Senior Manager Risk and ComplianceHybrid

• Hybrid of WFH and office in Richmond, Wurundjeri Country
• Permanent, Full time role available
• Generous base annual salary + 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

You will be motivated by a natural curiosity, have an inquiring mind and high attention to detail. We are looking for a senior leader who is committed to working alongside people and values the information others share with them. Understanding the complexities of the Community Services sector will be advantageous.

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 Business, Quality Management, Legal Studies, Compliance and Risk or related field 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 diverse programs to over 35,000 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
• $15,900.00 pa 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.

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

Queries about the recruitment process to Fiona Herbu, Team Leader, Talent Acquisition 9429 9266.

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 Police Check and International Police check if required and Victorian Carer Register clearance if applicable.

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.