Chief Information Officer – Australian Energy Regulator
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770716
- Agency: Australian Energy Regulator
- Job Title: Chief Information Officer
- Position Number: AER-9
- Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 1
- Closing Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT,
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: Future Merit
- Office Arrangement: Hybrid (Employees are required to work in the office a)
About Australian Energy Regulator
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) works to make energy consumers better off, now and in the future. We focus on ensuring a
secure, reliable and affordable energy future for Australia as it transitions to net zero emissions. We regulate electricity networks
and covered gas pipelines, in all jurisdictions except Western Australia. We set the amount of revenue that network businesses can
recover from customers for using these networks. From 1 July 2026, the AER structurally separated from the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and transitioned into a standalone non-corporate Commonwealth entity with its
own accountable authority, staff and budgetary control. The separation of the AER from the ACCC is a significant regulatory reform
aimed at improving the governance and operational autonomy of the AER.
Duties
- Lead the Agency’s information, data and digital functions to support strategic and regulatory
- outcomes.
- Set and deliver the digital, ICT and data strategy, roadmap and priorities.
- Oversee the delivery of digital and data initiatives through strong governance and program
- management.
- Ensure ICT services are secure, resilient and effective, including cyber security, continuity
- and incident response.
- Build a high-performing ICT function and manage investment, suppliers, architecture,
- policies and stakeholder relationships.
- What we are looking for
- We invite applications from people with the following experience, skills and attributes:
- Demonstrate a strong record of delivering contemporary technology and data solutions in
- complex, dynamic environments, including navigating shifting priorities and funding
- constraints.
- Be an accomplished senior executive, leading large and complex programs of work while
- contributing to enterprise-wide outcomes through active participation in executive
- decision-making and collaboration.
- Translate business needs into effective, scalable solutions, with the ability to analyse,
- synthesise and respond to evolving requirements while delivering in compressed
- timeframes.
- Provide clear, strategic advice to senior leaders and governance forums on complex ICT,
- digital, cyber and data matters, articulating insights in plain English and offering practical,
- evidence-based recommendations.
- Bring strong financial and commercial acumen, including experience developing funding
- proposals, managing budgets, overseeing procurement processes and ensuring effective
- contract management.
- Ensure that complex technical and energy market data is managed with integrity, security
- and compliance, in line with relevant frameworks and obligations.
- Deliver transparent, high-quality reporting on major investments and initiatives, supporting
- strong governance, accountability and decision-making.
Eligibility / Notes
- Australian Citizenship – our successful candidate must be an Australian Citizen
- Security clearance – our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to
- obtain and maintain a security clearance at the required level
- Character check – AER requires a character check for all employees prior to engagement.
- This consists of a police records check.
How to Apply
Position Contact Beaumont and Beaumont, (02) 6126 4500
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.beaumontandbeaumont.com.au/11711
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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