- APS Level 5
- Canberra, ACT
- $93,660 - $100,132 + 15.4% superannuation

About the Department of Education
We contribute to Australia's economic prosperity and social wellbeing by creating opportunities and driving better outcomes through access to quality education and learning.

The Role
The Internal Audit and Risk Team is responsible for ensuring that the department has the appropriate enterprise risk, internal audit governance and assurance arrangements in place as well as operational functions.

As the Risk Support Officer at the Department of Education, you will be reporting to the Assistant Director of Enterprise Risk, to deliver a range of activities that support the department’s enterprise risk management arrangements, as well as liaison between the department and our insurance provider Comcover, in a project-based environment.

The team is seeking an APS level 5 who enjoys being a strategic thinker, a team-player and who is willing to work across a broad range of activities in a dynamic and quick-paced work environment. Ideally you possess, or are in a position to develop your, policy, analytical, investigative and technical skills including the ability to contribute to the measurement and monitoring of policy and delivery effectiveness.

Duties and Responsibilities
In this role, your responsibilities will include the following:

- Contributing to the development of routine high-quality and timely briefings, correspondence, and reports for a range of stakeholders, including senior executive staff and committees.
- Monitoring and managing the team’s group risk inbox including the management of various risk related enquiries.
- Supporting the delivery of activities that coordinate and implement the department’s enterprise risk management arrangements, including training and awareness programs.




- Supporting reviews of existing policies and assisting in the development and maintenance of new policies and frameworks with a particular focus on risk management and assurance.
- Support in the liaison with Comcover for insurance claims, renewals, the department’s participation in the biennial Comcover Risk Management Benchmarking Survey and relevant communities of practices.
- Providing advice and support to line areas in terms of risk management and assurance including assisting with enquiries related to the department’s risk system RiskNet2.0.
- Maintain and administer risk dashboards, ensuring risk information and reporting views remain current, accurate and fit for purpose.

How to Apply
To apply for this position, please submit your application in our online recruitment system. You will need to:

- Provide a summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
- Upload your Resume
- Provide contact details for 2 Referees.

The APS work level standards are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level. We encourage you to review these when writing your application.

Eligibility
Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

Security Clearance - our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.

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📌 Risk Support Officer (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Government
📍 Canberra