Executive Level 1
$122,620 to $139,850 + 15.4 Superannuation
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About the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is the national regulator of Australian Government-funded aged care services.
We protect and enhance the safety, health, wellbeing, and quality of life of people receiving aged care. This includes managing complaints and feedback about the care older people receive.
We help build confidence and trust in aged care, by promoting best practice and a culture of safety and quality in the sector. We register providers and hold them to account if they don’t meet expected standards of care.
We work with providers, workers, older people, their families, and supporters to make sure they understand and uphold older people’s rights.
Meet some of our people and learn more about the Commission and our Regulatory Strategy on our website www.agedcarequality.gov.au
The Data, Analytics and Intelligence (DAI) Branch
manages and analyses data from the aged care sector and regulatory activities to understand risks and performance for the purposes of prioritising and informing preventative and responsive risk treatments and regulatory decision making.
DAI’s role is to identify risks and guide decisions that inform preventative and responsive risk treatments. DAI supports service delivery through authoritative data and intelligence practice that is contemporary and compliant with relevant legislation, regulations, standards and aligned with the strategic imperatives of the Commission.
The Intelligence and Analytics Section delivers a risk profiling, intelligence and analytics program that empowers the Commission to manage sector, provider and worker risk. The section supports decision-making across the risk management lifecycle, including:
delivering integrated risk models and AI tools that flag potential harms before they occur
providing systemic insight and guiding responses on sector-wide risks
developing intelligence on risk trends and drivers of harm for aged care workers, providers and the sector.
The section’s trusted insights are founded on advanced analytical techniques, integrated data and the multi-disciplinary skillsets of data science, analytics and intelligence.
About the Role
The Principal Intelligence Analyst is the senior intelligence specialist and operational delivery lead for the Regulatory Intelligence team. Working under the direction of the Assistant Director, the role leads execution of the Regulatory Intelligence Strategy through the coordinated delivery of timely, objective and actionable intelligence products.
The role exercises operational authority over intelligence intake, triage, sequencing and analytical delivery. It leads complex and high-priority analytical work, integrates analytical workstreams, provides authoritative quality assurance and advice, and supports the embedding of agreed intelligence governance, standards and methodologies. The role provides professional leadership, mentoring and task coordination, but does not have primary responsibility for staff performance management, workforce allocation or formal team leadership.
Position Duties
Lead execution of agreed Regulatory Intelligence Strategy priorities by converting intelligence requirements into coordinated analytical activities, products and delivery timeframes.
Lead complex Strategic Intelligence Assessments and other high-priority intelligence products, including defining analytical approaches, directing contributing workstreams and ensuring judgements are evidence-based and defensible.
Oversee the end-to-end flow of intelligence work, including intake, triage, sequencing, dependencies, milestones and the redirection of analytical effort in response to emerging intelligence and changing priorities.
Provide authoritative quality assurance and peer review to ensure intelligence products are clearly expressed, appropriately caveated and fit for executive and regulatory decision-making.
Integrate intelligence from regulatory activity, internal data, stakeholder engagement, open sources and partner agencies, and translate findings into practical implications, options and recommended actions.
Build trusted relationships and provide professional leadership, coaching and mentoring while embedding agreed governance, standards, methodologies, product frameworks and capability initiatives.
Position Eligibility Requirements (Selection Criteria) :
To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:
Demonstrated experience leading complex intelligence analysis and producing high-quality strategic or operational intelligence products for executive, regulatory or risk-based decision-making.
Excellent research, conceptual thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills, including sound judgement when evaluating incomplete, ambiguous, sensitive or contested information and applying structured analytical techniques.
Strong ability to execute agreed strategic priorities through coordinated analytical delivery, including triaging requirements, directing analytical effort, integrating workstreams and managing competing demands and dependencies.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including concise and influential briefings and rigorous quality assurance for senior and diverse audiences.
Strong stakeholder engagement and professional leadership skills, including building productive relationships, negotiating priorities, coordinating specialist effort, mentoring staff and constructively challenging assumptions.
Strong regulatory intelligence and data literacy, integrity and professional courage, including appropriate handling of sensitive information and operation within legislative, policy and information-governance requirements.
Position Notes:
Salary offered will be between $122,620 - $139,850 per annum depending on skills and experience. In addition, 15.4% superannuation will be paid.
Only candidates who hold Australian citizenship can apply. Appointment is conditional on successfully completing a national police check. For more information, please visit www.apsc.gov.au/citizenship\-aps
Non-ongoing opportunity will be offered for an irregular/intermittent term. Opportunities will be offered for varying periods up to 12 months with the option to extend to a total of 24 months.
Merit Pool established through this selection process may be used to fill this or future ongoing or non-ongoing vacancies.
In your application, please provide a statement of claims against the position eligibility requirements (selection criteria) in no more than 750 -words , including what strengths you would bring to the role, and a copy of your CV.
Please complete the application and submit by 8 November 2026, 11:59PM (AEDT).
Follow our guidelines for candidate use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) throughout the recruitment process.
Please contact our recruitment team on (02) 9633 3262 or recruitment@agedcarequality.gov.au for assistance with accessing our website or with lodging your application.
Specific questions about the roles can be directed to Brett Turner by emailing Brett.Turner@agedcarequality.gov.au with Position title in the subject line.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Commission is committed to fostering a workplace with flexible work arrangements to support a diverse, respectful and inclusive culture for all staff.
The Commission recognises the richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and is committed to the implementation of our Reconciliation Action Plan . The Commission values the unique knowledge and experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees which strengthens and supports our focus on protecting and enhancing the safety, health, wellbeing and quality of life of aged care consumers.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under RecruitAbility you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under RecruitAbility; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the position. For more information, visit https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability.
We provide reasonable adjustments such as access, equipment or other practical support at relevant stages of the recruitment process. Please email recruitment@agedcarequality.gov.au if you need any adjustments made.
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