Director, Risk Management

6 days ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia State Government Of Victoria, Australia Full time
Job Title: Director, Risk

Join our team as a Director, Risk, and be responsible for leading the strategic delivery of our organisational risk, environment, safety, and wellbeing programs.

About the Role

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

Key Responsibilities
  • Establish trusted business partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, offering advice throughout project lifecycles.
  • Lead the Risk, Environment, Safety, and Wellbeing team aligned with our values – Innovate, Collaborate, 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.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Business, Property, Construction, or Engineering with a significant component of specialist risk management education.
  • Leadership experience managing a strategic risk and OHSE function.
  • Development, construction, infrastructure, engineering, or related sector experience is highly desirable.
  • Experience supporting and leading organisation-wide project and change management.
  • Facilitation, influencing, and stakeholder engagement experience.
  • Previous experience with Government or statutory authority is desirable but not essential.
  • Previous management responsibility for emergency and/or insurance management, commercial or financial management.
What We Offer

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • 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.
How to Apply

Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement. Applications will not be accepted via email. The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made. We value diversity and 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. We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business. To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Development Victoria job application system.



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