Chief Risk Officer – CatholicCare Sydney – Flexible Location

• Newly created role
• Flexible working across 10 locations
• Lead a team of 8 direct and indirect reports

About the organisation:

CatholicCare Sydney is a leading non-profit organisation committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We believe in creating positive outcomes for our clients while adhering to our mission, vision, and values.

Position Overview:

Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Risk Officer (CRO), will play a pivotal role in managing CatholicCare Sydney’s strategic and operational risk governance framework. Your responsibilities will include overseeing risk policies, processes, risk appetite, reporting, and incident management. You’ll integrate clinical, enterprise, and operational risks to drive safe, effective, person-centred, and integrated quality service delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Risk Management Framework; develop, implement, and maintain an effective risk management framework that ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Oversee business continuity efforts to ensure uninterrupted service delivery and business continuity.
• Lead the audit processes to assess compliance with regulatory and legal requirements and develop targeted audit plans for higher-risk areas and key operational systems
• Proactively identify and assess risks across the organisation, including internal controls and audits.
• Implement risk mitigation and control measures to minimise the impact of identified risks including maintaining a comprehensive risk register for all agency risks, providing detailed reporting and trend analysis.
• Oversee investigations of critical incidents, reporting to senior leadership and the Board.
• Review and facilitate reporting on compliance with Commonwealth and State legislation, Acts of Parliament, and statutory regulations.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant qualifications in risk management, governance, or a related field.
• Proven experience in risk management, compliance, and audit functions.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to provide guidance to operational and executive managers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Selection Criteria:

• Tertiary qualifications in either risk or audit, clinical or corporate governance (either clinical, business or financial).
• Significant experience in risk governance, risk management, compliance, or related fields, with specific experience in the social services, health, or aged care sector preferred.
• A strong understanding of the business issues as they relate to a health, community services or aged care organisation.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of leading complex organisational audit functions, including leading and motivating teams to achieve.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing risk management strategies and initiatives in complex organisations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to use data to assess risks, identify trends, evaluate options, and develop practical solutions.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in quality / continuous improvement frameworks, including the creation and implementation of quality improvement plans.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively engage, consult and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• The ability to develop and implement operational and strategic plans and to successfully manage change processes in the area of responsibility.

*CatholicCare Sydney reserves the right to vary this position description in response to its changing needs.

The successful candidate will be required to obtain a National Police Check, NDIS and Working with Children check

Application Process:

If this sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click ‘Apply Now’ and submit a full resume.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Beaumont People have been retained by CatholicCare Sydney to recruit this position. If you have any questions please direct them to Alexandra Barker [email protected] using the subject line: Chief Risk Officer – CatholicCare Sydney – Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

At Beaumont People we believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace, and we love working with organisations that feel the same way. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged