Description:
About Us
SDN Children’s Services (SDN) is a for-purpose, not for profit organisation that started in 1905. We are one of Australia’s most respected children’s services organisation employing over 650 staff across sites in Sydney, regional NSW and the ACT.
We’re here to promote and enhance children’s wellbeing, learning and development and we do that for children from birth to their transition to high school through early learning services, children’s therapies and family support programs. We believe that every person and every living thing has inherent worth and is owed respect and care. We commit ourselves to being trustworthy, reliable, inclusive, respectful, creative, and innovative.
About the Team
To build robust, customer centric business systems and processes. The Corporate Services team brings together finance, property, technology, risk, compliance, quality management and user focussed design to partner with service delivery in developing lean, effective, compliant and responsive solutions.
About The Role
Review, and where required develop, governance frameworks including risk, compliance, business continuity, quality management which are fit for purpose and, designed to control risk and prevent or minimise losses incurred as a result of any risk.
- Review and further embed risk management framework across the business, including the development of a compliance framework in collaboration with Compliance Specialist
- Monitor the performance of SDN’s Risk Management Framework to ensure the effective management of risk across all areas of the business and make recommendations for improvement based on monitoring outcomes
- Collaborate with business risk, compliance and quality stakeholders to develop, improve and test risk controls and mitigations activities
- Foster and promote a culture of continuous improvement across all areas of the business
- Provide ongoing information, communication and training to ensure all staff develop knowledge, skills and competencies in risk and compliance
- Actively manage compliance, risk and quality related activities and projects
- Monitor the regulatory environment as it relates to compliance and risk and provide advice on appropriate and timely actions to address proposed changes
- Provide support for and reporting to the Board’s Risk and Compliance Committee and Senior Leadership Team
- Develop auditing procedures and performance measures to assist the achievement of business risk objectives
- Conduct, manage and co-ordinate the audit process and liaise with internal and external auditors where required
- Develop and manage the production of relevant audit and compliance reports for business units, management, board and regulators
- Protect the confidentiality of customers and staff during the management of incidents and complaints
- Provision of risk and compliance advice to the business
- Responsible for risk management and reporting systems informed by legislation and SDN’s policies and procedures
About You
- At least 5 years’ experience in a related role, preferably in a not-for-profit organisation
- Understanding of and ability to apply and implement key governance standards, i.e. ISO31000 – Risk Management, ISO9001 – Quality Management Systems, ISO223401 – Business Continuity and ISO19600 – Compliance Management Systems
- Degree or diploma in a discipline relevant to risk management or equivalent (desired)
- Ability to be pragmatic and solutions-focused in a proactive, can-do approach, and open to new ideas and experiences
- Excellent organisational skills with a very high level of attention to detail
- Broad knowledge and practical experience in management of enterprise risk
- Proven experience in project managing the implementation of regulatory change
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms with the Board and Executive Team
- Experience in conducting internal audits and/or reviews
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills with strong interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to engage with a diverse range of people within a culturally diverse community
Our Culture
SDN's values are at the heart of everything we do. If you share our values and believe that through working together, we can make the world a better and more equitable place then we want to hear from you! We commit ourselves to being trustworthy and reliable, inclusive and respectful and creative and innovative.
SDN Benefits include:
- Positive welcoming culture
- Priority placement for children of staff members
- Working with a team of professionals who have extensive experience and knowledge gained through our 110 + year history of supporting children and families
- Discounted childcare fees
- Paid parental leave
- Finder’s fee - Referral Scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
- SDN Staff Giving Fund
- Purchased Leave
- Study Leave
- Picnic Day - One extra day paid leave for all permanent staff
SDN Children’s Services is committed to being a child-safe organisation, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Successful applicants will be subject to relevant pre-employment checks including Working with Children Check (NSW) and National Police Check.
SDN Children's Services welcomes and encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
Other details
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Job family
Shared Services
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Pay type
Salary