Aso8 Principal Quality and Compliance Officer

2 days ago

Adelaide, Australia SA Government -DEPARTMENT OF STATE DEVELOPMENT Full time

**Department of State Development**
**Job reference**: 698446
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Ongoing
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**About us**:
The Department of State Development is the South Australian Government’s lead economic development agency.

Our mission is to drive sustainable economic growth in South Australia by increasing industrial and workforce capability, capacity, collaboration and resilience. We take pride in hiring the right people for the right jobs and offer an attractive, flexible workplace.

For more information about our agency, please visit:
Department of State Development | statedevelopment.sa.gov.au

**About the role**:
Skills SA supports the development of highly adaptable skilled people, supported by an accessible and seamless training system, to contribute to a successful economy.

The Principal Quality and Compliance Officer plays a key role in assuring the quality and integrity of South Australia’s vocational education and training market to support public confidence in the system and its skills and training outcomes.

Within this context the Principal Quality and Compliance Officer provides high level and strategic advice to manage and mitigate quality and compliance risks and leads the development, implementation and continuous improvement of best practice quality and compliance processes and practices.

**Key Competencies**:

- Detailed knowledge of compliance, audit and risk principles, methodologies, and best practice and relevant government policies, practices and procedures.
- High level knowledge of state and national vocational education and training systems and structures and the issues and challenges impacting on State and national skills policies, programs and services.
- Extensive experience in providing timely and sound strategic advice on significant and complex issues, including preparing reports, briefings and presentations.
- Demonstrated strategic, innovative and improvement-focused thinking including expertise in designing, planning and implementing quality and compliance strategies, programs and operations using best practice methodologies and models.

**Remuneration**:
Competitive salary $121,107 to $125,679 max pa plus superannuation.

**Benefits**:
Bringing your talent to the Department of State Development will see you rewarded with a wide variety of benefits such as:

- A variety of leave arrangements
- Work-life balance with a flexible hybrid work arrangement
- Access to great customised training and career development opportunities

**Qualifications**:

- **Essential**: Relevant qualification in audit, risk, compliance or a related field (or equivalent workplace experience)
- **Desirable**: Nil

**Special Conditions**:

- The role will be offered full-time (1.0 FTE), ongoing.
- Satisfactory Department of Human Services Criminal History Check or National Police Check (NPC) required prior to employment.

**Enquiries**:
**Apply**:
Applicants are required to submit the following:

- Cover letter demonstrating the suitability for the role by addressing the key competencies (2 pages max)
- Curriculum Vitae (4 pages max)
- Prepare 3 referees (at least one should be current or recent line manager), to be provided on request.
- Pre-employment Declaration Form - find the attachment on the job advert.

**Applications close**: 26/09/2025 11:00 PM

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