environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to be across broad range of issues that change quickly, be dynamic and responsive in nature but also be able to plan and be strategic.

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How to apply

Click the ”Apply” button to submit your application. Applications close on Sunday, 26 October 2025 at 11:59PM.

Applicants Should Submit:

• Cover letter; addressing your experience, the key selection criteria, motivations, and suitability to the role.
• Resume; including contact details of two referees.

For any enquiries relating to this role, please reach out to careers@epa.vic.gov.au

Need to know more?

All prospective employees will also undergo a National Criminal Record Check prior to an offer of employment. You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Preferred candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, police checks, reference checks and role related security clearances.

EPA Victoria recognises the value of the diversity, strength, and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as we work with Traditional Owners to care for our environment. We provide a culturally safe and embracing work environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to merit, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We believe our workforce should represent the diversity of the lands upon which we reside; and we actively embrace staff of different abilities, orientations, backgrounds, faiths, and genders.

** Please note: EPA will be temporarily closed for the Holiday Season from 29 December 2025 to 31st December 2025 (inclusive). Employees will be required to use their annual leave balances during this period and the People & Culture team will automate the leave application for all employees. Please discuss leave options with your manager upon commencement and consider that in absence of accrued leave, you may need to take leave without pay. **