Save the Children is no ordinary not-for-profit.

We’re ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children’s rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from violence. We run programs in Australia and overseas and, if there’s a disaster – like an earthquake, drought or conflict – we are there on the ground.

Where you come in:

In this full-time, permanent position – ideally based in Melbourne, though other locations will be considered – you will work collaboratively across multiple teams based in Australia and overseas to ensure that our risk management, business continuity and incident response practices are fit for purpose. You will be part of our Group Operations and report to our Head of Enterprise Risk.

You will make an impact by:

• Actively participating in strategic planning to ensure that risk identification and mitigation inform decision making.
• Working with our International Programs leadership team to design, develop and enable effective oversight of risks, including regular review of controls for effectiveness.
• Supporting front line teams to identify, record, mitigate and manage risk, including coaching and supporting teams to understand, access, leverage and apply risk tools.
• Proactively assisting our Pacific leaders with business continuity planning, including undertaking scenario analysis, business continuity subplan development and testing.
• Effectively managing any incidents of fraud, bribery or corruption, including undertaking investigations into higher severity breaches of our policies.
• Leading and nurturing a risk management Community of Practice to grow our organisational capability and ensure a strong risk management culture.

Does this sound like you?

You are passionate about helping us to achieve our strategic goals through implementation of rigorous and con risk practices. You’re a rare individual with the emotional intelligence to engage and support stakeholders at all levels to drive continuous improvement in a complex organisation and regulatory landscape. You are a confident and clear communicator, with the judgement to help stakeholders make risk‑aware decisions in a world of uncertainty.

This role requires:

• 5+ years’ experience in risk management positions, in either the corporate or NFP sectors.
• Thorough understanding of the Australian Standards / New Zealand Standards ISO 31000:2018 – Risk management – Guidelines.
• Proven ability to deliver high quality training and capacity building in different cultural contexts and with distributed teams.
• Demonstrated investigations experience.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement track record, including experience working in a Pacific or international context.

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job.

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects alongside business as usual.
• Internal employment and development opportunities.
• Friendly and flexible work environment.
• Agile work environment including working from home.
• Pet friendly work environment.
• Child friendly work environment.
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Full salary packaging benefits (use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
• Additional annual leave options available.

For more information regarding our employee benefits, please follow this link.

Sound interesting?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on the ‘Apply’ section.

Applications close 4pm AEST, Tuesday 27th June 2023.

Position Description – International Programs Senior Risk and Resilience Advisor

For more information about this position, please contact Lee Gordon on 0438 202 011 or [email protected].

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it’s straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment – so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know! We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a workplace suitable for all people and can modify our processes to suit you – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.