Organisation structure

EPA’s role is to be an effective environmental regulator and an influential authority on environmental impacts.

EPA’s strategic priorities show what we will focus on and what we need to excel at in order to achieve our environmental outcomes:

EPA underwent a realignment in February 2012 to ensure we are best able to deliver on our 5 year plan commitments.

The new EPA corporate structure (GIF image 67KB; PDF 102KB; text description) is divided into six directorates:

Environmental Regulation

Drives environmental improvement and adherence to law, through exercising all aspects of the regulatory model in providing constructive compliance and enforcement.
Delivers proactive strategic work programs, and responds in accordance with priorities, set through the annual planning process and based on the 5 year plan objectives.
Actively drives continuous improvement programs to build our regulatory capability and the aspiration to deliver on our promise as a modern regulator.
Seeks to deliver a consistent regulatory experience to business and the community across the state through application of compliance and enforcement policy.
Actively creates programs to support the ongoing development of a constructive culture.
Responds to organisational initiatives in an efficient manner.

Develops and oversees the implementation of strategies to tackle defined environmental issues which then help direct EPA's operational activities.
Leads the organisation in its reform and improvement of operational processes and systems.
Is a key support to the operational arms of the organisation.
Delivers various EPA regulatory programs.
Responsible for the oversight and quality of the environmental audit program and for driving the contaminated land strategy.

Articulates the EPA vision for Victoria's environment.
Develops and reviews Victorian environmental standards within a national context and helps people understand these standards by offering guidance.
Prevents pollution by assessing the environmental risks and opportunities from industrial activities.
Assesses and reports on what's happening in the environment, why and what can be done to focus on both current and future states to inform the strategic, policy and regulatory decisions made by EPA
Assist EPA staff find the knowledge needed to make today's decisions and challenge staff with knowledge about our future possible decisions.
Ensures EPA has the best science and engineering capability to deliver our strategic plans.
Assess and report on what Victorians think about EPA, how we do our job, and the environment.

Cultivates relationships that support our staff and stakeholders to achieve regulatory and environmental outcomes.
Better enable Victorians to comply with environmental laws, through partnerships, education, funding programs, media, marketing, communications and project management.
Deliver programs and services to our people to ensure EPA has the right people at the right time, with the right skills and attributes - and we remain a great place to work.
Provide customers with accessible accurate and timely information and pollution reporting services.

Sets a strong business foundation and enables the operation of EPA and the delivery of EPA objectives.
Builds, maintains and continually improves our corporate capabilities.
Provides support and advice to shape and drive organisational efficiency, strategy and change.
Supports enterprise-wide governance.
Delivers many of the transformation initiatives in the 5 year plan to support organisational objectives.

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