Permanent full-time position based on Gadigal Country in Glebe
101k - 111k + Super + Salary Packaging + Meal & Entertainment Card
Meaningful work with flexible, hybrid work options
Who We Are
At Benevolent, we believe every person deserves to live life on their own terms, with dignity, respect and a sense of belonging. For over two centuries, as Australia’s first charity, this belief has shaped who we are and how we work.
As a not-for-profit, independent and non-religious organisation, we are a practice-led organisation, our work is grounded in evidence and strengths based approaches that place people at the centre of everything we do. We walk alongside individuals, families and communities, upholding rights, amplifying voices and advocating for safer, more inclusive systems where people can thrive.
Your Opportunity
As our Risk & Audit Specialist, you'll partner with teams across corporate services, ageing, and child, youth and family programs to identify risks, improve processes, strengthen controls, and support better decision-making. You'll facilitate workshops, lead internal audits and assurance reviews, and help stakeholders navigate compliance requirements in a way that feels collaborative rather than transactional.
You'll provide hands-on support and expert advice to strengthen risk and audit management practices across the organisation. Leading with curiosity and initiative, you'll partner with stakeholders to identify practical solutions, support audit activities, and drive the implementation of corrective actions and policy requirements. Through this work, you'll help strengthen controls, reduce risk exposure, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
How You Will Contribute
Coordinate and deliver Internal Audit and Assurance activities by supporting audit planning, scoping, external provider engagement, documentation, progress monitoring, and tracking outcomes for audits and accreditations.
Lead targeted second line assurance and compliance reviews, partnering with business areas to define scope, assess control effectiveness, and verify adherence to requirements through testing and evidence-based outcomes.
Drive continuous improvement in risk and audit practices by enhancing frameworks, tools, and methodologies; providing coaching and training; and delivering governance reporting with insights on trends, root causes, and control gaps.
Manage and support the completion of corrective actions as the central source of truth, ensuring clear ownership, monitoring progress to closure, validating completion, and escalating overdue actions through governance channels.
Embed risk management into business operations by facilitating risk assessments, supporting control reviews, and maintaining enterprise risk artefacts (e.g., profiles and registers) to enable informed decision-making and escalation.
Support governance, resilience, and compliance activities including policy lifecycle coordination, records management, business continuity planning, and fostering an inclusive, diverse, and culturally respectful workplace.
Your Skills and Experience
We want you to be successful in your new role! This means you'll have:
Relevant qualifications in audit, risk management, or a related discipline (e.g., aligned to ISO 31000) are desirable.
Proven experience in enterprise risk, compliance, and/or internal audit, including developing fit-for-purpose frameworks, delivering assurance activities, and producing audit plans, tools, and reporting (ideally within human services).
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, coordinating and delivering end-to-end activities, from planning and scoping through to execution and completion with minimal supervision.
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to support and constructively challenge leaders to strengthen risk ownership and control effectiveness.
Capability to build risk and compliance maturity in others through coaching, training, and practical guidance, driving improved understanding and application of frameworks.
Strong analytical and communication skills, including interpreting data (e.g., Excel, Power BI), identifying trends and root causes, and clearly presenting insights, findings, and practical recommendations.
We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes:
Our Reconciliation Commitment - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees are entitled up to 2 days paid plus up to 10 days unpaid cultural leave, as well as the option to be a voice on reference networking groups, the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways and your social and emotional wellbeing.
This role aligns with the capability requirement of a Team Specialist level. Please see the Capability Framework attached to this advert to discover essential skills, values and behaviours required at this level.
Our Commitment
At Benevolent we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and to providing a culturally safe workplace for all. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, including LGBTIQA+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities, and those from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, to strengthen our ability to deliver inclusive and responsive services to the communities we support.
We recognise and value the cultural knowledge, lived experience and community connections that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples bring, and welcome applications from individuals across all cultures, identities and lived experiences.
Ready to make a difference? Click 'APPLY' to send your resume and a 1-page cover letter outlining your interest and suitability for the role.
Need more information or have questions? Feel free to reach out to Saiesha Moodley on 0479 195 093 for a friendly, confidential discussion.
The Benevolent Society respects and promotes human rights and diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where people of all backgrounds and identities feel welcomed, respected and valued. As a client-safe and child-safe organisation, all employees and volunteers are required to complete comprehensive employment screening. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please let us know how we can best support you.
