Executive Manager, Quality and Compliance

NACCHO; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Meals & accommodation up to $2,650

Annual leave loading

2 weeks Christmas leave

4pm Friday finish

Job summary

VACCHO seeks an Executive Manager, Quality and Compliance to lead quality, risk and compliance across 36 Member Organisations. You will oversee governance, policy frameworks and audits, ensuring accreditation standards are met in a culturally safe Aboriginal Community Controlled context.

The role is full-time in Victoria, offering a supportive environment, salary packaging options, and opportunities to influence sector-wide quality improvements while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and experience in quality, risk and compliance management.
• Experience in a team leadership role/s.
• High level of organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communications skills with the ability to convey messages to diverse audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high performing team of two dedicated employees.
• Support 36 Member Organisations in quality, compliance, risk and clinical governance.
• Lead internal quality and compliance management.
• Manage policy document framework and the OHS committee.
• Ensure accreditation maintenance (ISO9001 and Rainbow Tick).
• Support other departments with external accreditation processes.
• Manage internal audits process.
• Own the internal quality management system (Logiqc).

Skills

Quality risk compliance

Team leadership

Organisational skills

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Executive Manager, Quality and Compliance

VACCHO

• Location: VIC
• Salary: $140,000 + NFP Salary packaging + super (for full time role)
• Contact email: [e-mail]
• Contact phone: [phone]

Full time

Benefits of working at VACCHO

• Access generous Salary Packaging entitlements (living expenses up to $15,900 tax savings per annum + meals & accommodation up to $2,650 tax savings per annum) and annual leave loading.
• Relax with 2 weeks gifted Christmas Leave (eligibility cut off for 2026 is 20 November)
• Enjoy a 4pm finish on Fridays with gifted hour paid
• Work for Community in a culturally safe Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation
• Work in a distinctive in inner-city Collingwood building with wellness spaces and end of trip facilities available
• Receive 17.5% leave loading on annual leave + additional generous leave benefits.
• Discuss flexible working arrangements after completing the three-month office-based onboarding and training period. Full-time staff may request up to two days working from home per week, with arrangements scaled for 0.8 FTE and 0.6 FTE roles.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to applyas your cultural and lived experiences are central to the work we do.

The role

This role is a two-year maximum term contract which can be undertaken on either a full-time basis or 4 days per week part-time basis (with corresponding pro-rata salary).

You will

If this sounds like you, we might have the perfect job for you!

Use your curiosity and expertise to ensure we provide the best support to a very diverse group of organisations and their teams, while keeping our internal quality and compliance processes on track.

Your ability to think flexibly, along with your great stakeholder management skills and friendly personality will stand you in great stead as you hit the ground running with a focus on:

• Leading a high performing team of two dedicated employees,
• Managing our support for our 36 Member Organisations in the areas of quality, compliance, risk and clinical governance,
• Leading our internal quality and compliance management
• Managing our policy document framework and our OHS committee,
• Ensuring we retain our accreditations (ISO9001 and the Rainbow Tick),
• Supporting other departments with external accreditation processes and requirements
• Managing the internal audits process, and
• Ownership of our internal quality management system (Logiqc).

Essential skills/experiences

• Strong knowledge and experience working in quality, risk and compliance management.
• Experience in a team leadership role/s.
• High level of organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communications skills with the ability to get the message across to multiple diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience using Microsoft office suite

Highly Regarded

• Demonstrated knowledge, understanding, commitment to and ability to work with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures, and health in a culturally safe, and appropriate, manner.
• Demonstrated understanding of the philosophy and practice of Aboriginal Community Control and self-determination.
• An understanding of LGBTQIASB+ issues and respect for diverse identities.

More About VACCHO

VACCHO is the peak representative for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria.

We have 36 member Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations providing support to over 78,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the state. We lead and support Aboriginal Community Control and the broader health and social services sector to deliver transformative health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal communities in Victoria. We are a centre of expertise, policy advice, training, innovation and leadership in Aboriginal health and wellbeing.And we’d love you to join us!

We believe in the right for all people to be treated with the respect and dignity at all times, and that all people who work for, govern or undertake work at or visit us should at all times feel safe and included.

Visit us here for more info: https://www.vaccho.org.au/

Other employment related information

Employment is subject to a satisfactory and ongoing police records check (international where relevant) and Working with Children Check.