Risk & Compliance Officer – School Based

Lighthouse Christian College, Keysborough; Melbourne; Vor Ort; AUD 70.000 - 100.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lighthouse Christian College in Keysborough, Melbourne, seeks a part-time 0.8FTE Risk & Compliance Officer to lead risk, compliance and governance across the College. You will collaborate with leadership to ensure regulatory adherence, manage risk, oversee child safety and wellbeing, and drive continuous improvement in governance and policies.

The role requires experience in risk and compliance within an education setting, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to translate

Qualifikationen

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience.
• Current Working with Children Check.
• Current National Police Check.
• Experience managing compliance, governance, risk or policy frameworks.
• Knowledge of Victorian Child Safe Standards and Ministerial Order No. 1359.
• Ability to maintain confidential records and handle sensitive information.
• Strong understanding of legislative and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience interpreting legislation into practical processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate and maintain enterprise risk management framework.
• Identify, assess, mitigate and monitor organizational risks.
• Support risk processes for on-site/off-site activities (camps, excursions, events).
• Monitor regulatory changes impacting the College.
• Maintain risk registers; review by risk owners.
• Prepare risk/compliance reports for Executive Team and Board.
• Develop, review and communicate policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with legislative, regulatory and school registration requirements.
• Collaborate with leaders on Child Safety Framework implementation.
• Administer risk management systems (Ideagen policy Connect, Consent2Go, SAM4Schools).

Kenntnisse

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Regulatory knowledge

Legislation interpretation

Record-keeping

Policy development

Stakeholder collaboration

Ausbildung

Tertiary qualification in Health & Safety, Governance, Risk Management, Compliance or related discipline

Jobbeschreibung

About the role

The Risk & Compliance Officer is responsible for leading the College’s risk, compliance and governance functions. The role works collaboratively with leadership to ensure legislative and regulatory compliance, manage organizational risk, oversee child safety and wellbeing requirements, and promote a culture of continuous improvement across the College. Be part of a thriving Christian College where your expertise in risk, compliance and governance will help support a safe, compliant and future-focused educational environment. This role is part-time 0.8FTE (4 days p/w).

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and maintain the College’s enterprise risk management framework.
• Facilitate the identification, assessment, mitigation and monitoring of organizational risks.
• Support risk management processes relating to both on-site and off-site activities, including camps, excursions and events.
• Monitor emerging risks and changes to legislation, standards and operational practices that may impact the College.
• Maintain risk registers and ensure regular review by risk owners.
• Prepare risk and compliance reports for the Executive Team, Board Committees and other governance forums as required.
• Coordinate the development, review, implementation and communication of College policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with all legislative, regulatory and school registration requirements.
• Work closely with the Deputy Principal and designated College leaders to monitor and coordinate the implementation of the College’s Child Safety Framework, policies and procedures.
• Actively manage and administer compliance and risk management systems including Ideagen policy Connect, Consent2Go, and SAM4Schools.

Skills & Capabilities

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Health & Safety, Governance, Risk Management, Compliance Law, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Current Employee Working with Children Check.
• Current National Police Check.
• Demonstrated experience managing compliance, governance, risk or policy frameworks.
• Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly develop knowledge of, Victorian school child safety and wellbeing requirements, including the Child Safe Standards and the Ministerial Order No. 1359.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate, confidential records and handle sensitive information appropriately.
• Strong understanding of legislative and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience interpreting legislation and translating complex requirements into practical organizational processes.
• Highly developed analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About us

Lighthouse Christian College seeks to represent the Lord Jesus Christ to our community. We have a rich and exciting teaching and coeducational learning environment from ELC to Year 12. It is a community large enough to offer specialist personnel and small enough to remain intimate and caring. We have excellent, dedicated, well-qualified, and experienced teachers who keep abreast of best-practice pedagogy. Lighthouse Christian College has been named in the Top 1% of Primary Schools in Victoria and is the leading Victorian Christian school for achieving university placement.

Child Protection Commitment

Lighthouse Christian College is dedicated to a child-safe environment. We uphold zero tolerance for child abuse and ensure student welfare is embedded in all policies and practices. Please review our Child Safety Code of Conduction and Child Protection Policy at www.lighthouse.vic.edu.au

If you are an experienced Risk & Compliance professional looking to play a key role in shaping governance, compliance and risk management practices within a dynamic school environment, we would love to hear from you.

Applications close Friday 13th Nov 2026