Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $113,022 - $136,747
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Governance and risk management
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/FPIS/1920606
The Senior Risk and Resilience Adviser is part of the Risk and Resilience Team that plays a critical second line of defence role for the department and leads a range of key activities to implement the department's risk and resilience strategies, frameworks, and programs.
The Senior Risk and Resilience Adviser delivers a critical risk and resilience advisory service and uses effective business partnering to facilitate robust management of risk and business continuity across the department and portfolio entities.
Are you ready to shape enterprise risk & resilience at a strategic Level?
Then this is role is for you.
What you will do
What you will bring
Desirable:
Why join us
About us
The Risk and Resilience team sits within the Budget, Corporate and Funding Strategy Division (BCFSD). BCFSD supports sound decision making to optimise resource allocation and funding and strategically position the department to deliver its priorities, manage its risks, and publicly report on progress.
We are responsible for:
About the Department
The department provides a wide ran ge of learning and development support and services. The department is responsible for early childhood and school education in Victoria through the provision of a wide range of learning and development support and services.
The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.
Further Information
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.
The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page
Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.
Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.
For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Anthony Browne – Chief Risk Officer via (03) 7022 0419 or [email protected]
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Applications close 11:59pm on Thursday 7 May 2026.