Manager, Risk / Manager, Continuity

Job no:510824
Work type:Continuing - Full-time
Campus:Adelaide
Categories:Legal & Risk, HEO9

Two ongoing positions

Competitive salary on offer, plus an employer contribution of up to 17% superannuation may apply.

As a result of the recent division of its Legal and Risk functions, the University has established a new Risk Services Branch, with responsibility to manage the University’s Risk Management, Compliance, Business Continuity, Insurance and Internal Audit functions.   

Two ongoing opportunities are available for experienced individuals to join the University, reporting to the Chief Risk Officer. These roles are accountable for managing the development and delivery of contemporary frameworks, tools and systems to support the University and its diverse stakeholder groups.  These roles are critical to ensuring that the University drives value from our frameworks and processes, maintains critical functions and operations during disruptive events, and gains insights from the reporting that we provide to Executive and across our committees and forums.

Each of these available positions will require:

• Experience in managing an equivalent or a similar function. 
• Proven experience in developing and embedding the relevant Policy, Framework and reporting requirements in a large, complex or diverse organisation.
• Demonstrated experience in the implementation of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) tools and technology to support diverse stakeholder processes and ensure that solutions drive efficient process and business value. 
• Experience in the delivery of services at the enterprise, program and project level, and an ability to embed services across business processes.
• Experience in building insightful reporting and information that drives decision making across an organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and communicate at all levels.
• Postgraduate qualifications and/or extensive relevant experience.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaboration - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life. Flexible working arrangements are on offer for all roles at the University.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

Your division's broader role

The Division of University Operations enables the University's delivery of high-quality and distinct learning, teaching and research experiences. Its responsibilities link to Adelaide's strategic plan and focus on people, community, assets and infrastructure, and processes.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/operations

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description or selection criteria document.

Please Note: When applying, please notify CLEARLY which role you are applying for.

Applications close 11:55pm, Tuesday 4 October 2022.

For further information

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:

Ms Renee Mittiga
Chief Risk Officer, Risk Services Branch
Division of University Operations
E: [email protected]

You'll find TWO full position descriptions and/or selection criteria below: (If no links appear, try viewing on another device)

https://careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/510824/manager-risk-manager-continuity

The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply.

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