Chief Integrity Officer

Sport Executive; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Gymnastics Australia, the national governing body, seeks a Chief Integrity Officer to lead the independent National Integrity Unit from Melbourne with a hybrid work pattern. You will set the integrity framework, direct complaints, investigations and safeguarding, and make principled, fair decisions while reporting to the CEO and contributing at the Executive Leadership Team level.

You will advise the CEO and Board on integrity risk, collaborate across federated state bodies, and drive the

Qualifications

• Experience leading integrity, safeguarding or regulatory functions.
• Proven track record in natural justice and procedural fairness.
• Knowledge of the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and related legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the National Integrity Unit within Gymnastics Australia.
• Own the integrity framework, including complaints, investigations and safeguarding.
• Act as delegated decision-maker on Provisional Action and sanctions with fairness and thorough documentation.
• Advise the CEO and Board on integrity risk and governance matters.
• Co-lead safeguarding strategy with the General Manager Safeguarding Education.
• Represent the sport in dealings with Sport Integrity Australia and other bodies.

Skills

Safeguarding leadership

Regulatory experience

Procedural fairness

Governance advisory

Stakeholder management

Education

Law or related field

Job description

Lead the integrity of a sport 800,000 Australians love

Gymnastics Australia I Chief Integrity Officer | Executive Leadership Team | Melbourne (hybrid)

Every week, hundreds of thousands of Australians, most of them children, walk into a gymnastics club. Their families trust that the sport will keep them safe, treat them fairly and listen when something goes wrong.

As Chief Integrity Officer, you make that trust real. You will lead the independent function that responds to concerns, decides matters fairly and turns what it learns into safer environments across the whole sport. Since the Change the Routine report, gymnastics has committed to cultural change. This role carries that work forward.

About Gymnastics Australia

Gymnastics Australia has been the national governing body for the sport since 1949. Working with State and Territory Associations in a federated model, we support more than 500 member clubs, over 7,000 accredited coaches, judges and volunteers, and nine disciplines, from KinderGym and Parkour to Olympic Artistic gymnastics.

Our vision is simple: an inspiring gymnastics experience for every Australian. Our INSPIRE 2032 strategy commits us to a sport where people feel they belong, are supported to reach their goals, and are coached and judged by capable, trusted people. We are guided by three values: collaboration, excellence and respect.

The role

Reporting to the CEO and sitting on the Executive Leadership Team, you will lead the National Integrity Unit. This is a ring-fenced function, set up so integrity matters are handled independently and without compromise. The role has 2 direct reports.

The Unit works to three principles: respond well, decide fairly, and learn and prevent. You will:

• Own the integrity framework. Lead the frameworks, policy and compliance for complaints, investigations, safeguarding and integrity screening under the National Integrity Framework and child safe legislation.
• Make the hard calls. Act as the delegated decision-maker on Provisional Action and sanctions. Every decision must be procedurally fair, well documented and able to withstand review.
• Advise at the top table. Be the executive lead for the Governance and Integrity Committee, and give the CEO and Board clear, timely advice on integrity risk.
• Lead a partnership. Co-lead the sport's safeguarding strategy with the General Manager Safeguarding Education, so that what complaints tell us shapes what the sport learns.
• Represent the sport. Be our primary contact with Sport Integrity Australia and the National Sports Tribunal. Work with State and Territory Associations, the National Redress Scheme and World Gymnastics.
• Build a team that lasts. Grow a resilient, well-supported unit, with trauma-informed supervision for people who do some of the most demanding work in sport.

About you

You have an unwavering commitment to safeguarding and integrity. You know that getting it right means being both humane and rigorous. You bring:

• Significant experience leading an integrity, safeguarding, complaints or regulatory function, including leading specialist staff
• A track record of decisions grounded in procedural fairness and natural justice, documented so they stand up on review
• Deep knowledge of the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, child safe standards and reportable conduct legislation
• A strong grounding in trauma-informed practice and risk management in complaint handling
• Significant experience advising Boards and committees, including papers and secretariat
• Sound judgement with highly sensitive matters, and the relationship skills to work across a federated system
• Tertiary qualifications in law, investigations, social work, psychology, education or a related field, or equivalent senior experience

Knowledge of the Australian sport system and the National Integrity Framework, a legal practising certificate, or experience working with Sport Integrity Australia would be highly regarded. You do not need a background in sport to succeed here.

Why join us

• Real influence. An executive seat reporting to the CEO, with a direct line to the Board's Governance and Integrity Committee.
• Work that matters. Your decisions directly shape the safety and wellbeing of children and young people across a national sport.
• Flexibility. Hybrid working from our Albert Park office in Melbourne, in the heart of the city's sports precinct.
• Growth. A strong commitment to learning and development, in an organisation that is building for INSPIRE 2032.

This is a full-time, permanent role. Some evening and weekend work is required to support events, the Board and its committees.

Gymnastics Australia is a child safe organisation. The successful applicant will need a Working with Children Check and a National Police Check, and will go through child safe screening that includes interviews and reference checks. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.