Director Environment – Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769928
- Agency: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines
- Job Title: Director Environment
- Position Number: 01155
- Classification: Executive Level 2
- Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT, Armidale NSW
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra, Armidale
- Salary: $154,097 – $178,313
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements (including working)
About Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines
To Apply
Position Contact Renee, 0403 727 598
Agency Recruitment Site www.csexecutivegroup.com/job/direnv0526
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
Attorney-General’s Vacancy
Duties
- Key responsibilities:
- Lead technical evaluations of chemicals under reconsideration, producing risk assessment
- reports and risk management recommendations that inform regulatory decisions.
- Contribute to regulatory processes, including preparing and clearing briefing materials,
- supporting public consultations, and providing technical input.
- Support product registration assessments, including applications for new products, permits
- and variations to existing registrations when needed for both agricultural chemicals and
- veterinary medicines.
- Develop and enhance guidance materials for technical risk assessments and engage with
- domestic and international stakeholders on their interpretation and application.
- Manage relationships with external service providers, internal and external clients, and
- stakeholders, including Commonwealth and state agencies, industry bodies, and NGOs.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to build capability within the team and ensure delivery of
- high-quality scientific outputs.
Eligibility / Notes
- Essential
- Appropriate tertiary qualifications in environmental toxicology, agricultural or animal
- sciences, or a relevant science discipline.
- Extensive experience in assessment of environmental fate and behaviour of pesticides,
- veterinary medicines or other chemicals, and their risks to non-target species.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to evaluate and provide
- pragmatic advice on complex information in a regulatory setting in both data-rich and
- data-poor environments.
- Highly developed leadership and management skills that demonstrate a commitment to
- coaching and developing staff, an ability to plan strategically, and experience managing
- project activities in a dynamic environment including dealing with periods of peak demands.
- Demonstrated capacity to work at a senior level in a team setting, apply high-level
- interpersonal skills, communicate clearly and confidently via oral and written communication,
- and represent the agency in a variety of contexts.
- Demonstrated experience in building and sustaining relationships with internal and external
- collaborators, stakeholders and service providers.
- Willingness to abide by the APS Values, Code of Conduct and Employment Principles, and a
- demonstrated commitment to applying the principles and practices of WHS, equity and
- diversity in the workplace.
- Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications in environmental toxicology, agricultural or animal sciences, or a
- relevant science discipline.
How to Apply
Position Contact Renee, 0403 727 598
Agency Recruitment Site www.csexecutivegroup.com/job/direnv0526
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
Attorney-General’s Vacancy