Licensing Officer
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 23 September 2025
Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 4
Salary: $84,901 - $91,501 plus superannuation
Position No: 58002
Directorate: City and Environment
Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 September 2025
Contact Officer: Rachelle Turk on
Rachelle.Turk@act.gov.au
or
(02) 6205 8756
Details: Are you interested in working with a team that directly impacts various community and industry sectors? Do you excel at managing competing priorities and making informed decisions in a dynamic regulatory environment? If so, the Community, Industry, and Traders Licensing team has the perfect opportunity for you!
The Community, Industry, and Traders Licensing team is responsible for administering a wide range of licensing and registration functions across multiple industries, including agents, security, controlled sports, charitable collections, co-operatives, brothels, X18+ films, Trader industries and more. The team is dedicated to ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and delivering positive outcomes for the Canberra community.
As a Licensing Officer, you will play a crucial role in assessing and processing applications, providing accurate advice to stakeholders, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our services. You will work closely with team members, statutory office holders, and various stakeholders to achieve our regulatory objectives.
If you have questions or would like to know more about the role, please contact Rachelle Turk, Director of the Community, Industry and Traders Licensing team, via email to Rachelle.Turk@act.gov.au
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.
Notes: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.
How to apply: Please provide a written response to the Selection Criteria, no longer than two pages, outlining how your skills, knowledge and behaviour will be suitable for this role. Please include the name and contact number for two referees and your curriculum vitae.
Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.
City and Environment
City and Environment Directorate was established on the 1 July 2025. This new directorate is an amalgamation of positions previously advertised under Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate and Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate.
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