Senior Compliance Officer, External Oversight

• Use your expertise to ensure IBAC meets its external oversight obligations
• Melbourne CBD with hybrid / flexible working arrangements
• Full-time, ongoing, VPS 5.2 $128,635 - $140,849 + super

Our organisation

IBAC's work is vitally important to Victorians - we prevent and expose public sector corruption and police misconduct.

Our vision is a public sector and police that acts with integrity for all Victorians.

Our team

People who work for IBAC are expected to have a sound understanding of and ability to demonstrate the IBAC values when dealing with Government agencies, the community and colleagues.

IBAC's values are incorporated in professional skills and behaviours for the position.

We Lead by example, Act Impartially, Work Together, Behave with Respect, Strive for Excellence.

Your new role

We have an opportunity for an individual to join our External Oversight team as Senior Compliance Officer on a full-time, ongoing basis. Reporting to the Managing Principal Officer, the role will ensure IBAC meets each of its compliance obligations in accordance with its legislative requirements, including the timely, efficient, and effective conduct of reviews and inspections, analysis of data and other information and production of compliance reports.

Duties include:

• Manage and lead complex inspections and reviews of Victoria Police arising under relevant legislation, from planning through to execution and reporting, including supervising and directing compliance officers throughout all stages of the work.
• Develop and maintain the External Oversight Unit's framework, business plan and schedule to deliver on IBAC's external oversight statutory obligations.
• Develop and maintain the External Oversight manual, procedures and systems that govern each of IBAC's External Oversight functions.
• Identify, propose and implement solutions for continuous improvement of the External Oversight Unit's activities.

Additional duties are set out in the position description. To view this, please visit the IBAC Careers webpage and click on the appropriate vacancy.

Our requirements / Your skill set

We are looking for candidates with the below experience and capabilities:

• Understanding, or the ability to quickly gain an understanding of IBAC's external oversight functions under the relevant legislation. police oversight functions and Victoria Police's compliance obligations pursuant to relevant legislation.
• Knowledge and experience in complex compliance, auditing and/or inspection methods and practices, including analysing large amounts of data and compiling high quality reports.
• A tertiary or other qualification which satisfies eligibility criteria for either CPA Australia or the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand or Institute of Internal Auditors or equivalent professional body, is required.

Due to the requirement to attain a Negative Vetting 1 security clearance candidates must be an Australian citizen at the time of application.

All applications should include:

• a resume (no longer than 5 typed pages)
• a cover letter
• responses to the administrative screening questions within the application process

PDF documents are preferred. If you encounter technical issues when applying, please email ***email_hidden***.

For further information regarding the role, please contact Sandra Biberow (Managing Principal Officer, External Oversight) at [email protected]

Applications close 11:59pm, Tuesday 23 June 2026.

We are committed to bringing together people with differing perspectives, lived experiences and skills to make choices that reflect our integrity and community, and to creating an inclusive work environment for all.

Visit: www.ibac.vic.gov.au for more information.