Quality And Compliance Coordinator

Albany Halfway House Inc (AHA) operates in the not-for-profit sector offering a regional service to people with mental health conditions. With a 40-year history in the region, AHA is entering an exciting period of growth and development.

AHA offers a range of services including a psychiatric hostel, transitional housing, outreach support, and NDIS services delivered by skilled and trained staff. Our consumers receive flexible and individualised nonclinical services based on their recovery goals.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager Corporate Services and working directly with AHA’s leadership team, the Quality and Compliance Coordinator plays a key role in the development and implementation of a Quality Framework including accreditation with standards, legislation, and regulatory frameworks to support a high quality, safe and effective service delivery.

The Quality and Compliance Coordinator will contribute to the organizations approach and management of continuous improvement, risk management, and workplace health and safety leading to the development of the risk management framework, work health safety systems, and Compliance framework. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of AHA’s Quality Management System and ongoing accreditation and registration requirements including the establishment of quality standards and objectives and developing methods to embed quality into practice. 
• Work cross-functionally to develop and implement an integrated quality framework including completion of self-audits, development of an audit readiness plan and support with organisational wide education. 
• Enhance AHA’s continuous quality improvement awareness culture and support staff to understand the importance of quality assurance processes. 
• Be the key liaison with accredited bodies and keep abreast of sector accreditation standards, operating legislation and ensure statutory compliance including reviewing and updating relevant frameworks, policies, and processes.
• Responsible for the developing, evaluating, and improving policies, procedures, and frameworks to ensure legislative, regulatory and registration compliance across all areas of the organisation, including overseeing the policy review program.
• Coordinate and contribute to the development, communication, monitoring and reporting of governance and risk management frameworks. 
• Coordinate and contribute to the systematic application of risk management processes for the identification, analysis, assessment, treatment, and monitoring of risk in policies, programs, and processes. 
• Develop organisational capabilities, and support skill development and training initiatives to adequately equip staff with resources, knowledge and awareness relating to governance and risk management.

About You

To be successful in this role:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or demonstrated experience in quality management, governance, risk management, compliance, or other related fields.
• Track record in implementing and managing quality, risk, and practice standards.
• Experience in developing work health and safety systems.
• Demonstrated sound knowledge of risk management and workplace health and safety systems.

Mandatory Requirements:

• National Police Clearance
• Relevant experience and qualifications

This is a 12-month contract with high potential to extend. A competitive salary will be negotiated with access to salary packaging, generous leave accruals and other salary benefits. 

Applications should include:

A cover letter outlining your suitability for this position and a current resume emailed to **************@albanyhalfwayhouse.org.au

For enquiries about the position contact Corporate Services Manager, Jillian Siegert on 0402 929 ***. 

Applications must be received by 4pm on 15th May 2024. 

All enquiries and applications will be handled in strict confidence. 

AHA is “an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace”.