Risk and Regulatory Compliance Manager

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Victorian Institute of Teaching

**Salary**: $125,964 - $168,563

Occupation: Finance

Reference: VG/SS-3021
- The Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) is an independent statutory authority, whose primary function is to regulate members of the teaching profession to ensure quality teaching, and provide for the safety and wellbeing of children.
- Our vision is for all Victorian children and young people to have the best teachers.**About us**

The VIT offers a supportive, inclusive working environment, plus an attractive remuneration package and flexible work options. Our teams of diverse, high performing individuals are supportive and inclusive. Every role at VIT provides for the safety and wellbeing of children; our work enables quality teaching and the best educational outcomes for young Victorians.
- The VIT promotes and encourages the Victorian Public sector Employee’s Code of Conduct of responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect, leadership and human rights.
- The VIT is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and identities. It is the VIT’s policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with disability.
- We pride ourselves on allowing our staff to grow to their full potential, by offering new professional challenges and providing career growth opportunities.
- The VIT is centrally located near Southern Cross Station in modern and up-to-date offices. Due to COVID-19, staff are working in the office and remotely on a hybrid model. All equipment will be provided.
- The VIT is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and stakeholders. We require all employees to comply with VIT’s vaccination policy.**Risk and Regulatory Compliance Manager**

Salary range: $125,964 to $147,264 plus statutory super

Are you a passionate risk and compliance expert that has a strong track record in developing frameworks that are fit for size, complexity, and risk profile of organisations (preferably in a government entity)? Do others seek your guidance and counsel in risk management and compliance solutions and in creating a positive risk culture? Do you want to use your skillset to deliver real outcomes and contribute to an organisation whose purpose is to help ensure that Victorian learners have the best teachers?

If you fit this profile, then you could join the dynamic Shared Services team at the Victorian Institute of Teaching with an exciting and challenging mandate for change. The Risk and Regulatory Compliance Manager role offers an outstanding career opportunity for a professional who is passionate about using their expertise and leadership to support VIT in its regulation of Victorian teachers.

With expert knowledge of risk management and compliance, strong professional affiliations and a wide network of Risk Management and Compliance, the role will ensure VIT is well informed in proportionate and risk-based decision making and in fulfilling the organisation's compliance obligations.

**About the role**

Be part of a forward-thinking, risk-based regulator where ideas and opinions are valued. This role will require you to:

- implement a continuous improvement process applied to the current risk practices and registers and ensure that the risk framework recognises all aspects of the organisation's functions
- create new or amend existing policies, procedures, and assessments to enhance VIT's risk and compliance frameworks
- manage regular risk reviews and work with staff to implement corrective action plans
- manage the delivery of the annual cycle of reporting to meet VIT compliance requirements
- provide end-to-end secretariat support to the VIT Audit, Risk Management and Finance Committee
- maintain business continuity and incident management plans and coordinate annual tests to ensure that these remain current
- manage the relationship with VIT's internal auditors to successfully deliver on the agreed assurance program
- provide expert advice to VIT's Executive, Council and Audit, Risk Management and Finance Committee
- undertake other duties as directed by Director Shared Services Branch.

**About you**

As an experienced risk and regulatory compliance manager, you will have sound and practical knowledge of current risk management and compliance standards. You will have experience working with all levels of staff across an organisation including audit and risk committees and boards, and ideally a passion for making a difference in decision making including frameworks conducive to supporting the reduction of uncertainty in meeting VIT objectives.
- Demonstrated capability to develop, implement and monitor a broad-based risk framework in public entities or similar organisations, underpinned by sound analytical and judgement skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to ensure relevant information can be clearly u