Governance and Risk Officer

Moira Shire Council; Cobram; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above Award pay rates

Hybrid work arrangements

Work From Home opportunities

Training and education opportunities

Wellness initiatives

Parental leave

Job summary

Moira Shire Council invites applications for a Governance and Risk role based in Cobram, Victoria. The position supports policy governance, risk management, and the coordination of meetings and reporting. You will help maintain registers, risk frameworks, and ensure proper governance processes across the organisation.

The role emphasizes collaboration, compliance, and proactive risk guidance within a supportive team environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the maintenance of Council's Policy Register, including tracking review timelines and preparing quarterly status reports.
• Coordinate the maintenance of Council's Corporate Reporting Software and development of performance reports.
• Coordinate naming of roads, features and localities within the municipality per policy.
• Support governance projects including annual report and LGPRF reporting.
• Assist with agendas, minutes and secretariat functions.
• Publish Notices of Meetings on website with agendas and minutes.
• Support FOI, privacy, complaints handling, delegations and record-keeping.
• Prepare statutory advertising or consultation materials as required.
• Develop and review governance policies, procedures and forms.
• Maintain the Compliance Register and Corporate Risk Registers.
• Identify corporate and fraud risks and monitor controls via risk registers.
• Prepare quarterly risk reports for senior governance review.
• Support risk management framework implementation and action progress.
• Provide accurate risk management guidance and advice.

Job description

Become a Part of Moira Shire Council’s Exciting Journey!

At Moira Shire Council, we're reimagining local government with fresh ideas, a friendly approach, and a passion for making a real difference in our vibrant regional community. Nestled along the stunning Murray River, our region spans from the lush Barmah Forest to lively towns like Cobram, Numurkah, Nathalia, and Yarrawonga—one of Victoria’s top holiday spots.

We believe in working together with honesty, respect, integrity, teamwork, and accountability to create a future everyone can be proud of.

Our role as a Council? To serve, support, and inspire our communities to facilitate the success of the Moira2045 Community Vision.

Why Work With Us?

• Above Award pay rates
• A strong, values based, positive organisational culture
• Supportive and family-friendly workplace.
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle with opportunity to Work From Home
• Access to extensive training and education opportunities, including in-house leadership program
• Superannuation information sessions with Vision Super
• Salary packaging and novated leases available
• Access to wellness initiatives
• Corporate discounts at fivegyms across our shire
• Generous parental leave
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave for a community service within our shire.
• Cultural andceremonial leave.
• Opportunities for purchased leave to better accommodate your lifestyle.
• So much more.....

Please note all benefits are considered individually for roles on a pro-rata basis. Temporary and part-time roles may not be eligible for all inclusions.

Moira Shire Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Moira promotes a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value the contributions of all people and encourages people with a disability, Aboriginal Australians, young people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Key Responsibilities and Functions

Governance

• Coordinate the maintenance of Council's Policy Register, including tracking review timelines, providing guidance to responsible officers and preparing quarterly status reports for review by the Governance and Risk Coordinator prior to presentation to the Executive Leadership Team and Audit & Risk Committee.
• Coordinate the maintenance of Council's Corporate Reporting Software including entering strategies and action plans as they are endorsed and development of performance reports against actions.
• Coordinate requirements relating to the naming of roads, features and localities within the municipality in accordance with the Naming Rules for Places in Victoria and Council's Geographic Naming Policy.
• Provide support in the coordination of Governance projects including the preparation of the Report of Operations (Annual Report), LGPRF (Local Government Performance Reporting Framework) and the Council Plan reporting.
• Provide support with the preparation of agendas, minutes and secretariat functions as directed.
• Provide support with the publication of the Notice of Meetings on the website for all Council Meetings and Delegated Committee Meetings, including the associated Agenda and Minutes, as directed.
• Provide support to the Governance and Risk Team with administrative tasks relating to FOI, Privacy, complaints handling, delegations and authorisations, including maintaining associated records and registers as required.
• Provide support with the preparation of statutory advertising or consultation materials including consultation forms, webpages and advertising, as required.
• Coordinate the development and review of policies, procedures and forms for the Governance and Risk Team.
• Provide support with the maintenance of the Compliance Register.
• Maintain the Corporate Risk Registers (Strategic and Operational) and Fraud Risk Register, working with responsible officers across the organisation to ensure risks are identified, assessed and updated in a timely manner.
• Assist departments in identifying corporate and fraud related risks and implementing controls to be monitored through the relevant Risk Register.
• Prepare quarterly reports on the status of the Corporate Risk Register and Fraud Risk Register for review by the Governance and Risk Coordinator prior to presentation to the Executive Leadership Team and Audit & Risk Committee.
• Support the review and implementation of Council's Risk Management Framework.
• Provide support to responsible officers to progress actions resulting from risk assessments and internal audits.
• Provide accurate and sound risk management guidance and advice.

Internal Audit

• Support the coordination of the Internal Audit Program including scheduling of meetings with key stakeholders, distributing papers and maintaining action registers.
• Assist with gathering and compiling documents in preparation for internal audits.
• Track and report on the progress of internal audit actions, preparing status reports for review by the Coordinator Governance and Risk, prior to presentation to the Executive Leadership Team and Audit & Risk Committee.

Administration

• Collate and compile data and information to assist the Governance Team in the preparation of reports to the Executive Leadership Team, Audit & Risk Committee and Council.
• Assist in the maintenance of Council's online corporate library (web and intranet) including adopted policies, strategies, plans and all documents that Council is required to make available to the public in accordance with the Public Transparency Policy.
• Provide support with the preparation of agendas, minutes and action item tracking for Governance and Risk related meetings, as required.
• Process the Governance and Risk Team's requisitions, invoices and related tasks in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring compliance with Council's purchasing and financial procedures.
• Provide general administrative support to the Governance and Risk Team as directed.