Manager – Environmental Markets

• Canberra, ACT (The agency supports and promotes flexible working, including remote options on negotiation and where appropriate based on the specifics of the role)
• Ongoing/Non-Ongoing (The position is Ongoing, however Non-Ongoing employment may be offered for an initial engagement of up to 12 months)
• $150,252 – $176,995 + Superannuation

About the Branch

Facilitating vibrant carbon markets is a key plank in Australia achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

The CER administers Australia’s world-leading, government-backed carbon, renewable energy and environmental markets. The CER values and is a steward of these government-created environmental markets and the ecosystem around them, to promote and support well-functioning markets that are deep, liquid, transparent and accessible. The agency delivers a range of important policy initiatives to grow Australia’s regulated carbon markets and certify the integrity of low emissions production for international and domestic markets.

The role of the Carbon Markets Branch is to provide authoritative, evidence-based insights on economic carbon markets to support effective outcomes for the schemes the CER administers, and provide strategic policy analysis and support for the agency.

The branch objectives are to:

• Provide economic, market and policy advice, support, or action on complex scheme implementation.
• Influence the design of potential new schemes or policies to ensure they are market friendly as well as workable and enforceable.
• Increase confidence in the carbon and renewable energy markets by highlighting the market opportunity of our schemes including understanding the international context.

About the Section

The Environmental Markets Analysis section:

• Delivers authoritative, evidence-based insights on Australia’s environmental markets, specifically the Safeguard Mechanism, Australian Carbon Credit Unit, Nature Repair Market, and Product Guarantee of Origin schemes, undertakes research and analysis on industrial decarbonisation, the Safeguard Mechanism, and transition to a net zero economy. The team delivers the environmental markets analysis for the CER’s flagship market intelligence publication, the Quarterly Carbon Market Report, and builds, maintains and enhances in-house models of the Australian Carbon Credit Unit and Safeguard Mechanism Scheme.

Role Responsibilities and Duties

We are looking for an experienced leader of analytical staff to lead a section delivering high quality, policy-relevant quantitative analysis. This is a unique opportunity to shape the agency’s economic analysis capability, working with sophisticated tools and technology in a data-rich environment to deliver insights within the agency and externally.

The duties of the position are to:

• Lead a team of economic, market and carbon emissions professionals responsible for developing and delivering authoritative, robust analysis and guidance on Australian environmental markets, in particular the Safeguard Mechanism and Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme. This analysis includes insights from in-house models and is delivered in a variety of formats including readable reports that deliver analysis and insights for non-technical audiences.
• Oversee delivery of the agency’s Quarterly Carbon Markets Report a timely manner following the end of each quarter while effectively prioritising and managing a range of other section and cross-agency projects including bespoke analytical work for every Regulator Board meeting.
• Set strategic direction and long-term planning in relation to carbon markets analysis and advice, including developing and prioritising policy-relevant questions, exploring and developing sources of data and intelligence, maintaining and enhancing existing in-house models, and providing strategic and technical guidance to staff to support their analysis.
• Work in a highly collaborative way with branches across the CER to identify trends, market intelligence and report on the performance of the Clean Energy Regulator’s Schemes, and enhance the agency’s ability to use scheme and other data to inform the agency and market participants.
• Develop and manage key internal and external networks to scan for market trends and developments in emissions reductions, and work in a highly collaborative fashion with staff from other APS agencies doing related work to improve the analysis and advice provided to executives, Ministers and market participants.
• Initiating activities and strategies to build and lead a high performing team, including successful coaching and development of staff, and mobilising the capability, strength and leadership of others.
• Work with a level of independence, under broad direction, with a concurrent need to resolve issues and deliver quality outcomes.
• Performing effective and accountable financial management and budgeting activities.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

• Experience and/or qualifications in economics, finance or quantitative analysis are highly desirable.
• Experience in climate or energy policy is welcomed.

Applications close 11.30pm on Sunday, 14 June 2026