Manager Risk and Resilience

South Gippsland Region Water Corporation; Leongatha; Hybrid; AUD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Flexible work options

Paid parental leave

Employee wellbeing program

Work from home flexibility

Job summary

South Gippsland Region Water Corporation is seeking a Manager Risk and Resilience in Leongatha, VIC. This full-time, permanent role offers hybrid work arrangements and a competitive salary range of $135,000–$145,000 plus super and leave loading.

The role requires senior expertise in risk management, assurance coordination and emergency planning, with a focus on governance, resilience and service reliability across our water and wastewater networks.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise risk management and strategic risk reviews.
• Experience coordinating assurance and internal audit programs, including governance reporting.
• Experience in emergency management, business continuity planning and testing.
• Ability to lead multi-contributor programs with fixed deadlines (regulatory assurance, audit, preparedness).
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation and communication with diverse audiences including Board/committee and executives.
• Experience embedding risk culture, accountability and resilience across an organisation.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic risk advice and integrate risk into planning and decision-making.
• Coordinate assurance, audit planning, scoping, management responses and action tracking.
• Lead organisational uplift and embedding of risk tools and behaviours.
• Oversee emergency management programs and business continuity testing and improvements.
• Engage stakeholders to challenge and communicate complex risk matters clearly to executives and board.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Internal audit coordination

Emergency management

Program leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Governance and compliance

Job description

South Gippsland Region Water Corporation – Leongatha VIC

$135,000 - $145,000 a year

Full time, Permanent

Hybrid

4d ago , from South Gippsland Region Water Corporation

• Attractive Salary Packaging options available (eligibility conditions apply)

• SGW Enterprise Agreement Senior Executive Officer: $135,000 - $145,000 plus statutory superannuation and leave loading

About South Gippsland Water

As a public sector entity, South Gippsland Water is a Victorian Water Corporation responsible for water and wastewater service provision for over 22,000 customers located in 22 towns across a service delivery area of more than 4,000 square kilometres. We manage, maintain, and operate 8 water and 12 wastewater systems.

South Gippsland Water is launching our 2040 Vision and Strategy, guiding us toward our vision to be a trusted partner, advancing water services to support customer and community aspirations. To progress this vision, we are seeking skilled, enthusiastic and community focused people to join our progressive organisation.

Why Work for South Gippsland Water

With its unspoilt beaches, world famous Wilsons Promontory at your doorstep, wineries, gourmet restaurants and cafes, farmers markets, a relaxed lifestyle and a pleasant 2-hour drive from Melbourne CBD, you can have the best of both worlds.

With our Corporate Office based at Foster, South Gippsland Water employs a broad range of people in various roles, ranging from office to field based roles across the South Gippsland Region.

We are a diverse, community-oriented organisation and offer the following:

• Strong focus on career opportunities, professional development and training
• Highly flexible work options, including modified hours and/or work weeks
• Employee Assistance Program and broad wellbeing offers
• Family friendly workplace, including Paid Parental Leave
• Flexibility to work from home, with base location at any of our offices in Wonthaggi, Foster or Leongatha

Diversity is celebrated and respected as important for our wellbeing and success. Through our Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Strategic Plan, Gender Equality Action Plan and upcoming Reconciliation Action Plan we are actively working to address the gender pay gap, create opportunities for underrepresented groups and partner with Traditional Owners.

About The Role

We are currently seeking a suitably qualified person to join SGW as a Manager Risk and Resilience. The key requirements of the role are:

• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise risk management, including the ability to provide strategic advice, facilitate strategic and operational risk reviews, assess control effectiveness and integrate risk into organisational planning and decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating assurance and internal audit programs, including audit planning and scoping, management responses, action tracking, governance reporting and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated experience in emergency management and business continuity preparedness, including development and testing of plans, facilitation of exercises, evaluation of performance and implementation of improvement actions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex annual programs with multiple contributors and fixed deadlines, such as regulatory assurance, audit and organisational preparedness cycles, with strong attention to information quality and governance.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, facilitation and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to provide constructive challenge and communicate complex matters effectively to Board/committee, executive, operational and external audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organisational uplift and embed practical systems, tools and behaviours that strengthen risk culture, accountability and resilience