Regional Manager, Northern Metropolitan

Ongoing, full-time role

Salary: VPS 6.2 - $166,939 to $191,084 + 12% superannuation

Location: 13a Albert Street, Preston VIC 3072

About the Organisation

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 organisational priorities.
• Strong judgement in complex regulatory environments, applying risk-based, evidence-informed and proportionate approaches while managing incidents, emerging risks and competing priorities.
• Highly developed communication, engagement, negotiation and influencing skills, with the credibility to represent EPA at senior forums and build strong external relationships.
• Strong capability in workforce and resource planning, financial management, governance, performance oversight and continuous improvement.
• A current Victorian Driver’s Licence and the ability to maintain an active office-based leadership presence approximately five days per week, together with travel to other EPA offices.
• A relevant tertiary degree or qualification is desirable. Vaccination against specified vaccine-preventable diseases may be required to safely undertake field-based duties.

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How to apply

Click the “Apply” button to submit your application. Applications close on Tuesday 17th November 2026 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.