Every woman and her family have a safe place to call home.
About Us
Women’s Housing Company (WHC) is a registered charity and Tier 1 Community Housing
Provider delivering safe, secure and affordable housing for women and their
families across NSW. We manage over 1,200 properties and support more
than 2,200 women and children each year through housing and specialist
homelessness services.
We take a women‑centred, trauma‑informed approach, with a strong focus on
older women, women with children, survivors of domestic and family violence,
and single women. Guided by our values, we are growing with purpose – expanding
our housing portfolio, strengthening services, and amplifying women’s voices to
create lasting change.
Our Values
Courage | Integrity | Collaboration |
Respect | Support
Women’s Housing Company is a diverse
organisation that encourages applications from people of diverse backgrounds
including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all ages,
abilities and cultures.
Benefits
- Competitive
NFP salary packaging, including annual leave loading and up to $18,550
tax-free
- Additional
leave between Christmas and New Year, birthday leave, study
leave and ceremonial leave
-
Flexible
work arrangements aligned
to role requirements
- Award-winning
EAP wellbeing and coaching support program for you and your family
- Employee
wellbeing initiatives and team bonding events
-
Surry Hills office, just a 5-minute walk from Central
Station
- Purpose-led,
inclusive and values-driven work culture
-
Exclusive
discounts, cashback and
cost-savings through Employment Hero Work
- Opportunity
to make a life-changing impact in the lives of women and families
About
the Role
The
Senior Compliance Business Partner plays a key role in coordinating
organisational compliance including internal and external reporting, quality
assurance, accreditation, and risk management activities.
Working closely with
senior leadership and partnering with staff across the organisation, this role
ensures WHC meets all regulatory and annual community housing registrar return
requirements, while also strengthening business processes and systems beyond
compliance deadlines.
This is a
detail-focused coordination and quality assurance role suited to someone who is
methodical, calm under pressure, and confident managing multiple compliance
workflows across the organisation.
Reports
to: Executive Manager, Finance
& Corporate Services
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (Part-Time considered)
Hours of Work: 35 (paid 38)
SCHADS
Award Level: 7 (Non-award negotiable)
Key
Accountabilities
- Ensures statutory and regulatory reporting obligations are met through accurate, timely data management.
- Administers and monitors WHC’s risk management framework, including maintaining risk registers and reporting.
- Leads continuous improvement initiatives based on audits, compliance findings and organisational data trends.
- Maintains compliance with regulatory standards, accreditation requirements and registration obligations.
- Oversees contractual compliance, procurement governance and centralised contract management processes.
- Coordinates internal audit program delivery, including planning, execution and reporting to leadership and Board.
- Manages policy development, review cycles and compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
- Leads insurance management process, ensuring adequate coverage and annual procurement reviews.
- Supports business continuity planning, including training, testing and organisational readiness.
Qualifications,
Experience & Knowledge
- Relevant tertiary qualifications
- At least 5 years’ experience with risk and assurance management, risk frameworks and/or internal audit
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines and processes.
- Experienced in performing internal audits and internal controls assessment
- Knowledge of Australian Standards for Risk and Compliance Management
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship management skills
- Experience with relevant software
- Mandatory National Police Check and WWCC, or willing to take one
- Full, unrestricted Australian working rights.
- Diploma of Quality Auditing (BSB50920) or similar (desirable)
- Experience within the community housing or homeless services sector advantageous (desirable)
- Experience supporting corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives (desirable)
How
to Apply:
If
this role and lifestyle at the Women’s Housing Company sounds like the
perfect fit, we would love to hear from you!
Please submit:
- CV
-
Cover
Letter outlining why you are the best candidate for this
role.
Important
Information
-
No
agency referrals will be considered.
- If
you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the
recruitment process, please let us know.
- Only
successful applicants will be contacted on the progress of their
application.
- The Women’s Housing Company
Limited has been granted an exemption under section 126 of the
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) and therefore we are seeking applications
from suitably qualified females only.
