Risk & Compliance Lead - Not for Profit Organisation

The Company

Our client is a well-established, purpose-driven national organisation delivering essential services across employment, disability, education and community programs.

Operating in a highly regulated, government-funded environment, the organisation is entering a critical phase of uplift across governance, risk and assurance. This newly elevated role will play a central part in strengthening enterprise-wide risk maturity, integrity frameworks and regulatory compliance.

The Role

Reporting to the Group General Manager of Corporate Services, this pivotal role will lead the design, integration and ongoing enhancement of the organisation's enterprise risk, compliance and assurance frameworks.

The appointed candidate will operate at a senior level across the business, providing independent insight and challenge to executive leadership and the Board, while ensuring the organisation meets complex regulatory and contractual obligations.

This is a high-impact, standalone role with broad enterprise reach. It will empower the appointed candidate to enact real change and set up crucial frameworks for the organisation's ongoing success.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Leading and uplift the enterprise risk management framework aligned to ISO principles.
• Maintaining enterprise risk registers, risk appetite metrics and reporting for executive and Board committees.
• Embedding a consistent Three Lines of Defence model across the organisation.
• Overseeing regulatory and contractual compliance across multiple funding bodies and frameworks.
• Designing and delivering an integrated internal audit and assurance programme.
• Leading fraud, corruption and integrity frameworks, including reporting processes and investigations
• Establishing and managing a third-party risk framework across suppliers and partners.
• Driving organisational capability uplift in risk, compliance and governance.
• Providing high-quality reporting and insight to executive leadership and the Board.

In addition, you will contribute to broader governance and resilience activities, supporting audit processes, business continuity and crisis management exercises, and help ensure governance processes and documentation are robust and fit for purpose.

Your Profile

You are an experienced risk and compliance professional with a track record of experience gained ideally in health, human services or the not-for-profit sector. Credible and highly tenured, you will bring a balance of technical depth and commercial pragmatism, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and embed practical, effective frameworks.

Ideally, you will have:

• 5-10+ years' experience in enterprise risk, compliance or assurance roles
• Experience in highly regulated sectors (government, healthcare, financial services, or human services).
• Strong knowledge of enterprise risk frameworks, internal audit and control assurance.
• Experience engaging with regulators, auditors and Board-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capability in fraud and integrity frameworks, including investigations.
• Experience with ISO 31000 and or ISO 9001.
• A track record of uplifting risk maturity and organisational capability.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.

For a risk professional looking to bring their experience, stakeholder management skills and energy into a values-led, for purpose organisation, this represents an excellent opportunity to help make a great organisation become even better.

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Reference Number: 06810-0013432456 - PM

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