Risk Governance, Assurance, & Compliance – Senior Lead

Employment Type Permanent
Closing Date 2 Feb 2024 11:59pm
Job Title Risk Governance, Assurance, & Compliance – Senior Lead
Job Summary
Job Description
Who We Are
We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network.
This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice.
Focus of the Role

• The Risk Governance, Assurance, & Compliance – Senior Lead plays a critical role in embedding, management, and ongoing monitoring of Telstra’s HSWE Risk Governance, Assurance and Compliance framework and programs. You will bring your extensive expertise and experience to manage high level assurance and compliance activities to ensure that Telstra and the business is able to meet its legal, regulatory and compliance obligations as well as its performance objectives.

What We Offer

• Flex appeal: choose where, when and how you work
• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• Purchased annual leave scheme
• Additional Telstra day off
• Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
• Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)

What You’ll Do
People, Culture and Communications - Wellbeing & Workplace Relations oversees Telstra's wellbeing and workplace relations programs.

• Oversee the strategic and operational development of the Risk Governance framework and support the SSW team and business in its implementation and assessment of effectiveness
• Provide SME input into the data sources and metrics used for the generation of reports to inform our internal and external stakeholders
• Oversee and drive the operational delivery of Telstra’s HSWE assurance and compliance framework to ensure it is effective, fit for purpose and meets our regulatory obligations and compliance standards
• Establish and oversee in consultation with the SSW team and business stakeholders a robust, and effective compliance and assurance program and detailed plan
• In line with the agreed assurance plan, lead and undertake second line audits/assurance activities to determine how effectively the business are managing their risk. Where appropriate, leverage other second or third line function assurance activities.
• Coordinate and lead Telstra’s external audit programs to meet our regulatory, contractual and license obligations including communicating outcomes to all relevant stakeholders
• Support Board/ARC reporting with a focus on communicating Risk, Compliance and Assurance programs and outcomes.

About You

• Ability to act as a strong, inspirational, and transformational leader.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to build and nurture long term relationships with Senior Leaders
• Strong people management skills – experienced in managing a team of HSWE professionals (preferably in high-risk industries)
• Deep knowledge and proven capability on data management for performance analysis, trends, and insights to drive continual process improvement.
• Ability to interpret data and results and translate them into engaging and valuable datasets to support our business making inform decisions. End-user experience front of mind.
• Experience in dealing with complex HSWE issues.
• Proven skills in innovation, creativity, and marketing (Human-centred)

Highly desirable qualification(s)

• Formal qualifications in HSWE (e.g., degree, post graduate studies or significant equivalent experience)
• Other relevant business and industry experience.

If you enjoy collaborating with different people and delivering amazing experiences for the customer, we want to hear from you!
When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued, and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, and abilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.
We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.