Risk & Compliance Manager

World Vision; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision Australia is seeking a risk and compliance professional to support the Senior Director, Risk & Property in strengthening enterprise risk, compliance and assurance frameworks. You will partner with leaders across the organisation to monitor obligations, coordinate assurance activities and promote accountability and continuous improvement.

The role focuses on building risk capability, reporting and governance practices, with a maximum-term contract ending February 2028.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in law, business, risk, compliance, governance or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks, methodologies and regulatory obligations across complex organisations.
• Working knowledge of enterprise risk management, including risk identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring and reporting.
• Experience establishing, embedding or improving a pragmatic, risk-based compliance function.
• Experience facilitating risk assessments and supporting teams to manage compliance and operational risks.
• Familiarity with internal audit, assurance, accreditation or governance processes.
• The ability to interpret legal, regulatory and policy requirements and translate them into practical business expectations.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with executives and governance committees.
• The ability to navigate a matrixed environment, balance competing priorities and deliver outcomes through collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support the maintenance and ongoing improvement of enterprise risk and compliance frameworks.
• Facilitate risk assessments and help business areas develop, review and monitor strategic and operational risk registers.
• Coordinate compliance obligations, monitoring activities, targeted reviews and regulatory change processes.
• Work with policy owners to strengthen policy governance, implementation and accountability.
• Develop clear compliance reports, dashboards, training content and practical guidance for stakeholders.
• Coordinate assurance, internal audit, accreditation and due diligence activities, including action tracking and follow-up.
• Assess compliance issues and reportable incidents, supporting timely remediation, escalation and regulatory notification where required.
• Build strong relationships across World Vision Australia and with global compliance colleagues to support consistent risk and compliance practices.

Education

Tertiary qualifications in law, business, risk, compliance, governance or related discipline

Job description

Maximum-term contract ending February 2028.

In this role, you'll support the Senior Director, Risk & Property to strengthen and continuously improve World Vision Australia's enterprise risk, compliance and assurance frameworks. Partnering with leaders and teams across the organisation, you'll help build risk capability, monitor legal and regulatory obligations, coordinate assurance and accreditation activities, and promote a strong culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

About the role

Maximum-term contract ending February 2028.

In this role, you'll support the Senior Director, Risk & Property to strengthen and continuously improve World Vision Australia's enterprise risk, compliance and assurance frameworks. Partnering with leaders and teams across the organisation, you'll help build risk capability, monitor legal and regulatory obligations, coordinate assurance and accreditation activities, and promote a strong culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the maintenance and ongoing improvement of enterprise risk and compliance frameworks.
• Facilitate risk assessments and help business areas develop, review and monitor strategic and operational risk registers.
• Coordinate compliance obligations, monitoring activities, targeted reviews and regulatory change processes.
• Work with policy owners to strengthen policy governance, implementation and accountability.
• Develop clear compliance reports, dashboards, training content and practical guidance for stakeholders.
• Coordinate assurance, internal audit, accreditation and due diligence activities, including action tracking and follow-up.
• Assess compliance issues and reportable incidents, supporting timely remediation, escalation and regulatory notification where required.
• Build strong relationships across World Vision Australia and with global compliance colleagues to support consistent risk and compliance practices.

Who We’re Looking For

A practical and collaborative risk and compliance professional who can influence stakeholders, strengthen organisational capability and turn complex obligations into clear, workable solutions.

You’ll bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in law, business, risk, compliance, governance or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks, methodologies and regulatory obligations across complex organisations.
• Working knowledge of enterprise risk management, including risk identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring and reporting.
• Experience establishing, embedding or improving a pragmatic, risk-based compliance function.
• Experience facilitating risk assessments and supporting teams to manage compliance and operational risks.
• Familiarity with internal audit, assurance, accreditation or governance processes.
• The ability to interpret legal, regulatory and policy requirements and translate them into practical business expectations.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with executives and governance committees.
• The ability to navigate a matrixed environment, balance competing priorities and deliver outcomes through collaboration.

The Selection Process

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check.

We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector.

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work. For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us