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About Scope

Scope’s purpose is to create meaningful opportunities for people with disability to belong and thrive. We support people with physical, intellectual and multiple disabilities to achieve their goals. Scope is a registered provider under the NDIS and delivers a range of services including supported independent living, short term accommodation (respite), social connections, lifestyle options, therapy and employment services in over 420 service locations across Victoria and NSW.

About Your Role

Scope has an exciting and unique opportunity for a Senior Risk and Business Continuity Lead to work within our Strategy & Impact Division.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and operationalising both enterprise risk management and business continuity across Scope. As a senior member of the team, you will provide leadership and support to the Head of Risk, Compliance & Assurance, as well as developing and maintaining Scope’s business continuity framework, polices and plans.

Your Key Focus

• Facilitate strategic and operational risk reviews, providing analysis and insights to inform decision-making
• Work collaboratively with other functions across Scope to embed risk and continuity practices and support the uplift of organisational risk maturity
• Integrate appetite and tolerance levels into risk assessments, workshops and reporting
• Develop and deliver training, awareness programs and workshops to build organisational risk capability

What We Look For

• Significant experience in risk management, with demonstrated ability to embed frameworks, facilitate risk reviews and uplift risk maturity across a large organisation
• Proven ability to design and deliver training, workshops, and awareness programs to build risk capability and culture at all levels of an organisation.
• Experience in the human services, disability and/ or community sector highly regarded
• Practical experience in business continuity management, including business impact analysis (BIA), continuity planning, testing, and scenario exercises.
• Ability to work both collaboratively and autonomously, contributing as a senior member of the team.
• Strong ability to engage with and positively influence stakeholders

View the position description  here!

We are committed to filling this role quickly, so while applications for this role will close on 07/11/2025 we will be reviewing applications as they come in and may interview suitable candidates prior to closing date. To avoid missing out apply now.

Scope as an Employer

At Scope, we ‘Celebrate our people’ by rewarding you with access to an exclusive benefits platform.  You will have access to cashback, vouchers, and discounts to over 500 popular retailers covering groceries, fuel, entertainment, wellbeing and so much more. It’s one of the ways we thank our team for the ongoing and valued contribution they make to the lives of the people we support.

View our stance on inclusion, diversity and human rights.

Scope (Aust) is a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

Agencies: Whilst we appreciate your interest, we are confident we can find a great candidate without external support.

Take your career on a journey with Scope and work proactively with us to achieve our purpose!

If at any time you require us to adjust our recruitment process to meet your individual needs please email careers@scopeaust.org.au

Please note, successful applicants will be required to hold a NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance and a Working with Children Check. If you have lived or worked for a continuous period of 12 months or more in another country within the last 10 years, a certified International Police Check from that country or countries will also be required. Please note that the offer will be conditional on meeting these requirements.