Risk Officer

Careers at Council; Sydney; On-site; AUD 86,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym membership

Job summary

Inner West Council is seeking a specialist to strengthen its risk maturity by supporting the enterprise risk framework, with a focus on risk management, continuity, and incident response. You will work within a specialist team, collaborating across directorates to embed proactive risk practices.

The role emphasizes providing expert risk guidance, producing senior leadership reports, and supporting governance bodies to ensure resilience and continuity of essential services for the community.

Qualifications

• Requires risk, business continuity and incident management senior specialist experience.
• Experience maintaining enterprise risk registers.
• Experience developing risk treatment plans and monitoring effectiveness.
• Proven ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support development, implementation and continuous improvement of the enterprise risk framework.
• Provide expert advice to embed a proactive risk culture across directorates and service units.
• Contribute to high-quality reporting and insights for senior leadership and governance bodies.
• Support identification, assessment and response to emerging risks while maintaining critical services.
• Assist with risk registers and development of risk treatments.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Business continuity

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications in risk or related field

Job description

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values ofIntegrity,Respect,Innovation,CompassionandCollaborationare at the centre of everything that we do.

We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge.We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options(e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great valuegym membership from $18.65/weekgiving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About the role

Reporting to the Risk Coordinator, you'll play a key role in strengthening Council's risk maturity by supporting the development, implementation and continuous improvement of our enterprise risk framework. With a strong focus on risk management, business continuity and incident management, you'll help ensure Council is well-positioned to identify, assess and respond to emerging risks while maintaining critical services for the community.

As part of a specialist team, you'll work closely with Directorates and Service Units across the organisation, providing expert advice and practical support to embed a proactive risk culture. You'll also contribute to high-quality reporting and insights for senior leadership, the Executive and governance bodies, including the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee, helping to drive informed decision-making and organisational resilience.

Remuneration

$85,842.12 - $94,968.64 + 12% Superannuation

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or demonstrated risk, business continuity and incident management senior specialist experience in a diverse operational service delivery focused organisation.
• Experience delivering risk advice and support to resolve problems or investigate and respond to business continuity matters or serious incidents.
• Experience with assisting with the maintenance of enterprise risk register/s, and assisting operational service units develop and review operational risks registers.
• Experience with the development and implementation of risk treatment plans and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective workplace relationships and stakeholder management through adept communication skills and approachable style with a passion for risk management, safety improvement and customer service.

Enquiries

Ngaire Meekan, Risk Coordinator on 02 9392 5***

Closing Date

Sunday 18 October 2026, 11:30PM

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

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Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.

This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We’re also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion.

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