Chief Quality, Safeguarding & Risk Leader

Carpentaria; Darwin; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary package

Fully maintained Motor Vehicle

Mobile Phone

Professional development allowance

Salary packaging available (equivalent

5 weeks annual leave + 17.5% leave loa

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

On site cafe and free parking

Work satisfaction - love what you do

Job summary

Carpentaria is seeking an experienced Executive Director, Quality, Safeguarding & Risk to provide strategic leadership across quality, safeguarding, governance and risk management for disability, therapy and youth programs in Darwin. You will drive continuous improvement, oversee audits and accreditation, and ensure compliance with NDIS Practice Standards and Commission requirements.

A relevant health/human services degree and at least 5 years of senior leadership are required.

Qualifications

• Degree in health, nursing, allied health, human services, risk management, governance, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of senior leadership in disability, health, community services, aged care or child protection sectors.
• Experience leading quality, safety, safeguarding and risk functions.
• Strong knowledge of NDIS Practice Standards and Commission requirements.
• Experience overseeing enterprise risk frameworks.
• Experience leading clinical governance or safeguarding systems.
• Experience managing organisational audits and accreditation processes.
• Strong analytical, reporting and governance skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership of quality, safeguarding, clinical governance, risk management, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Ensure robust governance systems across disability, children and youth, therapy and community programs.
• Lead and develop workforce capability to support high-quality services.
• Oversee audits, accreditation processes and regulatory compliance.
• Build strong stakeholder engagement with partners, staff and regulators.
• Monitor performance, risk and safety metrics to drive improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Risk management

Audits & accreditation

NDIS standards

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in health, nursing, allied health, human services, risk management, governance, or related discipline

Job description

Carpentaria is seeking an experienced Executive Director, Quality, Safeguarding & Risk to provide strategic leadership across quality, safeguarding, governance and risk management for disability, therapy and youth programs in Darwin. You will drive continuous improvement, oversee audits and accreditation, and ensure compliance with NDIS Practice Standards and Commission requirements.

A relevant health/human services degree and at least 5 years of senior leadership are required.