Senior Advisor - Risk and AssuranceHybrid

Join our team! For over 240 years combined, Berry Street and Yooralla have been at the forefront of supporting Australians with a disability and those experiencing poverty, violence and abuse. Now, as one unified organisation, we bring together unparalleled expertise and a shared commitment to empowering individuals and families to thrive, while upholding and championing their human rights. We believe in a future where everyone has the opportunity to live the fulfilling life they choose for themselves, free from the impacts of trauma, violence, and abuse, achieved safely and with dignity.

• Hybrid of WFH and office in Richmond & CBD, Wurundjeri Country
• Full time, Permanent role
• Competitive salary + super and salary packaging

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Advisor, Risk & Assurance to join our Quality, Risk & Safeguarding team. Reporting to the Director, you will play a pivotal role in embedding our Risk Management Framework across all service streams and corporate functions. This position is integral to driving compliance excellence, continuous improvement, and organisational resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Embed and maintain the Risk Management Framework across the organisation.
• Monitor and report on risk trends, compliance, and emerging issues.
• Lead strategic projects, including business continuity planning and policy development.
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing expert analysis and recommendations.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and external regulators.
• Promote a proactive risk management culture.

About You

You are a strategic thinker with exceptional analytical skills, enabling you to drive high-impact projects and implement systems that deliver meaningful outcomes. You will need to be able to confidently manage competing priorities while maintaining a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

• Tertiary qualification in Risk Management, Governance, Compliance, Law, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in risk, compliance, or governance roles within the human services sector.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience implementing systems aligned with ISO standards.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in dynamic environments.
• Experience in producing high-quality reports and governance documentation

⭐️Berry Street Yooralla Benefits⭐️

• Additional salary packaging available that increases your take home pay.
• Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.
• Work for an organisation committed to diversity, inclusion, and cultural safety.
• Contribute to safeguarding initiatives that make a real difference.

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted, applications will be reviewed upon receipt.

Queries to Kylie Mussared - Director Quality Risk & Safeguarding on kmussared@berrystreet.org.au or 0439 680 823.

Applications close: 11pm, Sunday 4 January 2026.

We encourage applications from people with lived experience of disability. You'll receive adjustments and support throughout the whole process — from the application stage to starting in the workplace. If you require the position description in a different format or any accommodation or assistance during the application and interview stages please contact Bonnie Pietsch, Talent Acquisition Partner on 0456 653 914.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National and International Police check if required and NDIS Worker screening check.

We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of the Victorian community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. We strongly encourage people with disability, LGBTQIA+, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands People to apply. 

Berry Street Yooralla 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 LGBTQIA+. 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.