It Compliance And Risk Officer

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 8 - Salary Range $120,224 - $134,591 per annum + 11% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience

About Melton City Council

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

The Opportunity

At the Melton City Council, we strive to create a vibrant and liveable City that is accessible to all.  The Information Technology department contributes to this vision by transforming Melton City Council service delivery to achieve operational excellence, build community trust and enhancing citizen experience when engaging with council services.

As the IT Compliance and Risk Officer, you will ensure the council’s IT department adheres to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and relevant internal policies.  As part of your role, you will be assessing potential risks, implementing controls, and developing strategies to mitigate IT-related risks and potential vulnerabilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain a secure and compliant IT environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and interpret relevant laws, regulations, and standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001) to ensure the organisation's IT practices remain compliant.
• Identify and assess IT-related risks to systems, data, and processes, considering internal and external threats. Develop risk assessment frameworks and methodologies.
• Develop and maintain IT compliance policies, procedures, and guidelines. Communicate these to staff and provide training to ensure understanding and adherence.
• Prepare and present Compliance and Risk reports to senior management and stakeholders, outlining the current state of IT Compliance and identifying areas for improvement.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Bachelor's degree and further formal qualifications in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field; relevant certifications (e.g., CISA, CISSP, CRISC), alternatively lesser formal qualifications together with extensive and diverse experience, or intensive specialist experience.
• Substantial experience and expertise worked in IT compliance, risk management, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of relevant regulations, standards, and frameworks.
• Familiarity with IT governance, risk management, and compliance tools.
• A high level of interpersonal, cross-cultural and communication skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to assess complex IT environments and identify potential risks.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture 

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council: 

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
• 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave (As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks) 
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave) 
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Basil Chrisant, IT Architecture and Strategy on 0438 357 ***. 

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise. 

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

 Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday 13 March 2024