• Job no: QHFF8
• Category: Central Office and Administration, Risk and Compliance

• Hybrid of WFH and office in Richmond, Wurundjeri Country
• Permanent role, Part time (4 days per week ) or Full time negotiable
• Base annual salary $132K + super and the option of salary packaging

The opportunity

As our Senior Manager of Risk and Compliance you will apply your risk management expertise and community welfare insights to collaborate, support, and advises Berry Street services on legislative compliance, strategy implementation and organisational transformation.

Our Organisational Effectiveness Team, better known as our ‘engine room for change and improvement’ oversees organisation-wide systems process and practices that support the delivery of safe, effective quality services at Berry Street. This portfolio includes Berry Streets Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, Reconciliation Action Plan, Past Client Services, including Redress and the Heritage Service.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and develop Risk and Compliance Team members to meet organisational and team objectives.
• Implement, Berry Street’s risk management system and drive a robust risk culture across the organisation, providing guidance and support to the organisation with identifying, assessing, and monitoring critical risks and risk mitigation and improvement plans.
• Develop and facilitate, Berry Street audit activity, including the services’ internal audit schedule and accreditation processes.
• Review, develop and manage Berry Street’s legislative and regulatory compliance systems in line with good governance, legislative and compliance requirements for the provision of social services.

Your skills and experiences

Courage, Integrity, Respect, and Accountability by Working Together! Our values become real by what we say, how we say it, and how we behave with each other and those we support and partner with. The successful candidate will hold a bachelor-level qualification within Community Welfare or a related discipline and hold extensive experience and understanding of risk and compliance.

Berry Street

Join our team! We are one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing over 40,000 diverse programs to young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence-based based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people! We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!

The Benefits

•  Generous allowances
•  Regular reflective supervision
•  A culture that values and support professional development
• $15,800.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
•  10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions!
•  Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family

Apply Now!

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by clicking 'Apply Now'.

Queries about the role to Kylie Mussared, Head of Quality and Risk - 03 9421 7573.

Queries about the recruitment process to Bonnie Pietsch, Talent Acquisition Partner - 0431 012 220.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Clearance and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.