Remote Risk & Business Continuity Officer

Life Without Barriers; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rostered day off

Flexible work from home

Job summary

Life Without Barriers is seeking a Risk and Assurance Officer - Business Continuity to strengthen our resilience and readiness. You will lead continuity planning, test exercises, and assurance activities across the organisation to ensure safe, reliable services during disruptions.

The role requires collaboration with multiple business units, strong analytical skills and experience in governance, risk management, and regulatory processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in risk management, governance, business, emergency management, public administration or related field.
• Experience in risk management, assurance, governance or compliance roles.
• Experience supporting risk frameworks, risk registers or assurance activities.
• Experience in managing regulatory and accreditation processes.
• Knowledge of continuity planning, preparedness, exercising and recovery processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and manage business continuity and resilience risks with business units.
• Develop, maintain and improve business continuity plans, recovery arrangements and frameworks.
• Coordinate testing, exercises and assurance activities to validate preparedness.
• Analyse incidents and assurance findings to drive improvements.
• Support emergency management readiness and regulatory compliance reporting.

Skills

Business continuity

Risk management

Governance

Compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor degree in risk management or related field

Job description

Life Without Barriers is seeking a Risk and Assurance Officer - Business Continuity to strengthen our resilience and readiness. You will lead continuity planning, test exercises, and assurance activities across the organisation to ensure safe, reliable services during disruptions.

The role requires collaboration with multiple business units, strong analytical skills and experience in governance, risk management, and regulatory processes.