• Full-time position based on ​Gadigal​ Country in ​Glebe​
• $​​101k - $111k + Super + Salary Packaging
• Meaningful work with flexible, hybrid work options

Who We Are

At Benevolent, we believe every person deserves to live life on their own terms, with dignity, respect and a sense of belonging. For over two centuries, as Australia’s first charity, this belief has shaped who we are and how we work.

As a not-for-profit, independent and non-religious organisation, we are a practice‑led organisation, our work is grounded in evidence and strengths‑based approaches that place people at the centre of everything we do. We walk alongside individuals, families and communities, upholding rights, amplifying voices and advocating for safer, more inclusive systems where people can thrive.

Your Opportunity

This role is central to strengthening the organisation’s risk management, internal audit, and assurance capability, driving the coordination and execution of key elements within the Internal Audit and Assurance Program while ensuring frameworks, registers, and enterprise risk artefacts remain practical, effective, and fit for purpose.

You will provide hands-on support and expert advice to embed consistent risk identification, assessment, and management practices across the organisation, while also leading the implementation and tracking of audit findings, corrective actions, and policy requirements to enhance control effectiveness and proactively reduce risk exposure, ultimately contributing to a strong culture of accountability, informed decision-making, and continuous improvement.

How You Will Contribute

• Coordinate and deliver Internal Audit and Assurance activities by supporting audit planning, scoping, external provider engagement, documentation, progress monitoring, and tracking outcomes for audits and accreditations.
• Lead targeted second line assurance and compliance reviews, partnering with business areas to define scope, assess control effectiveness, and verify adherence to requirements through testing and evidence-based outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement in risk and audit practices by enhancing frameworks, tools, and methodologies; providing coaching and training; and delivering governance reporting with insights on trends, root causes, and control gaps.
• Manage and support the completion of corrective actions as the central source of truth, ensuring clear ownership, monitoring progress to closure, validating completion, and escalating overdue actions through governance channels.
• Embed risk management into business operations by facilitating risk assessments, supporting control reviews, and maintaining enterprise risk artefacts (e.g., profiles and registers) to enable informed decision-making and escalation.
• Support governance, resilience, and compliance activities including policy lifecycle coordination, records management, business continuity planning, and fostering an inclusive, diverse, and culturally respectful workplace.

Your Benefits

We support our people to live their best lives, with benefits that support your wellbeing, growth and lifestyle. Here are some of the key benefits, and we’d love to tell you more.

• Salary Packaging & Perks – Maximise your take-home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging including entertainment and vehicle packaging options to suit your lifestyle, corporate rates/discount with selected partners.
• Flexibility & Wellbeing – Enjoy hybrid work options, monthly ADOs (12 extra days off per year for full time staff), Fitness Passport access, EAP support, and the option to purchase additional leave.
• Recognition & Growth – Competitive pay, Benevolent You Make a Difference recognition program, service rewards, long service leave after 5 years, supportive performance and career check in’s and tailored professional development opportunities.
• Cultural Inclusion – Dedicated cultural leave and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, including leadership pathways and networking groups.
• Employee Networks – Connect through our diverse, employee-led networks that celebrate diversity and foster connection and allyship across shared experiences and identities

Your Skills and Experience  

We want you to be successful in your new role! This means you’ll have: 

• Relevant qualifications in audit, risk management, or a related discipline (e.g., aligned to ISO 31000) are desirable.
• Proven experience in enterprise risk, compliance, and/or internal audit, including developing fit-for-purpose frameworks, delivering assurance activities, and producing audit plans, tools, and reporting (ideally within human services).
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, coordinating and delivering end-to-end activities, from planning and scoping through to execution and completion with minimal supervision.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to support and constructively challenge leaders to strengthen risk ownership and control effectiveness.
• Capability to build risk and compliance maturity in others through coaching, training, and practical guidance, driving improved understanding and application of frameworks.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including interpreting data (e.g., Excel, Power BI), identifying trends and root causes, and clearly presenting insights, findings, and practical recommendations.

This role aligns with the capability requirements of a ​Team Specialist​ level. Please see the Capability Framework attached to this advert to discover essential skills, values and behaviours required at this level.

Our Commitment

At Benevolent we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and to providing a culturally safe workplace for all. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, including LGBTIQA+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities, and those from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, to strengthen our ability to deliver inclusive and responsive services to the communities we support.

We recognise and value the cultural knowledge, lived experience and community connections that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples bring, and welcome applications from individuals across all cultures, identities and lived experiences.

Ready to make a difference? 

Click 'Apply Now' to send your resume and a 1-page cover letter outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

Need more information or have questions? Feel free to reach out to ​Amy Chapman ​on ​0468 576 682​ for a friendly, confidential discussion.  

The Benevolent Society respects and promotes human rights and diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where people of all backgrounds and identities feel welcomed, respected and valued. As a client-safe and child-safe organisation, all employees and volunteers are required to complete comprehensive employment screening. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please let us know how we can best support you.

Please click here for the Capability Framework

Please click here for the Position Profile