Risk and Resilience Advisor

Western Power; Western Australia; Híbrido; AUD 100.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible work arrangements

Additional leave (up to four weeks)

Salary packaging

Discounted health insurance & gym

Employee recognition program

Wellness leave days

End-of-trip facilities

Descripción de la vacante

Western Power is seeking a Risk and Resilience Advisor to deliver practical risk management advice and analytical support across the business in a permanent Perth role.

You will partner with stakeholders to identify, assess and monitor risks, support resilience initiatives, and contribute to enterprise risk frameworks and assurance activities. This role emphasizes collaboration, capability-building and continuous improvement in risk practices.

Formación

• Professional degree in business, finance, commerce, engineering or similar.
• Solid experience in enterprise risk management or resilience.
• Experience partnering with stakeholders to drive risk assessments and risk monitoring.
• Strong planning and organisational skills to meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation, negotiation and advisory abilities.
• Knowledge of risk concepts, ISO 31000 and assurance principles.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver risk management advice, facilitation and analysis to support decision-making.
• Collect and assess risk information from varied sources for enterprise reporting.
• Improve risk management processes and ways of working across the business.
• Build risk awareness through practical guidance, training and engagement with stakeholders.
• Support identification, assessment, documentation, monitoring and review of risks with business units.
• Provide guidance on applying enterprise risk management framework and processes.

Conocimientos

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

ISO 31000

Planning & organisation

Interpersonal skills

Educación

Professional degree in Business/Finance/Commerce/Engineering or similar

Descripción del empleo

Risk and Resilience Advisor – Permanent – Perth

The Risk & Resilience Advisor will be responsible for providing practical risk management advice, facilitation and analytical support to the business, including partnering with the Business to support the effective risk management. Contribute to the implementation and ongoing maintenance of enterprise risk, assurance and resilience frameworks and activities.

Your Role in Action

• Delivery of projects to critical deadlines, whilst managing conflicting priorities.
• Collation and assessment of risk information from varied business sources, ensuring it is accurate, consistent and suitable to support decision-making and enterprise-level reporting.
• Use resources efficiently and identifying opportunities to improve risk management processes and ways of working.
• Building risk management awareness and capability across the business through practical advice, facilitation, training and ongoing engagement with Business stakeholders.
• Partner with business stakeholders to support the identification, assessment, documentation, monitoring and review of Risks.
• Provide practical risk management advice and guidance to Risk Owners, Control Owners, Treatment Owners and other business stakeholders in applying the enterprise risk management framework and supporting processes.
• Facilitate risk assessments, risk review workshops, training and other engagement activities to strengthen risk management capability and consistent practice across the business.
• Support the quality and ongoing maintenance of risk, control, treatment and assurance information within Western Power’s enterprise risk management system, including identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Professional Degree qualification in Business, Finance, Commerce, Engineering or similar
• Solid professional experience in enterprise risk management and/or resilience
• Demonstrated experience partnering with business stakeholders to facilitate risk assessments, maintain risk profiles and support practical risk management outcomes
• Strong planning skills and organisational skills with the ability to work to deadlines
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal, communication, facilitation, negotiation, influencing and advisory skills
• Demonstrated experience in working with senior management
• Knowledge of risk, control and treatment concepts and their application within enterprise risk management systems. Including detailed knowledge of ISO 31000 Risk Management - Guidelines and contemporary risk management practices, tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of assurance principles, Critical Risks and Critical Controls

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. Y ou will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• Flexible work arrangements to support working hours and working from home arrangements.
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
• An award- winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy t hree wellness leave days each year.
• Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Pert h office and South Metro Depot , perfect for cyclists.
• 22 weeks paid parental leaveand 5 days of First Nations cultural leaveto support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 29 October 2026

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities.As a WORK180 -endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.

Join us and play a part in powering the future of Western Australia.