Senior Risk and Compliance Adviser
Job No.: 684919
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $120,138 - $132,610 pa HEW Level 08 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Join the Risk and Compliance Unit as a Senior Risk and Compliance Adviser.
The Senior Risk and Compliance Adviser leads engagement with stakeholders across faculties, divisions, and international campuses to embed risk and compliance in planning and delivery. The role integrates risk and compliance expertise with advanced analytics and effective written and verbal communication to deliver insight-rich reporting and support decision-making. The role strengthens control environments and influences cross-functional working groups.
As the successful candidate you will be responsible for providing strategic advice and support across enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance, aligning methodologies, taxonomies, and reporting cycles. Additionally, you will build unified dashboards (risk, compliance, incidents, control testing); perform trend and predictive analysis; develop leading and lagging indicators.
The ideal candidate will bring a strong educational background or substantial relevant skills and work experience. The role requires a bachelor qualification in law, business, risk/governance, economics, commerce, engineering, analytics, information systems; or certifications in risk and compliance; or extensive and relevant experience and expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Learn more about Monash.
Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here.
Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Mr Luke Wajsbrem, Director, +61 3 9905 6846
Position Description: Senior Risk and Compliance Adviser
Applications Close: Sunday 12 October 2025, 11:55pm AEST
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