About Indigo Shire Council
Indigo Shire Council is located in picturesque North East Victoria, amidst Australia's most significant collection of historic towns, with offices in Beechworth, Yackandandah, Rutherglen and Chiltern. Blend your career with a regional lifestyle by enjoying the food, wine, history, natural landscapes, sports, and hobbies on offer.
Indigo Shire Council offers a dynamic workplace where you can make a real difference in our vibrant rural community. We prioritise your growth with ongoing professional development and offer flexible work arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.
About the role
This role leads Council’s enterprise risk function supporting Council achieve its strategic goals through effective risk, insurance and safety management, ensuring strong governance and a proactive approach to workplace safety and wellbeing. It drives a proactive risk and safety culture through risk management frameworks, audits, business continuity planning, psychological safety initiatives and workplace health and safety programs.
- Lead and coordinate Council’s risk management framework, risk register, internal audits and Audit & Risk Committee activities.
- Support OHS compliance, workplace safety programs, incident investigations, training and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage Council’s insurance portfolio, claims, renewals, legal matters and risk-related budgeting.
- Provide strategic reporting, business continuity support and workforce capability development in risk and safety management.
Support the development of & lead the implementation of Council's Psychological Safety approach including a Mentally Healthy Workplace Framework and Psychosocial Hazard Risk Management Procedure and Assessment tool.
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About you
You are a proactive and collaborative professional with experience in risk, governance, workplace safety or a related field, and a passion for building a culture of continuous improvement. You combine strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities and deliver practical solutions that support organisational success.
- Demonstrated experience in risk management, governance, workplace safety, performance reporting or a related discipline, ideally within local government or the public sector.
- Strong knowledge of risk management principles, including psychosocial hazard risk management, relevant legislation and governance frameworks, with the ability to interpret and apply complex requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing reports, policies and briefings and engaging effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
Highly organised and self-motivated, with strong project management, problem-solving and relationship-building skills; experience managing insurance portfolios is desirable.
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Mandatory Checks and Pre-employment Requirements
- 2 x Reference Checks
- Current Driver's Licence
National Police Check
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Interested?
For further details, refer to the position description attached or contact Debra Fankhauser, Executive Manager People & Governance for a confidential discussion on 03 5728 8000 .
Discover more about our beautiful region by exploring the townships of Rutherglen , Beechworth , Yackandandah and Chiltern .
To Apply
Please submit your resume, cover letter and a separate document addressing each of the Selection Criteria questions, these can be found on the last page of the Position Description.
Applications close 5pm Sunday 5th July 2026 - shortlisting may commence before the close date.
Indigo Shire Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and inclusion and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support, or access requirement, we encourage you to inform us through your application or email [email protected] .
Why Choose Indigo Shire Council?
We are deeply committed to our Purpose of Making Life Better in Indigo Shire by prioritising our community’s needs at every level. Our Values of being safe and supported, committed and having integrity, being collaborative and open, and being strategic and professional create a culture where everyone feels valued and empowered. Our work is highly dynamic and our workplace thrives on flexibility, offering you the opportunity to shape your professional journey in line with your unique needs and aspirations.
We offer:
- Flexible Working Arrangements: We recognise that flexible working arrangements can assist employees in maintaining a healthy work/life balance. Flexible working arrangements offered to our staff include, revised starting and finishing times, part time hours, working from home and time in lieu.
- Training, Development and Career Progression Opportunities: We provide training opportunities for career growth through internal and external programs.
- Parental Leave: Permanent full time or part time employees are entitled to generous parental leave provisions including primary, secondary and grandparent leave.
- Social Club Membership: The Social Club creates opportunities for staff to interact with each other. Employees can join the social club and enjoy access to a wide range of social and recreational activities and discounts.
- Employee Assistance Program: A free confidential offsite counselling program is available for employees and their immediate family members (living in the employee's household) to use at any time during or outside work hours.
