Job Description

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- Contract Duration: ASAP Start - 30 June 2027
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- Daily Rate: $1,000 - $1,250 per day + Super
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- Location: McKell Building, Sydney
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- Work Arrangement: Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office, typically Tuesday and Wednesday, with occasional Friday attendance required)
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- Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
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- Security Clearance: NV1 Security Clearance required (or ability to obtain)
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Director, Risk, Compliance and Safety

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An exceptional opportunity exists for a senior Director, Risk, Compliance and Safety to lead a critical governance, assurance and organisational resilience function within a major NSW Government organisation responsible for supporting mission-critical communications infrastructure relied upon by emergency services and first responders across the state.

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This is a highly visible executive leadership role responsible for enterprise risk, compliance, safety, protective security, business continuity and incident management across a large and complex operational footprint of approximately 700 sites statewide.

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Reporting to the Executive Director, Strategy, Commercial and Risk, you will partner closely with Executive Leadership, the Audit & Risk Committee and Board, driving risk maturity, governance excellence and organisational resilience.

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Key Responsibilities

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Enterprise Risk Management

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- Lead and continuously improve the enterprise risk management framework.
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- Manage enterprise and project risk registers, risk appetite statements and risk reporting.
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- Monitor emerging risks and develop mitigation strategies across operational and strategic functions.
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- Drive a solid risk culture throughout the organisation.
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Board and Audit & Risk Committee Reporting

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- Prepare and present high-quality Board and Audit & Risk Committee papers.
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- Provide strategic advice on enterprise risk, governance and assurance matters.
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- Lead risk assurance activities and executive reporting.
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- Drive maturity and consistency in governance reporting and risk oversight.
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Compliance and Governance

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- Ensure compliance with legislative, regulatory and policy obligations.
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- Lead organisational compliance frameworks and assurance activities.
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- Coordinate audits and oversee the implementation of audit recommendations.
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- Promote governance best practice and continuous improvement.
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Safety Leadership

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- Oversee Work Health and Safety (WHS) strategies, frameworks and reporting.
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- Monitor incidents, investigations, corrective actions and safety performance.
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- Lead initiatives that support a positive safety culture across office, operational and field-based environments.
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- Ensure compliance with all applicable safety legislation and standards.
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Protective Security

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- Lead protective security programs, frameworks and operational practices.
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- Manage security clearance processes and personnel security requirements.
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- Maintain relationships with relevant government security agencies and stakeholders.
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- Ensure security risks are appropriately identified, managed and reported.
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Business Continuity & Incident Management

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- Lead Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) programs.
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- Facilitate crisis management exercises and organisational resilience initiatives.
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- Chair Incident Management Teams and coordinate responses to significant operational incidents.
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- Drive improvements in incident management capability and organisational preparedness.
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Leadership

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- Lead and develop a team of approximately 5 direct reports within a broader team of approximately 30 staff.
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- Build capability across risk, compliance, safety and governance functions.
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- Foster collaboration, accountability and high performance.
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Essential Experience

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- Extensive senior leadership experience in enterprise risk management.
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- Proven experience preparing and presenting reports to Boards and Audit & Risk Committees.
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- Strong understanding of governance, compliance, assurance and risk frameworks.
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- Experience leading organisational risk maturity and capability uplift programs.
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- Demonstrated experience managing teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
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- Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement and executive reporting skills.
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- Ability to operate effectively within a complex, high-profile environment.
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Highly Desirable

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- Experience within critical infrastructure, telecommunications, emergency services, utilities, defence or government environments.
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- Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) experience.
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- Incident Management Team (IMT) leadership experience.
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- Protective security and security clearance management experience.
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- Experience working with external security, intelligence or regulatory agencies.
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Key Challenges

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- Providing strategic oversight of risk, compliance and safety across approximately 700 operational sites.
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- Delivering high-quality Board and Audit & Risk Committee reporting.
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- Managing complex and evolving enterprise risks across operational and corporate environments.
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- Balancing strategic governance priorities with operational incident response requirements.
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- Driving organisational maturity across risk management, compliance, safety and resilience frameworks.
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📌 Director, Risk, Compliance and Safety (New South Wales)
🏢 Indigeco
📍 New South Wales