Compliance Manager

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An excellent opportunity is available for a Compliance Manager to join the Risk and Compliance department at Australia's pre-eminent biomedical research institute.

About the Position
The Compliance Manager provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of the Institute's compliance functions. The role ensures the Institute meets its legislative and regulatory obligations, maintains effective compliance programs, and upholds best practice in information, records, and privacy management. This role also provides expert advice and assurance to inform decision-making and safeguard the Institute's reputation and sustainability.

Selection Criteria
Knowledge and Skills:

- Tertiary qualifications in law, business, governance, risk, or a related discipline
- Comprehensive understanding of Australian laws, regulations, and standards relevant to corporate compliance in medical research
- Demonstrated experience leading a corporate compliance framework in a complex organisation-ideally health, research, higher-education, or not-for-profit.
- Proven track record interpreting and applying a wide range of legislative and regulatory requirements, including privacy, records management, funding, and contractual obligations.
- Hands-on experience in designing and managing corporate audit programs, internal reviews, incident investigations, and external audit coordination.
- Demonstrated success in establishing and maintaining policy programs, including conflict-of-interest management.
- Experience acting as or supporting a Privacy Officer, including oversight of information and records management systems.

Personal Qualities:

- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional communication skills, able to translate complex legislative or policy requirements into clear guidance for executives, researchers, and staff.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills to build a culture of accountability and compliance.
- High professional integrity, discretion, and sound judgement when managing sensitive privacy and conflict-of-interest matters.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to maintain registers, calendars, and multiple compliance programs simultaneously.

Terms of Appointment
This position is an ongoing role in a full capacity. Salary is Professional Services Employee Level 9 ($137,776 - $149,135). Up to 17% superannuation and very attractive salary packaging options are available.

General enquiries can be directed to [emailprotected] .
A position description is available here .

How to Apply
Please apply by uploading your CV, cover letter and a document addressing the key selection criteria in pdf format.

Application Closing Date: Friday 14 November 2025.

WEHI - Brighter together

WEHI is where the world's brightest minds collaborate and innovate to make discoveries that will help us to live healthier for longer. Our medical researchers have been serving the community for more than 100 years. We bring together people with different skills and experience who are committed to long-term discovery. Our teams of researchers are committed to solving the most complex health problems, making transformative discoveries for cancer, infectious and immune diseases, developmental disorders and healthy ageing.

WEHI is a place where people are able to shine. People who are inquisitive, who are committed, who are passionate. People who want to make a difference. And we are committed to ensuring they have the tools to flourish, personally and professionally. We are a community of researchers, students and professional service staff who work towards achieving discoveries that improve human health. We are driven by collaboration, curiosity and creativity. We are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of people in Australia and around the world. We are WEHI. We are brighter together.

WEHI's commitment to diversity and inclusion

At WEHI we strive to foster a flexible working environment that encourages individual differences and promotes collaboration and creativity. We recognise that talent does not sit within a single identifiable group in our society and that WEHI's ability to shape contemporary scientific thinking and deliver leading professional services relies on a diversity of thought within our organisation. Our action to promote gender equality has been recognised with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award from Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) and we offer a range of support for women researchers .

Our commitment to celebrating diversity and addressing inequities is further demonstrated through our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Gender Action Plan, Reconciliation Action Plan and our WE-Pride network for LGBTQIA+ staff and students. We actively encourage applications from, people with a disability, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people and people with diverse genders and sexualities. Should you require support during the recruitment process due to special needs or consideration, please contact the People and Culture team.

WEHI's commitment to Indigenous employment

WEHI is working to create a future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be engaged at the scientific frontier, making exciting discoveries and decisions about the future of health in this country, and part of a leading professional services workforce supporting the realisation of these discoveries. We are committed to creating a culturally safe workplace and offering career development and leadership opportunities to First Nations staff and students. We strongly encourage any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute is the oldest research institute in Australia and celebrated its centenary in 2015.

Our affiliation with The Royal Melbourne Hospital links research outcomes with clinical practice to accelerate discoveries for health and disease. We offer postgraduate training as the Department of Medical Biology of The University of Melbourne.

Scientists undertake research in a range of areas, preventing and treating diseases including breast, ovarian and blood cancers, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, coeliac disease and malaria.

Around 100 clinical trials based on discoveries made at the Institute are underway. These include trials of vaccines for type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease and malaria, and trials of a new class of anti-cancer agents for treating patients with leukaemia.

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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute is the oldest research institute in Australia and celebrated its centenary in 2015.

Our affiliation with The Royal Melbourne Hospital links research outcomes with clinical practice to accelerate discoveries for health and disease. We offer postgraduate training as the Department of Medical Biology of The University of Melbourne.

Scientists undertake research in a range of areas, preventing and treating diseases including breast, ovarian and blood cancers, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, coeliac disease and malaria.

Around 100 clinical trials based on discoveries made at the Institute are underway. These include trials of vaccines for type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease and malaria, and trials of a new class of anti-cancer agents for treating patients with leukaemia.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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