Enterprise Risk Program Officer

Business Enabling Services Group / Corporate Services Division / Legal & Assurance Branch
- APS 6 ($88,157 - $107,593) | Ongoing | Full-time
- Canberra, ACT

**ABOUT THE BRANCH**

The Legal and Assurance Branch (LAB) partners with business areas in the Department of Finance to provide high quality legal, governance and assurance services.

LAB comprises three core teams:

- **Assurance & Risk** responsible for financial governance, enterprise risk management, internal and external audit liaison, fraud control and insurance liaison. The team also supports the Risk Sub-committee of Executive Board and the independent Audit Committee.
- **Administrative & Public Law** responsible for providing strategic legal advice on statutory interpretation and administrative law matters, and coordinating privacy, FOI and the legislation program for Finance.
- **Commercial Law **is responsible for providing strategic commercial and corporate legal advice across a wide range of activities of the department, including the procurement of legal services through the new whole of government arrangements, contract negotiation and dispute resolution, and management of some commercial litigation.

**ABOUT THE**
**OPPORTUNITY**

We are seeking motivated individuals with strong analytical and communication skills to join our Assurance and Risk team, and work within our enterprise risk program.

Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting quarterly reporting activities, which may include identifying Departmental priorities and key risks, preparation of information packs and dashboard reporting for consultation with Deputy Secretaries, heads of division’s and relevant governance committees
- Providing support to the Assistant Director Assurance and Risk with the management of internal working groups and forums, including developing meeting content, engagement activities and meeting notes
- Providing advice and information to the Department’s Performance and Risk Committee as well as the Audit Committee, including preparation of committee meeting papers
- Supporting administration of the team including developing innovative solutions to problems, implementing new ideas and engaging with stakeholders across the department
- Assisting with the development and maintenance of internal artefacts, such as annual program plans and strategies as well as standard operating procedures
- Assisting with other team responsibilities from time to time.

**DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION**

For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

**ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES**
- Under section 22(8) of the _Public Service Act 1999_, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

**CONTACT INFORMATION**
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.

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