Risk And Compliance Officer

Impactful Work: Make a tangible difference in the lives of children in WA
- Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate and dedicated team
- Key Role: Ensure policy, Risk & Governance & Compliance across the organisation

Perth Childrens Hospital Foundation are the main fundraising body and largest private funder of Perth Children's Hospital and the wider Child and Adolescent Health Service in Western Australia. Our purpose is to fuel the fight on the frontline to help children get well and stay well.

We believe that every child deserves to live a healthy and fulfilling life. Our organisation is driven by a powerful purpose—to ensure Perth Children's Hospital remains at the forefront of paediatric care, offering the best possible medical treatment and support, for the kids who depend on it.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we work tirelessly to provide funding and resources that enable the hospital and wider Child and Adolescent Health Services in WA to deliver cutting-edge healthcare, innovative research, and life-changing programs.

Our dedicated and passionate team is the backbone of this effort, working collaboratively with the hospital, the community, and other stakeholders to drive change and create a brighter future for the children of Perth.

By joining our team, you will become part of a vibrant and compassionate community that shares a common goal: to improve the lives of sick and injured children.

Perth Childrens Hospital Foundation is currently seeking to appoint an experienced
**Risk and Compliance Officer** in what is a newly created role, reporting directly to the CFO.

The Risk and Compliance Officer will be responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of policy, risk management, governance and compliance frameworks and practices, across the Foundation.

**Responsibilities will include but not be limited to**:

- Developing and ensuring the alignment of governance, risk, compliance, and assurance frameworks within overall strategic objectives.
- Facilitating the promotion of a strong culture of risk and compliance awareness and management across the organisation with a focus on building capability and maturing the organisation's enterprise risk and compliance management capabilities
- Ensuring the Foundation has contemporary risk management principles, and effective tools, controls and systems in place.
- Support in the proper maintenance of the Board's governing documents and governance registers in line with regulatory requirements and policies.
- Working with the CFO to ensure business continuity management recovery, emergency plans and critical incident management plans are developed, and appropriately implemented and maintained.
- Develop, manage, monitor and report on the overarching work, health and safety framework, WHS Risk registers, work safe policies, standard operating procedures, and safety resources in line with regulatory and legislative changes and evolving Foundation needs.

**To be successful in the role you should have**:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience in a governance, risk, compliance or assurance role.
- Knowledge of industry and professional standards, frameworks, and tools to support risk management and compliance.
- Knowledge of safety culture and incident management.
- Proven ability to develop and implement systems, frameworks, policies, procedures and processes for the identification, collection and analysis of risk, compliance, and safety related information.
- Highly developed presentation, interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, and ability to influence and liaise, interact with internal and external stakeholders.
- Advanced analytical and critical thinking skills to identify and drive risk mitigation/management solutions.
- A commitment to quality control and meticulous attention to detail.
- Exemplary project and time management skills with the capability of managing multiple simultaneous projects.
- Ability to commit to a 2-year fixed contract term.

**Why Join us**:
This is an opportunity to work closely with the Executive and wider management team to implement the frameworks that will support the organisation to meet our obligations and implement efficiencies and processes which drive us towards our mission and vision well into the future. You will have both autonomy and support to make a real difference in a newly created role which delivers measurable and impactful outcomes for the future of the Foundation and the people we support.

In addition to competitive remuneration, Perth Childrens Hospital Foundation offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits which reflect our values, and commitment to our staff as our greatest asset. These include but are not limited to:

- Generous salary sacrificing arrangements up to $18,000+ allowing you to save on tax and increase your take home pay.
- Additional paid leave during Christmas and birthdays.
- Access to EAP and wellne