Senior Risk Training Officer
Job Details
Employer: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Location: Canberra, ACT
Employment Status: Full-time
Salary Range: $101,833 - $111,979
Contact Officer: Edwin Wong | Edwin.Wong@dewr.gov.au
02 6121 7215
Applications close: 29 June 2025
About the Role
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Enterprise Risk, the Senior Risk Training Officer is responsible for providing enterprise risk services for the department through:
Designing and delivering training activities and delivering risk management workshops in a virtual and in-person (face-to-face) environment, that support the department’s Enterprise Risk Management Strategy and Risk Training and Awareness program.
Promoting risk awareness activities for the department’s annual risk week and risk network.
Providing advice and support for the department’s enterprise risk management system.
Promoting internal and external awards programs, including assisting business areas with nominations.
Duties and responsibilities
The successful candidate will gain experience working in a dynamic and highly driven team delivering outcomes in a fast-paced environment. You would be expected to contribute to the sections key risk management initiatives in a project-based environment.
The successful candidate will understand the department’s business and be able to draw on corporate knowledge and networks to achieve required results.
Responsibilities of the APS Level 6 include:
Developing and delivering risk training activities, including video scripts, monthly newsletters, and intranet management
Assisting in organising and facilitating risk workshops (in-person / virtual) for different audiences
Developing risk management promotional materials, including preparation for the annual Risk Week, Secretary’s Awards, and the Comcover Risk Management Awards
Managing multiple tasks, within tight timeframes
Building positive relationships and networks across the department to support maturing and maintaining a positive risk culture, including coordination of the department’s Risk Network
Reviewing and updating risk management documentation
Providing support to the section’s other activities of complaints handling, insurance, risk data analysis, reporting, and records management.
Don’t meet all the role requirements?
At DEWR we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and seek to recruit staff with a wide range of backgrounds, skill levels, disciplines and working styles. If this role resonates with you and you’re excited about making an impact, but your past experience does not align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.
About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.
We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.
With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you're engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.
It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’– where our people reflect our purpose.
How to Apply
Applications are to be submitted using the department’s eRecruit (online recruitment) system. Click on Apply Now to be redirected. Please include the following in your application:
Tell us in less than 750 words why you are the right person for this opportunity, what you can offer, and how your skills, knowledge, experience and qualification are relevant to the role. Try not to duplicate information that can already be found in your resume, but do highlight any specific examples or achievements that will demonstrate your ability to perform the role.
Please attach a concise resume to your application which clearly outlines your work experience, educational qualifications and relevant skills. In the application form you will need to provide the details of two referees who can attest and validate your credentials and suitability for the role.
The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.
Closing date: Sunday, 29 June 2025