Essential Services Commission of South Australia
Job reference: 846031
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Full-time, ongoing contract

ASO7 - $112,163 - $121,246 plus superannuation

Do you:

• bring strong regulatory experience and a deep understanding of how to interpret and apply legislation to achieve compliance outcomes?
• have legal or investigative expertise, with the confidence to lead complex investigations and influence enforcement decisions?
• have sharp analytical skills to assess evidence, identify risks, and turn insights into effective regulatory action?
• appreciate flexibility and the option to undertake hybrid working?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our dynamic team as a Principal Investigations and Enforcement Analyst to help shape and lead the Commission’s investigations and enforcement function and driving strong compliance outcomes across regulated industries in South Australia.

About the role

Reporting to the Executive Director, Delivery, Evaluation & Enforcement, the Principal Investigations and Enforcement Analyst leads and delivers complex investigations and enforcement activities across the Commission’s regulated industries. The role plays a key part in shaping and strengthening the Commission’s compliance and enforcement approach—identifying risks, responding to non-compliance, and driving effective, intelligence-led regulatory outcomes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Compliance and enforcement: Lead and undertake complex investigations and enforcement actions to address non-compliance and promote strong regulatory outcomes.
• Strategic compliance: Develop and implement risk-based strategies to identify, prioritise and respond to compliance risks across regulated industries.
• Investigation management: Conduct end-to-end investigations, including evidence gathering, analysis, reporting and recommending appropriate enforcement actions.
• Regulatory advice: Provide expert, evidence-based advice and recommendations to senior leaders and Commissioners on investigation findings and compliance priorities.
• Frameworks and capability: Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Commission’s compliance and enforcement frameworks, tools and practices.
• Stakeholder engagement: Engage effectively with regulated entities, legal representatives and other stakeholders to support investigations and influence compliance outcomes.

About you

To be successful in this position, you will need to demonstrate:

• Regulatory expertise: Strong experience in a legal or regulatory environment, with the ability to interpret and apply legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Investigation and enforcement experience: Proven capability in leading and contributing to complex investigations, including evidence assessment and enforcement decision-making.
• Analytical skills: Highly developed analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex information, identify risks and form well-reasoned, evidence-based conclusions.
• Communication and influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present complex information and influence diverse stakeholders.
• Judgement and autonomy: Ability to exercise sound, independent judgement and manage competing priorities in a complex and dynamic environment.
• Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively within a team while contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Educational background: Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field and/or equivalent experience in managing and implementing regulatory compliance frameworks, conducting compliance investigations and in taking enforcement action.
• Values-driven approach: A genuine commitment to the Commission’s core values: accountability, collaboration, agility, respect, and integrity.

About the Commission

The Commission is a statutory authority established as an independent economic regulator and advisory body to protect the long-term interests of South Australian consumers with respect to the price, quality and reliability of essential services. We add long-term value to the South Australian community by meeting our objective through independent, ethical and expert regulatory decisions and the provision of robust advice to Government. Our work is anchored in our core values of Accountability, Collaboration, Agility, Respect, and Integrity.

Our role incorporates licensing, consumer protection, service standards, pricing, monitoring, compliance and public reporting in the water, electricity and gas industries, and access regulation of essential ports and rail infrastructure. We also provide advice and conduct Inquiries to inform the South Australian Government on economic and regulatory policy issues and provide advice to local government.

What we can offer

The Commission and the South Australian public sector promote diversity and flexible ways of working, including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

We support our employees to deliver high quality outcomes by genuinely providing a great work culture, fostering employee relations and valuing health and wellbeing. We also offer all staff ongoing professional development and access to generous learning and development provisions. We offer hybrid ways of working for all staff and support flexibility for our people.

We are committed to an inclusive workplace that values diversity, and actively promote a culturally safe workplace by developing and implementing inclusion-based action plans, including a Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access Inclusion Plan.

In addition, the Commission is proudly White Ribbon Australia accredited and adopts a zero-tolerance approach towards domestic violence and disrespectful behaviours of any kind in the workplace and in the broader community.

Special Conditions for Employment

• Employment is dependent upon the provision of a National Police Certificate that the Commission considers satisfactory.
• Some out of hours work may be required to meet critical deadlines.
• Some intrastate and or interstate travel may be required.

How to apply

To be considered for this role, your application must include the following:

1. An updated resume, listing at least current two referees
2. A cover letter which addresses the following two questions only:
   a) Investigations Experience:
   Describe a complex investigation you have led or contributed to, including your approach, the challenges involved, and the outcome.
   b) Communication Skills:
   Provide an example of how you have communicated complex or technical information to a non-technical audience. How did you ensure your message was clearly understood?
3. A completed and signed Pre-Employment Declaration form. A copy of the form can be found in the listing for this vacancy or on our website.
4. Please combine all three documents into one PDF and submit the PDF only.

Applications should be addressed to Amelia Greer, People and Culture Business Partner and sent via email to recruitment@escosa.sa.gov.au.

For further information about the role, please contact Amelia on 08 8389 8818 or via email to recruitment@escosa.sa.gov.au.

We are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process for all applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@escosa.sa.gov.au if you feel that further guidance or support might assist you with the application process and we will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Applications close 11.00pm on Monday, 8 June 2026.

Applications close: 08/06/2026 11:00 PM

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.