Corporate and Legal Temporary Employment – Clean Energy Regulator
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770463
- Agency: Clean Energy Regulator
- Job Title: Corporate and Legal Temporary Employment
- Position Number: NON 071/26
- Classification: APS Level 3;APS Level 4;APS Level 5;APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Thursday 24 December 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $76,302 – $116,424
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (The agency supports and promotes flexible working,)
About Clean Energy Regulator
The Clean Energy Regulator is the Government body responsible for administering legislation to reduce carbon emissions and
increase the use of clean energy. The Clean Energy Regulator has administrative responsibilities for the: • National Greenhouse
and Energy Reporting Scheme, under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 • Emissions Reduction Fund,
under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011, • Renewable Energy Target, under the Renewable Energy
(Electricity) Act 2000, and • Australian National Registry of Emissions Units, under the Australian National Registry of Emissions
Units Act 2011, • Nature Repair Market, under the Nature Repair Act 2023, • Guarantee of Origin, under the Future Made in
Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024. Our purpose is to accelerate carbon abatement for Australia. We work with our
stakeholders and clients including Australian Government departments and agencies, industry bodies, liable entities and the
community to provide regulatory services of the highest standard. We offer challenging and rewarding work in administering
legislation that will reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy. Our agency is committed to workplace diversity
and aims to create an environment that values and utilises the contribution of people from different backgrounds, experiences and
perspectives. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people with a disability, people from
diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature age workers
Duties
- We are seeking candidates from a variety of backgrounds to fill these vacancies as they arise.
- We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate some or all of the following capabilities, at
- varying level of skill dependant on the level:
- A high level of attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
- Stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work as part of multidisciplinary teams.
- Time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to take initiative and a curious mind to grow and develop.
- Roles at APS Level 6 will entail a leadership responsibility through coaching of APS staff,
- identification of goals and organising team initiatives.
- The following experience and qualifications are highly desirable but not essential – with the
- exception of Legal Services who require qualifications in Law to fill Legal Officer positions.
- Corporate Branch
- Finance:
- Experience using an FMIS like TechOne or similar.
- Financial qualifications.
- Human Resources, Facilities and Security:
- Experience in using HRMIS/ATS/LMS such as Aurion, eRecruit and LearnHub.
- Qualifications in human resources.
- Experience or an understanding of personnel security and/or facilities management.
- Communications:
- Experience in media, stakeholder engagement or internal communications.
- Qualifications in communications or a related field.
- Legal Services and Governance Branch
- Legal:
- Qualification in Law and admitted as a practicing lawyer.
- Governance and secretariat support:
- Experience working with committees and/or secretariat work.
- Risk, Audit and Fraud:
- Experience working in risk management, internal audit and/or fraud detection.
- Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline.
Eligibility / Notes
- Your registration will remain active until 24 December 2026. After this time, you will need to submit
- a new expression of interest by reapplying.
- CER is committed to workplace diversity and aims to create an environment that values and
- utilises the contribution of people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
- To be eligible for a non-ongoing (temporary) employment, you must:
- Be an Australian Citizen.
- Satisfy a number of pre-employment checks.
- Satisfy any mandatory qualification requirements applicable to the position.
- Obtain and maintain a security clearance to the level applicable to the position.
How to Apply
Position Contact Recruitment Team, 02 6159 3223
Agency Recruitment Site https://cleanenergyregulatorcareers.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm
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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