Risk & Compliance Officer

Ageing Australia; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 60,000 - 84,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave pro rata

Hybrid work

Professional development

Well-being day

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Ageing Australia is seeking a Part-time Risk & Compliance Officer (0.6 FTE), three days per week, to strengthen governance across our organisation. You will maintain the risk framework, oversee compliance obligations, coordinate audits, and drive continuous improvement with leaders and teams.

We offer hybrid work options, five weeks leave pro-rata, PD support, and an Employee Assistance Program. A federal police check is an essential selection criterion.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk and compliance roles in regulated environments.
• Knowledge of Australian regulatory frameworks.
• Experience maintaining risk registers and risk actions.
• Experience supporting audit and assurance programs.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong digital literacy and AI tool usage.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools.
• Familiarity with contract management systems.
• Attention to detail and proactive problem solving.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Relevant certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve risk framework, registers, and controls.
• Coordinate compliance obligations and policies.
• Support audit and assurance activities and reporting.
• Assist in implementing risk and compliance tech solutions.

Skills

Risk management

Compliance frameworks

Audit support

Stakeholder comms

Time management

Digital literacy

MS Office

AI tools usage

Education

Risk/compliance certification

Tools

Contract management systems

Microsoft Teams

Zoom

Job description

Introduction

Ageing Australia is the national peak body representing providers across the aged care landscape, including retirement living, seniors housing, residential care, home care, community care, and related services. We advocate for our members, providing expert advice, resources and tailored services to ensure they deliver exceptional care to older Australians.

Description

Ageing Australia is the national peak body representing providers across the aged care landscape, including retirement living, seniors housing, residential care, home care, community care, and related services. We advocate for our members, providing expert advice, resources and tailored services to ensure they deliver exceptional care to older Australians.

Who are we?

Ageing Australia is the national peak body representing providers across the aged care landscape, including retirement living, seniors housing, residential care, home care, community care, and related services. We advocate for our members, providing expert advice, resources and tailored services to ensure they deliver exceptional care to older Australians.

What We Offer You

• five weeks of paid annual leave (pro-rata)
• hybrid work options to support your work life balance
• annual professional development
• one well-being day per year
• 12 weeks paid parental leave (pro-rata) - purchased leave option
• access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family
• access to exclusive employee discounts across a range of popular retailers
• work in a collaborative, values-driven organisation.

About The Role

The Risk & Compliance Officer plays a key role in strengthening risk, compliance and assurance across Ageing Australia. Working closely with leaders and teams, you’ll provide practical advice, coordinate risk and compliance activities and help embed a positive risk culture. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact across the organisation while supporting strong governance, effective controls and continuous improvement.

Please note this is a part-time 0.6 FTE position working three days per week.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Enterprise risk management: maintain and continuously improve the risk framework, registers, tools, controls, risk treatment plans and processes, while supporting leaders to identify, manage and report risks.
• Compliance management: maintain the organisation’s compliance obligations, assist in maintaining compliance-related policies, monitor regulatory requirements and legislation, support compliance controls and attestations and coordinate breach investigations and remediation activities.
• Assurance management: coordinate audit and assurance activities, assist with Board and Committee reporting and maintain evidence and assurance documentation.
• Continuous improvement: identify opportunities to enhance risk, compliance and assurance processes and support the implementation of risk and compliance management technology solutions and reporting tools.

About You

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• demonstrated experience in risk and compliance roles preferably in highly regulated environments
• strong understanding of risk and compliance frameworks and application in Australian regulatory environments
• experience maintaining risk registers and monitoring risk treatment actions
• experience supporting audit and assurance programs
• proven ability to set and manage multiple priorities and complete tasks to deadlines while adjusting to shifting priorities and challenges with a positive and flexible approach
• excellent interpersonal and strong written and verbal communication skills are essential
• strong digital literacy, including advanced skills in record-keeping, word processing and document formatting including:
• using approved AI tools to increase efficiency
• proficiency in the Microsoft suite, collaboration tools and online meeting applications such as MS Teams & Zoom
• familiarity with digital contract management systems.
• exceptional attention to detail, with a proactive and resourceful approach to identifying and resolving issues, especially under time pressure
• ability to work independently with minimal supervision and be a proactive team player
• relevant Risk and/or Compliance certification will be highly regarded.

We require federal police check as an essential selection component for this role, please consider this requirement when submitting your application.

We believe diverse and inclusive workplaces create stronger organisations and better outcomes for the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and identities and are committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued.

Ageing Australia strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and is committed to supporting meaningful reconciliation, cultural safety and respectful practice across our organisation.