Principal Advisor

3 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Transport and Main Roads Full time

**The key priorities for this team include**:

- Support for program and project owners developing and monitoring governance and program risk.

**In the role of Principal Advisor (Program Assurance) you will**:

- Undertake and lead a program of best practice program governance and assurance activities.
- Assist the Manager (Assurance) to embed a culture of effective program governance and assurance across the department.
- Review the department's governance and assurance practices to ensure their efficiency, effectiveness, economy and legislative compliance is promoted through learning and knowledge management.

**Accountabilities include**:

- Contribute to the development and maintenance of the Program Delivery and Operations (PDO) Assurance Framework. - Contribute to the development of the annual Assurance Operational Plan for the Assurance Unit and provide expert advice to management on matters pertaining to

the program and project assurance.
- Lead and provide support to the Director (Assurance) in delivering a comprehensive governance and assurance program as per the Assurance Operational Plan and in line with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
- Conduct assurance activities and provide written reports outlining findings and recommendations on any improvement opportunities or risk mitigation, including post implementation reviews.
- Negotiate and communicate with Divisions, Regions, Districts, local authorities and other external stakeholders within the road industry to ensure their requirements are incorporated into all relevant project reviews
- Provide specialist/consultancy advice to key stakeholders in establishing and maintaining governance and assurance methods and tools for their business area.
- Provide consultancy advice and counsel to key stakeholders regarding review findings in the governance and assurance environment and practices throughout the PDO.
- Maintain the Assurance Program to ensure recommendations and identified business improvement opportunities are implemented which support TMR's values and contribute to business objectives.

Applications to remain current for 12 months. Job Ad Reference: QLD/462938/22 Closing Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2023This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.


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