Assistant Commissioner (Reviews and Compliance) - Senior Executive Band 1 at the Information and Privacy Commission NSW (IPC) - Ongoing

Lead regulatory oversight and governance in a high-impact leadership role.

Shape privacy, transparency, and compliance across the NSW public sector.

Work closely with the IPC leadership team to drive strategic and regulatory outcomes.

Located at the McKell Building - Haymarket.

Closing date Tuesday 3rd June at 09:59am

Total Remuneration Package range $239,483 - $263,586 (including superannuation)

About the role

We are looking for an Assistant Commissioner (Reviews and Compliance) to join our small and dynamic organisation. This executive leadership opportunity at the IPC offers the chance to lead the independent integrity agency's statutory reviews, complaints, monitoring, compliance and internal governance functions.

As the Assistant Commissioner (Reviews and Compliance), you will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (also the Information Commissioner) and be responsible to both the Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner for delivering statutory functions related to information access and privacy. In this pivotal role, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across a range of oversight functions, helping to guide best practice in the NSW public sector and promote compliance with information access and privacy laws.

Your key accountabilities include:

Leading a team to carry out the Commission's statutory functions including reviews, complaints, audits investigations and reporting.

Build and maintain a deep subject matter expertise across the team, including about contemporary uses of technology to deliver public services.

Leading stakeholder engagement across the NSW public sector to uplift privacy and information access capabilities.

Fulfilling the IPC's Chief Audit Executive role; supporting governance, internal audit, and risk management frameworks.

Advising Commissioners on strategic direction and contributing to the IPC's corporate leadership and performance.

Delivering strategic projects and ensuring service excellence, continual improvement, and alignment with the IPC's goals.

Promoting a culture of safety and managing psychosocial risks, particularly in complaint-handling functions.

About you

You're a strategic and driven leader with a passion for public sector integrity and regulatory impact. You bring senior leadership experience in regulatory, legal, audit, or compliance environments, along with a strong understanding of information access and privacy regulation.

The successful applicant will enjoy diverse and challenging work in a collaborative team environment.

To be successful in this role you will have:

Demonstrated tertiary qualifications such as law, government, public policy and/or equivalent professional experience.

Highly developed knowledge of the NSW framework for privacy and information access regulation.

Understanding of the role of independent integrity agencies within the public sector.

Extensive knowledge and experience in administrative decision-making in a public sector context.

Proven experience in regulating complex and diverse entities.

Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams in a regulatory, governance, or oversight context.

This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the public sector and help shape the transparency and privacy standards for NSW.

How to apply for the role at the IPC

To apply for this role, submit an online application. Your application must include a cover letter of no more than 2 pages, and an up-to-date resume of no more than five pages which clearly describes how your capabilities, your knowledge and experience make you the best person for this role.

Please ensure you respond to the pre-screening question below.

As part of the application process, candidates are required to answer a pre-screening question based on the focus capabilities for this role. Please ensure that your response is not more than 500 words:

Question 1: Describe your experience in leading a team in a regulatory, governance or oversight environment, and outline the challenges this environment presents.

Applicants invited for interview will be required to complete additional capability-based assessments.

About us

The IPC is an independent integrity agency that supports the Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner promote and protect information access and privacy rights in NSW; ensuring that agencies and individuals can access consistent information, guidance and training about information access and privacy matters.

To learn more about the IPC, look at our website https://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au.

Working at the IPC

The IPC is a great place to work! Our values of integrity, accountability, trust and service drive the work we do. We are an inclusive organisation that celebrates diversity and flexible work practices, and believe our people are our greatest asset.

Click here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to the role, please contact Pooja Jain at [email protected].

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

Belong in our diverse and inclusive workplace

The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.

You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here.

We want you to bring your best self to this application process. If you have any support or access needs that may require adjustments to allow you to fully participate in this selection process (including an alternate format of the application form) please contact [email protected] or 02 9494 8351.

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