Risk Business Partner

**Risk Business Partner
- Insurance and Claims**
March 2025

**Position title**Risk Business Partner
- Insurance and Claims

**Position number**1515

**Classification (Level)**Level 6

**Department**Office of the Chief Executive Officer

**Division**Office of the CEO

**Business unit**Strategy and Risk

**People Leader**Unit Manager Strategy and Risk

**Direct reports**N/A
Strategy and Risk Team, Executive and Senior Leadership

**Key stakeholders**Teams, Risk owners, Subject matter experts, externally: Local
Government Risk Services (LGAAMF & LGAMLS)

**Community Vision: A liveable, sustainable community.**
The strategic directions of Liveable, Sustainable, and Community reflect the aspirations of
the community for the City of Marion’s future.
A fourth strategic direction, Our Organisation, sets the focus for Council and its staff toward
fulfilling the 2024-2034 Community Vision and Strategic Directions. These interconnected
directions emphasise a commitment to achieving holistic outcomes for the council area.

**City of Marion Values**
Our Values inform what is important in how we deliver for our community.
They aspire towards a consistent standard that can be expected from all who engage with
the City of Marion.
**Our Community Vision**
**Together we**
**Focus on the customer |** We are:

- Engaged with our diverse community
- Responsive and proactive
- Dedicated to delivering great customer

experiences
**Engage with respect |** We are:

- Committed to a safe and inclusive workplace
- Connected, caring and professional
- Honest, transparent and act with integrity

**Embrace excellence |**We are**:

- Adaptable, driven and continuously improve
- Accountable for our decisions and actions
- Proactive in sustainability and support the

environment

A great place to _work_

**Risk Business Partner
- Insurance and Claims**
March 2025

**Purpose**

The Risk Business Partner will be responsible for building effective organisational risk
management, in the best interest of the Council, its staff and the community.

The primary objective of this position is to drive a proactive risk culture and consult, educate
and provide high level support in the delivery of Council’s Risk Management Framework, as
well as insurance and claims administration. With a key focus on contributing to effective risk
management and decision making to achieve the Council’s vision and strategic directions.

This role is a positive and energetic contributor within the Strategy and Risk Team, and
partners across the business to manage risk and strengthen risk maturity.

Strong communication skills and the ability to maintain solid relationships (with internal and
external) stakeholders will be vital to this role to ensure meaningful change.

**Key Deliverables**
- Develop, implement and further integrate a varied risk management portfolio, in line

with legislation and best practice across council’s suite of risk registers, and insurance
management.**
- Partner across the business and provide expert/specialist advice on complex risk

issues including providing a consultancy service and advice on risk and other liability
matters that contribute to the evolving maturity of the organisation.**
- Coordinate incident and claim administration relating to motor vehicle, property and

public liability incidents. Proactively maintain up to date registers of all reported
incidents and claims, including maintaining records of communication with key
stakeholders, such as (but not limited to), City of Marion staff, residents, community
groups, Local Government Risk Services schemes, legal representatives, insurance
assessors and contractors.
- Communication of risk exposures as they arise to the Unit Manager Strategy and Risk

and LGA Schemes. Preparation of reports to the Executive Leadership Team and
Finance, Risk and Audit Committee in relation to insurance incidents and claims.
- Maintain, analyse and review the corporate risk register(s), identifying trends and

developing responsive and proactive solutions for the mitigation of future risk
exposure in line with Council’s risk appetite and assist the council to leverage any
possible opportunities.
- Promote corporate assurance by providing fraud and corruption training/awareness in

alignment with the Fraud and Corruption framework, ensuring related tools are kept
updated and relevant to minimise opportunity for fraudulent and/or corrupt activities
across the business.
- Coordinate and provide advice on the procurement of appropriate insurance products

(including public liability, asset, event and worker’s compensation) which provide cover
for all reasonably foreseeable risk events and administrating asset and public liability
claims.

A great place to _work_

**Risk Business Partner
- Insurance and Claims**
March 2025
- Effective reporting and presentation to the Executive Leadership Team as a component

of the identification, monitoring and ongoing management of risk related issues,
review of co