Head of Investment Governance

**Join the leadership team for Investment Legal & Governance**:

- **Working for a leading industry fund**:

- **Join at a time of growth and capability build out**

Take the next step in your governance careers within our investment team, leadership role managing our Investments Governance framework.**About Us**

As one of Australia’s largest profit-to member superannuation funds, our mission is to help our members achieve their personal best retirement outcomes. Rest supports over 129,000 contributing employers, around 1.9 million members and has more than $67 billion of funds under management.
- At Rest we believe small actions can make a big difference, everything we do is underpinned by our values; The Rest Effect.
- We want our People to thrive and develop in our growing environment, who encourage open and diverse thinking, collaboration, innovation and high performance whilst having our Members at the forefront of everything we do.**About the Job**

We are looking for a Head of Investment Governance to join our growing Investments team. Part of the Legal and Governance leadership team, your role will be leading a small team to ensure Rest’s investment governance framework operates in the best financial interests of members.
- You will be accountable for ensuring all investment related decisions, taken within the investment governance framework are appropriately recorded and actioned. This is a new role which has been brought about by a recent promotion.**Key Responsibilities Include**:

- Supporting and enabling the effective and efficient operation of Rest’s investment governance framework, including by managing the Operational Investment Governance team
- Assessing the existing investment governance framework, benchmarking the maturity of the existing framework and identifying gaps and opportunities to drive continuous improvement including by aligning existing processes and procedures with better practice approaches
- Supporting and enabling the effective and efficient operation of the investment team’s investment governance committee meetings, including agenda preparation, meeting facilitation, attendance and minute taking, and management of matters arising
- Acting as the central contact point for the Investment Team’s co-ordination of investment governance processes, including advising in relation to investment decision making delegations and ensuring appropriate record keeping of investment decisions is made and retained

**About You**:
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline, eg commerce, business or similar/equivalent

Required experience, understanding or credentials
- **including**:

- At least 5 to 10 years’ experience in company secretariat or relevant equivalent roles in the superannuation/investment industry
- High level stakeholder engagement and communication skills, to effectively liaise with senior management and draft investment policy documentation.
- A strong understanding of Investment Governance frameworks and policy / procedure requirements for investment functions
- High level attention to detail
- Excellent organisational and planning skills and experience
- A dependable person able to act independently, be accountable for their responsibilities and take initiative

**Benefits**

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us, we value you and your hard work, offering inclusive wellbeing and reward benefits.- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Hybrid working - Work to suit your lifestyle
- Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave
- Meeting free breaks (Rest stops)
- Income Protection Insurance
- Rest Effect Excellence awards (Values Award)

And many moreIf you share our Values, want to help make a difference for our members and be part of a leading fund with a- Rest is committed to creating a flexible hybrid work environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion. _
- As an organisation, we are committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture where people feel welcome and inspired to do their best, regardless of any characteristic they may have._
- We actively seek a wide range of diverse employees, as we value individual differences in gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, background, geographical/rural/remote location, disrupted work history due to career or other breaks and abilities, because of the value and cognitive diversity they bring to our workplace and are passionate about having diversity of thought._
- For a confidential discussion about the role and any reasonable physical adjustments and/or flexible workstation requirements or would like to hear more on our Diversity and Inclusion practices please contact us _here.
- Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.