The Royal Children's Hospital

Compliance Officer

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  $102k - $107k/yr  •  Marrickville, AU (Onsite)  •  8 days ago
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Job Description

About Us

Burdekin is an independent not-for-profit organisation working with young people and their families to prevent homelessness, provide safe housing, and support wellbeing. We believe every young person deserves to feel safe and have a home, so they can be empowered to fulfil their potential. Our vision is clear: young lives, lived to their full potential.

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Quality and Safeguarding – Compliance Officer to join our Quality and Safeguarding team. This role supports the development, implementation, and monitoring of compliance, risk management, safeguarding, and continuous improvement systems across the organisation. Working closely with the Head of Quality and Safeguarding, you will help ensure organisational practices remain compliant, effective, and aligned with regulatory and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support organisational risk and compliance frameworks
  • Maintain compliance schedules, registers, and reporting systems
  • Conduct internal compliance checks and audits
  • Assist with policy, framework, and procedure reviews
  • Monitor audit findings and support continuous improvement activities
  • Prepare reports and compliance documentation
  • Provide confidential administrative support, including support for investigations and sensitive data management
  • Work collaboratively with teams across the organisation to strengthen compliance and quality outcomes

About You

You will bring:

  • Experience in compliance, risk management, safeguarding, governance, or a related field
  • Strong analytical and organisational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to build positive stakeholder relationships
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and compliance/risk systems

Essential Requirements

  • Approximately two years’ experience in compliance, risk, or related roles preferably in the not-for-profit sector
  • Current Working with Children Check and National Police Check or willingness to obtain
  • Full Australian working rights

Desirable

  • Experience within the not-for-profit or community services sector
  • Knowledge of regulatory and governance frameworks
  • Experience writing reports and compliance documentation
  • Relevant qualification in business, law, social work, or related discipline

Why Join Us?

  • Additional day of wellbeing leave
  • Generous salary packaging benefits – up to $15,900 tax free
  • Staff discounts on a wide range of products and services
  • A collaborative, passionate, and supportive team

Ready to make an impact?

If you’re passionate about quality, compliance, and safeguarding, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now!

*Burdekin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Applications are encouraged from people with culturally & linguistically diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander indigenous candidates.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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