Risk Management Director

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Development Victoria Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Director to lead our Risk, Environment, Safety, and Wellbeing (RESW) function at Development Victoria. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing our risk management framework, ensuring regulatory and strategic alignment, and driving business resilience and process efficiency across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Establish trusted business partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, providing advice throughout project lifecycles.
  • Lead the RESW team aligned with our values of Innovate, Collaborate, and Deliver.
  • Develop and oversee the risk management framework, ensuring regulatory and strategic alignment, driving business resilience, engagement, and process efficiency across the organisation.
  • Define and implement the cultural and strategic vision for RESW management.
  • Provide leadership in embedding risk-thinking across all projects with the EPMO.
  • Deliver insightful reports with clear analysis to the Board, ARC, and executive teams.
  • Lead key initiatives, including the annual risk management attestation and risk workshop.
  • Ensure legislative compliance and provide training to meet OHSE responsibilities.
  • Investigate incidents and manage worker's compensation policies effectively.
  • Drive staff wellbeing through a psychosocial risk framework and monitor the EAP program.
  • Design and manage business continuity and emergency frameworks with annual testing plans.
  • Build strong relationships with emergency services and external stakeholders.
  • Use insights from incidents and trends to advise on vulnerabilities and exposures.
  • Ensure timely escalation of significant risks to the CEO or ARC when necessary.
  • Provide mentoring and leadership to support the growth of capability within the Risk & HSE team and broader organisation.
About You

We are looking for a candidate with a strong background in risk management, occupational health and safety, or a related field. You will have leadership experience managing a strategic risk and OHSE function, and experience supporting and leading organisation-wide project and change management. You will also have facilitation, influencing, and stakeholder engagement experience, and previous experience with Government or statutory authority is desirable.

Employee Benefits
  • We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
  • Study support.
  • Opportunity to participate in cross-functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
  • Novated leasing.
  • Purchase leave.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Technology salary sacrifice.
  • Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave.
  • Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance.
  • Modern onsite facilities.
Application Process

Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement. Applications will not be accepted via email. Please note that the preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made. At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.

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