Director, Licensing and Transformation

About this role

• Manage Victoria's extensive liquor licensing program
• Lead ongoing transformation initiatives
• Executive Officer contract SES1 – fixed term for 6 to 8 months

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Director, Licensing and Transformation, to provide a critical role within Liquor Control Victoria.

About the Business Unit

Liquor Control Victoria (LCV) includes the independent Victorian Liquor Commission and a dedicated team in the Department that supports the Commission in the exercise of its statutory functions.

Our vision is a safe, diverse, and responsible liquor industry focussing on harm minimisation and community safety.  

LCV performs a variety of regulatory functions under delegated authority, including:

• licensing, approval, authorisation and registration activities;
• supporting industry to comply with all laws and regulations, and
• the detection and response to contraventions of the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 (Act).

About the Role

The Director Licensing and Transformation manages a division responsible for a licensing program that includes in excess of 23,000 liquor licensees and recovers over $30 million in liquor licence fees annually. 

The Director drives the achievement of performance targets, risk based decision making, and regulatory modernisation including ICT transformation. As part of the executive leadership team the Director drives a culture of “one regulator”, drives a culture of communication, thinks and acts as part of an integrated public and private system, and leads change.

Some of your duties will include:

• Lead the ongoing development and implementation of a best practice and risk based licensing framework to achieve a safe, diverse, and responsible Victorian liquor industry.
• Implement systems to identify, assess, and respond to current and emerging regulatory risk.
• Lead business transformation initiatives to achieve modern, efficient, and effective regulation, including ICT change, regulatory reform, and projects to further strengthen Victoria's dedicated liquor regulator.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated knowledge and sound understanding of contemporary licensing frameworks, practices, and operations in a complex regulatory environment.
• A proven track record in senior management and agent of organisational change in complex regulatory or service delivery operational environments.
• High-level communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills combined with demonstrable ability to liaise and negotiate at senior/executive levels, developing innovative solutions to resolve complex and sensitive issues.
• An understanding, or demonstrated capacity to quickly acquire an understanding, of liquor industries including the regulatory frameworks together with a sound appreciation of the government's social and economic objectives, in particular harm minimisation, and strategic priorities for regulation of the industries.
• Demonstrated experience in leading staff through organisational change, integrating existing functions to share information, maximise efficiencies and engage, motivate, and build staff capability to achieve the organisation's vision and strategies.
• A strong record of building, leading, coaching and motivating teams with a demonstrated ability to develop and promote teamwork to ensure service delivery.
• Extensive staff management skills including ensuring the right people are assigned to the right role and able to perform their roles proactively, professionally, and consistently.
• Experience leading ICT systems change would be an asset.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in public administration or law desirable.
• Experience in regulatory operations is desirable.
• A Victorian Driver Licence is required.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.