Head of Governance, Risk, Compliance and People & Culture

About the role

A well-established Tasmanian not-for-profit delivering aged care, NDIS, veterans' and clinical services is recruiting a Head of Governance, People & Culture. The organisation has a new leadership team after a period of transformation and a clear growth plan. Reporting to the COO, the role focuses mainly on governance, risk and compliance, with strategic oversight of people and culture. It starts with no direct reports, with strong potential to build a team quickly.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, embed and maintain an enterprise governance, risk and compliance framework with accountabilities, registers, controls, reporting and escalation pathways.
• Drive the continuous improvement plan and oversee the policy framework, internal assurance calendar, audit coordination and corrective actions.
• Partner with clinical and service leaders to build clinical governance, quality and safeguarding systems aligned with aged care, NDIS and other contracted-service standards.
• Coordinate enterprise risk assessment across workforce, WHS, operational, clinical interface, privacy, financial control and regulatory risks.
• Advise the CEO, Board and committees and report on emerging risks, incidents, trends and progress.
• Mature an integrated People & Culture strategy alongside existing P&C specialists, overseeing employee relations, investigations and employment policy.
• Strengthen cultural and psychological safety, wellbeing and engagement, and build relationships with regulators, funders, auditors and sector partners.
• Contribute to executive planning, organisational design and growth decisions as part of the leadership group.

Required profile

• Substantial senior leadership experience in governance, risk and compliance and/or People and Culture, with the ability to integrate the functions.
• Proven ability to develop enterprise frameworks, implement strategy and report to executives and boards.
• Knowledge of Australian employment relations, workplace investigations, organisational change and procedural fairness.
• Experience leading and developing teams and using data to improve outcomes.
• Firm, steady presence balanced with empathy, good judgement, discretion and stakeholder management.
• Exposure to aged care, NDIS or clinical governance standards is well regarded.

What we offer

• Well remunerated role in line with the Tasmania market, with scope to grow the role and team.
• Flexibility: monthly RDO or fortnightly short day through compressed hours, plus 1 to 2 days working from home each week.
• Recently recognised as an Employer of Choice, in a pet-friendly workplace with a team pet roster and an office dog.
• A close-knit leadership team and purpose-driven work in Launceston.