Risk & Assurance Officer - Business Continuity. Permanent Full Time - Flexible Location

About the Organisation

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers (LWB) is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.  Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

As the Risk and Assurance Officer - Business Continuity, you will support LWB’s preparedness, response and recovery from disruptions that may impact people, services and operations. The role contributes to the implementation and continuous improvement of business continuity, emergency management and resilience frameworks through continuity planning, risk management, testing, exercising and improvement initiatives. Working collaboratively across the organisation, you will help strengthen organisational resilience and supports the delivery of safe, reliable services during times of disruption. This is a permanent full-time position offering the flexibility to work from your preferred location, whether from home or one of our offices.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with business units to identify, assess and manage business continuity and resilience risks.
• Support the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of business continuity plans, recovery arrangements, frameworks and supporting resources.
• Coordinate testing, exercise and assurance activities to validate organisational preparedness and strengthen resilience capability.
• Analyse incidents, exercise outcomes and assurance findings to drive continuous improvement and corrective actions.
• Support emergency management readiness, including coordination of the National Emergency Management Team and preparedness activities.
• Prepare meaningful risk and assurance reporting, support regulatory compliance and accreditation requirements, and promote best-practice continuity and resilience across the organisation.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor degree qualification in risk management, governance, business, emergency management, public administration or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience in risk management, assurance, governance or compliance roles, or related operational experience. 
• Experience supporting risk frameworks, risk registers or assurance activities.  
• Experience in managing regulatory and accreditation processes. 
• Knowledge of continuity planning, preparedness, exercising and recovery processes. 
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify risks, trends, critical dependencies and capability gaps. 
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across diverse operational and corporate environments. 
• Ability to influence outcomes and build capability without direct operational authority.

Benefits

• Optional monthly rostered day off  
• Join one of Australia’s largest and leading social-purpose organisations
• Work from home or one of our local offices
• Use your expertise to make a real impact

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Mikaella at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on 14 October.