About the NLC

The Northern Land Council (NLC) was established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act in 1976, to assist Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory to acquire and manage their traditional lands, waters and seas.

Nearly 50 years on we continue to serve over 50,000 Aboriginal people of the Top End and remain committed to enhancing Aboriginal peoples social, political and economic participation by supporting their aspirations and amplifying their voices on a range of issues impacting on their lands, seas, culture and communities.

About the Role

The Project Officer (Compliance) is responsible for ensuring compliance and internal audit matters are effectively implemented and managed across the NLC. This role also contributes and supports other functions including corporate planning and reporting, internal governance reviews, internal audit, risk, and compliance functions and communications / training material.

Responsibilities

• Implement and administer the Northern Land Council Compliance and Internal Audit Frameworks to contribute to a culture of good governance and compliance across the Northern Land Council.
• Work collaboratively with NLC management and staff to develop and explain compliance and internal audit policies and procedures.
• Develop and deliver training for NLC employees on compliance and internal audit practices to support implementation of the NLC Governance Framework across organisation.
• Conduct internal governance reviews (health checks), routine reporting, situational analysis to make recommendations on course of actions.

About you

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated understanding of, and interest in, the lived experiences of Aboriginal people in the NLC region.
• Demonstrated high level cross-cultural, interpersonal and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively liaise, engage and coordinate across an organisation and to build productive working relationships with work colleagues, constituents and external stakeholders.
• Tertiary level qualification in fields of business administration, commerce, public policy or law; or sufficient work experience in the area of good governance, interpreting legislation and its application.
• Demonstrated experience working as part of a corporate compliance function, including systems/process analysis and development, and preparation of submissions and reports.
• Proven experience influencing and negotiating with key stakeholder groups.
• Evidence developing and delivering training tailored to a wide range of audiences.
• Highly developed time management and planning skills - ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan.

Remuneration and Benefits:

• Full-Time Permanent contract
• Location: Darwin
• Salary: $92,336 - $103,600
• Allowances
• FBT exempt salary packaging benefits pay
• 13.5% superannuation contribution
• 5 weeks annual leave & 17.5% annual leave loading

Cultural knowledge and lived experience is central to the work that we do. We will apply special measures for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates.

How to Apply:

A full Position Description may be obtained by clicking on this vacancy on our website https://jobs.nlc.org.au/.

We ask that all applications are received through our jobs website – this will ensure that you are submitting a full application for this position.

Our website also provides information about our recruitment process. If you are having any problems submitting your application please contact us on 08 8920 5140.

Contact Officer: David Astalosh on 0418 938 429.

Please click here to view the Position Description.