Address- Flexible location: Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane / Canberra
The Assurance Officer operates within the second line of assurance to mitigate the risk of non-compliance with our obligations by providing enterprise transparency and delivering standardised compliance-related procedures, tools, and guidance to the organisation.
This role ensures that Aruma has the appropriate frameworks and practices to meet its legal and statutory obligations concerning regulatory compliance matters, including internal audits, privacy, modern slavery, and whistleblowing.
A day in the life of an Assurance Officer…
- Create and maintain a register of all compliance requirements.
- Develop and maintain an annual map of all assurance activities across the organisation (e.g., external audits, internal audits, site inspections).
- Maintain and enhance the obligations mapping framework with supporting templates, including interpreting and documenting compliance with Aruma's obligations.
- Develop and implement a framework for first line of defence monitoring and self-assessment.
- Monitor and analyse results from assurance activities to identify trends and themes for corrective action or improvement opportunities.
- Conduct process risk reviews on behalf of functions or operations as requested.
- Provide input into the Internal Audit Annual Programme and their audit framework design from a risk and compliance perspective.
- Develop and manage a Business Ethics Framework, consolidating existing practices into a single framework and implementing it (including developing sub-documents such as a conflicts of interest procedure as needed).
- Build compliance awareness among staff by providing support, communications, and training within the organisation.
- Offer advice and support to internal stakeholders regarding privacy-related incidents and deliver training and continuous improvement.
- Design and maintain processes to manage other regulatory compliance matters as required.
Skills and Experience which will make you stand out...
- 3+ years' experience in compliance and/or internal audit.
- Tertiary qualification in Legal, Business, or Commerce (preferred).
- Experience designing and documenting assurance and/or privacy policies, procedures, and frameworks.
- Experience developing assurance maps, compliance matrices, and obligations management procedures.
- Project Management certifications (PMBoK, Prince2 Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt).
- Experience with not-for-profits or NDIS service providers.
- Experience in privacy, data protection, privacy law, security, risk management, auditing, and/or compliance.
- Detailed knowledge of Australian and New Zealand regulatory privacy regimes.
Benefits of working with Aruma!
- Salary Packaging: Access to NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 for living expenses and additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses each year tax free.
- Fitness Passport: Access to subsidised Gym membership
- Employee Assistance Program: Free confidential service including Money Assist, Legal Assist, Family Assist and Nutrition/Lifestyle Assist.
- Training: Opportunity for accredited training through our RTO
- Discounted Health Insurance: Access to a range of discounted health and wellness services through Bupa.
- Recognition & Rewards: Recognition for your hard work through BRAVE Reviews and our annual BRAVE Awards night
- Job Satisfaction: Through making a real difference in peoples' lives within a values-driven organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion
Aruma is a Child Safe Organisation and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. To this end, we invite applicants to answer optional questions around Diversity and Inclusion as part of the recruitment process. The information provided will be treated in strictest confidence in accordance with Aruma's Privacy Policy.
Culture
People love to work at Aruma because they get the satisfaction of knowing they are Supporting people to live a great life, the life they want, the way they choose. Aruma is also BRAVE. That's what makes us a trailblazer, being part of our team means you need to meet our BRAVE behaviours (Bold, Respectful, Authentic, Value Teamwork, Excellent) Find out more at www.aruma.com.au
Only applicants with the right to work in Australia will be considered. Shortlisted applications will be required to undergo pre-employment probity checks. Please note that we do not conduct operations in South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory. Consequently, we will not be able to advance applications from residents of these states.
- NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance.
- National Police Check clearance.
- Rights to Work in Australia.
- Current Australian Driver's Licence (unrestricted).
