Enterprise Risk & Resilience Advisor

Careers at Council; Sydney; On-site; AUD 86,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym membership

Job summary

Inner West Council is seeking a specialist to strengthen its risk maturity by supporting the enterprise risk framework, with a focus on risk management, continuity, and incident response. You will work within a specialist team, collaborating across directorates to embed proactive risk practices.

The role emphasizes providing expert risk guidance, producing senior leadership reports, and supporting governance bodies to ensure resilience and continuity of essential services for the community.

Qualifications

• Requires risk, business continuity and incident management senior specialist experience.
• Experience maintaining enterprise risk registers.
• Experience developing risk treatment plans and monitoring effectiveness.
• Proven ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support development, implementation and continuous improvement of the enterprise risk framework.
• Provide expert advice to embed a proactive risk culture across directorates and service units.
• Contribute to high-quality reporting and insights for senior leadership and governance bodies.
• Support identification, assessment and response to emerging risks while maintaining critical services.
• Assist with risk registers and development of risk treatments.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Business continuity

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications in risk or related field

Job description

Inner West Council is seeking a specialist to strengthen its risk maturity by supporting the enterprise risk framework, with a focus on risk management, continuity, and incident response. You will work within a specialist team, collaborating across directorates to embed proactive risk practices.

The role emphasizes providing expert risk guidance, producing senior leadership reports, and supporting governance bodies to ensure resilience and continuity of essential services for the community.