Risk Management Specialist

Akkodis; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a Risk Specialist to lead risk management activities during a major agency transformation. You will ensure governance, controls, and reporting are embedded in the new Agency Risk Management Tool, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders.

You will support the lifecycle from design through UAT, ensuring compliance with Commonwealth policies and risk reporting requirements, and you will work under a hybrid model with eligibility to obtain AGSVA Baseline Clearance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in enterprise risk management within APS or similar regulation.
• Experience implementing or enhancing RMIS, GRC platforms, or similar solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Commonwealth Risk Management Policy, PGPA Act, APS governance frameworks, and risk reporting requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing reports, briefing papers, documentation, and training materials.

Responsibilities

• Review risk frameworks, policies, processes, and reporting requirements.
• Support configuration of the new risk management solution to align with agency risk and compliance processes.
• Translate business and governance requirements into system specifications.
• Validate risk taxonomies, controls, treatment plans, and reporting structures.
• Provide advice during design, testing, deployment, and UAT activities.
• Support documentation updates, stakeholder engagement, and change adoption.
• Ensure alignment with Commonwealth Risk Management Policy and APS governance requirements.

Skills

Risk management

Policy compliance

Stakeholder comms

Governance knowledge

Tools

RMIS

GRC platforms

Job description

Contract: ASAP - 07 May 2026. Location: ACT, NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT (Canberra preferred). Work Arrangement: Hybrid. Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain AGSVA Baseline Clearance.

What's in it for you?

• Contract through to May 2026 with extension options available (up to 24 months).
• Work on a high-profile enterprise transformation initiative.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Australia-wide locations considered, with a preference for Canberra.

The Company

Our client is undertaking a significant transformation initiative aimed at modernising and streamlining its core corporate systems. As part of this program, a new Agency Risk Management Tool is being implemented to strengthen organisational risk capability, improve risk reporting, support compliance obligations, and enhance decision-making across the organisation.

The Role

The Risk Specialist will provide subject matter expertise across the implementation lifecycle of a new Agency Risk Management Tool. Working closely with business and technical stakeholders, you will ensure that risk management frameworks, governance arrangements, controls, reporting structures, and compliance obligations are effectively translated into the new solution.

Hold, or be able to obtain, an AGSVA Baseline Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyse risk frameworks, policies, processes, and reporting requirements.
• Support configuration of the new risk management solution to align with agency risk and compliance processes.
• Translate business and governance requirements into system specifications.
• Validate risk taxonomies, controls, treatment plans, and reporting structures.
• Provide advice during design, testing, deployment, and UAT activities.
• Support documentation updates, stakeholder engagement, and change adoption.
• Ensure alignment with Commonwealth Risk Management Policy and APS governance requirements.
• 5+ years' experience in enterprise risk management within the APS or a similarly regulated environment.
• Experience implementing or enhancing Risk Management Information Systems (RMIS), GRC platforms, or similar solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Commonwealth Risk Management Policy, PGPA Act, APS governance frameworks, and risk reporting requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing reports, briefing papers, documentation, and training materials.