• Challenging new opportunity in a small, high functioning Risk & Compliance team
• Permanent role | Full time
• Heidelberg Location

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. We have been supporting people living with the day-to-day impacts of mental illness, as well as their families, friends and carers for over 40 years.

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.

About the role

The Risk and Compliance Partner, as part of the small collaborative but experienced Governance Risk and Compliance team, will implement, monitor and improve our governance risk and compliance systems and processes to support our service delivery streams. The aim is to achieve consistent service delivery and comply with internal and external policy, standards and practice.

Take on this the newly created position working autonomously to assist our client facing business to build risk capability and maturity, identify and monitor risks to operations and respond to our regulatory compliance obligations across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the risk and compliance agenda and be at the forefront of establishing processes.
• Respond to regulatory compliance obligations across the business including scheduled and ad-hoc reporting to regulators.
• Collaborate on quality assurance initiatives.
• Support internal governance risk compliance and assurance reporting requirements and provide insights into reports.
• Challenge the way this function operates, have exposure to senior leadership, and develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Business Services or Risk as well as significant experience in a similar role is required.
• Proven experience in healthcare, mental health, social housing or similar environment with understanding in compliance obligations within this sector.
• Experience administering and implementing risk, compliance and governance systems.
• Knowledge and experience in internal audit, quality and accreditation processes.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders.

Benefits

• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements - opportunity to work from home.
• Monthly Rostered Day Off.
• Learning, development and career opportunities.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now - reference number14249. Please contact the person below for more information.

We welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, people with disability, those who identify as LGBTIQ and applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.