Risk and Assurance Business Partner (part time 0.6 FTE)

NIT; Victoria; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

Barwon Water is seeking a Risk and Assurance Business Partner to drive impact across the organisation. You will partner with teams on audits and assurance initiatives, maintain the risk register, and report findings to senior leaders.

This is a part-time role, three days per week with flexible days, offering a chance to build a robust assurance framework aligned to strategy.

Join a purpose-driven, community-focused organisation committed to governance excellence and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Qualifications in business or finance with hands-on risk and governance experience.
• Ability to deliver expert risk, governance, and assurance advice.
• Proven ability to influence and partner across the business.

Responsibilities

• Own risk management activities and maintain risk register.
• Lead audits and assurance initiatives across the business.
• Report audit findings to Senior Leaders and executives.
• Coordinate end-to-end audit cycle and accreditation reporting.

Skills

Risk management

Governance

Auditing

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance

Tools

MS Office

Job description

High-impact, strategic risk and assurance role

Purpose-driven, community-focused organisation

Ready to shape how Barwon Water manages risk and builds assurance across a diverse, dynamic organisation? If you thrive on turning expertise into real impact, read on…

About the Role

As our Risk and Assurance Business Partner, you’ll drive impact across Barwon Water, partnering closely with teams on a range of audits and assurance initiatives. You’ll take ownership of risk management activities, keeping the risk register and integrated management system current, and reporting audit findings directly to Senior Leaders, including the Executive.

With a broad remit and genuine autonomy, you’ll manage the audit cycle end-to-end, from committee preparation through to annual accreditation reporting. Drawing on best-practice risk frameworks, you’ll lift organisational capability in line with our strategic goals and build lasting trust in how we operate.

Partnering with stakeholders across the business, you’ll bring consistency to how we audit and report on compliance breaches, turning complex challenges into clear, actionable insight as you deliver on our policy and procedural obligations.

This is a part time role 3 days a week with flexibility on the days you work.

About You

A natural risk champion, you build capability through outcomes, motivating and enabling others to deliver on our organisational strategy.

As our Risk and Assurance Business Partner, you’re naturally inquisitive, highly collaborative, and skilled at influencing others through a consultative approach that delivers exceptional outcomes. You take the initiative to champion an assurance-first culture, providing expert advice across risk, governance and assurance.

Your qualifications in business or finance, combined with hands‑on experience in risk and governance management, set you up for success. As a trusted partner, you’ll deliver specialist advice that makes a real difference, backed by a tight‑knit, high‑performing team invested in your continued development.

About Us

As a commercial fully owned subsidiary of Barwon Water, Barwon Asset Solutions (BAS) delivers quality asset maintenance, natural resource and land management and project services across a variety of industry sectors. The Barwon Water Group vision for regional prosperity not only encompasses economic, social, and environmental elements, but also recreational and cultural elements, including enhancing First Nations values.

At Barwon Water, we believe that every individual has something valuable to offer. We understand that the more diverse workforce, the wider the variety of ideas we bring to the table. Enjoy being part of an organisation that values results, personal and professional growth, workplace diversity and a balance between work and life commitments.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at [e-mail] noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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