Job Purpose:
Our client is seeking a Head of Risk to lead the organisation’s enterprise-wide risk management function. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, clinical, health and safety, reputational, and governance risks are identified, assessed, monitored, and effectively managed. The role will provide strategic risk reporting, assurance, and recommendations to senior management and relevant governance structures, while supporting effective risk oversight and decision-making. Key responsibilities will include developing and maintaining risk management frameworks, managing the organisational risk register, advising on risk mitigation strategies, monitoring compliance with relevant requirements, providing guidance on emerging and existing risks, and embedding a strong risk-aware culture across all departments and facilities.
Responsibilities & Experience:
- Develop and maintain the organisation’s risk management framework, policies, and procedures.
- Lead the identification, assessment, and ongoing monitoring of organisational risks.
- Maintain and report on the corporate risk register.
- Report to the CEO on key risks, emerging issues, mitigation progress, and required management actions.
- Provide formal risk reports, insights, and recommendations to management, committees, and the Audit and Risk Committee.
- Support compliance with applicable legislation, governance standards, and internal policies.
- Monitor operational risks across care facilities, services, finance, HR, IT, property, and procurement.
- Coordinate business continuity planning and incident response processes.
- Promote a strong culture of risk awareness, accountability, and effective risk management across the organisation.
- Liaise with internal and external auditors, insurers, regulators, and relevant stakeholders.
- Support investigations, control improvements, and corrective action plans where required.
- Minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience in risk management, compliance, internal audit, governance, assurance, or a related field.
- 3–5 years’ experience in a senior management or leadership role.
- Proven experience reporting directly to a CEO, Executive Committee, Audit and Risk Committee, or Board.
- Experience within healthcare, aged care, retirement services, non-profit, property, insurance, or another regulated service environment would be advantageous.
- Proven experience in developing and implementing risk management frameworks, policies, registers, controls, and reporting processes.
- Demonstrated experience managing operational, regulatory, financial, reputational, health and safety, and business continuity risks.
- Experience working with internal and external auditors, insurers, regulators, and senior stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- Relevant bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Accounting, Auditing, Finance, or a related field.
- Working knowledge of King IV governance principles, enterprise risk management frameworks, compliance management, internal controls, and business continuity planning.