Government - State (Government & Defence)
Ready to take the lead in safeguarding children's health, safety, and well-being? As our Senior Investigator, you will play a critical role in planning, coordinating, and conducting investigations into high-risk early childhood providers, services, and their staff.
Your role will involve assessing and identifying non-compliance or breaches of the law in accordance with legislation and professional standards. You will recommend proportionate regulatory responses that drive meaningful improvements and ensure adherence to legal and ethical standards.
If you're passionate about conducting thorough investigations and making a positive impact on early childhood services, this is the role for you!
About You
Your passion for ensuring children's health, safety, and well-being is evident in your thorough and fair approach to investigations. With a keen attention to detail, you excel in assessing high-risk situations, identifying non-compliance, and recommending proportionate responses that drive improvement.
Your ability to interpret complex legislation and communicate it clearly makes you a trusted advisor to stakeholders. You are proactive, resilient, and bring a collaborative approach to your work, fostering trust and understanding even in challenging circumstances.
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact by upholding standards and promoting best practices in early childhood services, we'd love to welcome you to the team!
Our vision
All children and young people have access to high-quality education and care in safe, well-governed and well-managed services.
About us
The Education Standards Board (ESB) is the independent statutory authority that regulates early childhood services and registers schools to improve education and care outcomes for children and young people in South Australia.
Situated in the Adelaide CBD in modern office facilities, close to public transport, the ESB offers a supportive and professional work environment in keeping with its values. Our employees enjoy a great work-life balance and flexible work arrangements including working from home.
The ESB values an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and encourages applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disability, and people from the LGBTQI+ community.
Essential Qualifications
To be considered for these duties it is essential that you have the following:
Investigation, regulatory or compliance qualifications or equivalent experience. Special Conditions
Full time term vacancy, offered on a 24-month contract. The successful applicant will be required to satisfactorily complete a Working with Children Check prior to being employed and regularly as required. All applications must be submitted online via I Work for SA.
Please submit a cover letter of no more than 2 pages that demonstrates your suitability against the role description. Please also submit a current CV including the name and contact details of three referees (including a current or recent line manager).
Applicants who do not address these requirements will not be considered.
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