Ex-Police Compliance & Regulatory Jobs in Melbourne
Compliance, AML/CTF and regulatory roles. Working to AUSTRAC, ASIC and APRA obligations is a stronger regulatory grounding than most civilian applicants can offer — firms increasingly recognise this. Showing live roles in Melbourne (Victoria) matched to police leavers.
- live matched jobs
- 14
- advertised pay
- A$67,478 – A$140,849
- employers hiring
- 10
- newest role
- Today
- Part-time
Compliance Officer – NDIS Disability Services
Ample Care Support Services · Melbourne
A$67,478 – A$121,513Estimated
Your experience managing documentation, conducting checks, and ensuring procedural compliance in policing translates directly to maintaining staff and participant files and monitoring mandatory training. Your attention to detail and ability to follow strict protocols will serve you well in preparing audit-ready documentation and supporting quality improvement.
Posted Today
- Full-time
Senior Compliance Officer (Third Party Provider Licensing Services)
Department of Transport and Planning · Melbourne
A$116,413 – A$140,849Estimated
Your experience managing complex regulatory frameworks like PACE and CPIA directly prepares you for leading risk-based compliance programs and ensuring third-party providers meet licensing standards. The role's focus on team leadership, stakeholder relationships, and clear reporting mirrors the operational command and multi-agency coordination you handled daily in policing. Your ability to assess risk, enforce procedures, and adapt to changing requirements makes you a strong candidate for this compliance leadership position.
Posted Today
- Full-time
Risk & Regulatory Compliance Officer - TeamKids HQ
TeamKids · Melbourne
Your policing background gives you a strong grounding in regulatory compliance, evidence handling, and stakeholder management, which are directly relevant to this role's oversight of child safety standards and regulatory requirements. However, the role specifically requires deep knowledge of the National Quality Framework and early childhood education qualifications, which are not typically covered by a policing career. Your incident command and investigation experience would help, but the sector-specific expertise is a significant gap.
Posted Today
- Full-time
Senior Manager, Research Laboratory Compliance Specialist
CSL · Melbourne
Your experience managing regulatory frameworks like PACE and CPIA gives you a foundation in compliance and audit readiness, but this role requires deep knowledge of laboratory research regulations, biosafety, and vivarium operations that policing typically does not cover. The strategic governance and multi-stakeholder coordination aspects might draw on your incident command and leadership skills, but the technical gaps are significant.
Posted Yesterday
- Full-time
Senior Compliance Officer, Health Regulator
Victorian Government - Department of Health · Melbourne
Your policing background gives you direct experience in regulatory enforcement, evidence gathering, and conducting inspections under pressure—exactly what this role demands. You're used to working with legislation like PACE and handling controlled substances cases, so the transition to monitoring scheduled medicines and preparing admissible evidence is a natural step. Your ability to manage out-of-hours work, travel, and adapt to shifting priorities mirrors the operational flexibility you already bring from the job.
Posted Yesterday
- Full-time
Senior Compliance Officer, Health Regulator
Department Of Health · Melbourne
A$116,413 – A$140,849Estimated
Your policing background gives you direct experience of working under strict legislation, gathering admissible evidence, and conducting field investigations—all core to this compliance role. You're used to preparing detailed reports, managing pressured situations, and adapting to changing priorities, which mirrors the regulatory environment here. Your familiarity with interviewing techniques and evidence handling means you can step into assessing health practitioners and taking regulatory action with minimal retraining.
Posted Yesterday
- Full-time
Compliance Officer (Vehicle Standards)
Department of Transport and Planning · Melbourne
A$100,894 – A$114,476Estimated
Your experience enforcing regulations, conducting risk-based assessments and managing complex stakeholder relationships maps well onto the compliance and engagement aspects of this role. However, the mandatory vehicle engineering or automotive trade qualifications and Licensed Vehicle Tester accreditation are highly specialised technical requirements that a typical policing background does not meet, making this a poor fit without substantial retraining or prior automotive credentials.
Posted Yesterday
- Full-time
Compliance Support Officer
Department of Education · Melbourne
Your experience managing evidence, maintaining accurate records under strict protocols, and handling confidential information in policing translates directly into the record-keeping, data integrity and compliance support this role demands. The ability to respond to enquiries with clarity, work independently on assessments, and coordinate processes under pressure mirrors the operational discipline you developed on shift. While this is a support rather than investigative role, your grounding in regulatory frameworks like child safety standards and your attention to detail make you a credible can
Posted 5 days ago
- Full-time
Compliance Support Officer
Department of Education · Melbourne
A$81,496 – A$98,955Estimated
Your policing career has given you a strong grounding in compliance processes, evidence handling and meticulous record-keeping that map directly onto the administrative and operational compliance activities this role requires. You are accustomed to responding to enquiries, maintaining accurate files, and working under regulatory frameworks like PACE, all of which are directly relevant to supporting school compliance with minimum standards and child safety requirements. Your ability to manage competing priorities and communicate clearly with a range of stakeholders will serve you well in coordi
Posted 5 days ago
- Full-time
Compliance Officer
ASSA ABLOY Group · Melbourne
Your experience managing evidence continuity and adhering to strict procedures under PACE gives you a strong foundation for maintaining compliance registers and tracking corrective actions. The organisational discipline required to manage case files and audit trails in policing translates directly into coordinating audits and site inspections. Your ability to build working relationships across different teams and deliver clear, practical briefings will help you support operational teams with customer compliance requirements.
Posted 5 days ago
- Full-time
Head of Line 1 Risk & Compliance
Sportsbet · Melbourne
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Posted 6 days ago
- Full-time
Licensing Compliance and Enforcement Officer
Department of Justice and Community Safety · Melbourne
A$100,894 – A$114,476Estimated
You bring direct experience of exercising legislative powers, conducting searches, and preparing briefs of evidence — exactly what this role demands. Your ability to negotiate with reluctant individuals, apply discretion under pressure, and work safely in teams on the ground means you can step into these inspections and investigations from day one.
Posted 6 days ago
- Full-time
Senior Compliance Officer, Regulatory Compliance and Operations
Department Of Health · Melbourne
A$116,413 – A$140,849Estimated
You bring a strong regulatory mindset from policing — working to legislation, codes of practice and evidentiary standards like PACE and CPIA maps directly onto administering health regulations and monitoring compliance. Your experience conducting inspections, gathering evidence, and preparing detailed reports for enforcement action transfers seamlessly to this role, and Certificate IV in Government Investigations is already listed as desirable. The job also involves out-of-hours work and travel, which you're used to from operational policing, and your ability to manage conflict and communicate
Posted 7 days ago
- Full-time
Senior Compliance Officer, Regulatory Compliance and Operations
Victorian Government - Department of Health · Melbourne
Your experience enforcing legislation under PACE and managing evidence gives you a direct head start in this regulatory compliance role, where you'll monitor and enforce the Health Services Regulations using the same investigative discipline. The Certificate IV in Government Investigations is already a standard qualification for police leavers, and your ability to conduct inspections, gather evidence, and provide clear regulatory advice mirrors the core duties of this position. You're used to working with complex legislation and managing stakeholder relationships under pressure, which is exact
Posted 7 days ago
The compliance & regulatory market in Melbourne right now
There are 14 live compliance & regulatory roles in Melbourne matched for police leavers right now, from 10 employers, including Department of Education, Department Of Health and Department of Transport and Planning.
Advertised pay runs from A$67,478 to A$140,849 a year, and the typical advertised role sits around A$107,500 — based on the 7 of 14 adverts that publish a salary.
Full-time 13 · Part-time 1 · newest role posted today. This page updates as our job feeds refresh.
What Melbourne compliance & regulatory employers are asking for
We score every advert against the competencies police leavers build in service. Across the 14 live compliance & regulatory roles on this page, employers are signalling for:
- Working to legislation & regulation · 14 adverts
- Investigative casework · 3 adverts
- Team & shift leadership · 2 adverts
- Court & legal proceedings · 1 advert