At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality management systems and ensure compliance while driving continuous improvement.
- Company: Carers Queensland, advocating for unpaid carers across Queensland.
- Benefits: Attractive remuneration, superannuation, and not-for-profit salary packaging benefits.
- Other info: Join a diverse team and contribute to meaningful change in the community.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in an organisation with a clear social purpose.
- Qualifications: Senior leadership experience in quality, compliance, risk, and assurance.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
About Carers Queensland
Carers Queensland is the peak body representing unpaid carers across Queensland. Through advocacy, services and community engagement, the organisation works to ensure carers are recognised, valued and supported.
The opportunity
With an established team and a strategic focus on sustainable impact, Carers Queensland is seeking a General Manager Quality & Assurance to strengthen organisational governance, quality and assurance as we continue to evolve and respond to changing needs. Reporting to the CEO, you will join the Executive Leadership Team, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Registered Training Organisation (RTO). You will lead a broad portfolio spanning quality, enterprise risk, safeguarding, compliance, privacy, internal audit and research. You will provide objective advice and assurance to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team with clear reporting to the Board and its committees, translating complex obligations into practical systems that support safe, consistent services. Building on an established quality framework and recent ISO 9001 certification, you will strengthen quality systems and ensure policies, processes and controls remain effective, proportionate and accessible.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading quality management systems, certification and continuous improvement.
- Overseeing enterprise risk, compliance and a risk-based internal audit program.
- Strengthening safeguarding, incident management, complaints and privacy frameworks.
- Providing quality, risk and compliance advice on new services, partnerships and organisational change.
- Overseeing research and evidence that inform government submissions, policy and advocacy.
- Leading and developing a capable team through clear priorities and accountabilities and a culture of continuous improvement.
About you
You are a highly experienced quality, risk or assurance professional who combines technical credibility with sound judgement and a practical risk-based approach. You are a confident and collaborative leader who inspires trust, empowers others to perform at their best, and builds a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and shared success. You understand how to translate complex obligations into effective controls, prioritise material risks and strengthen organisational performance within available resources. You offer constructive challenge and work with colleagues to reach well-informed decisions.
You will bring:
- Senior leadership experience across quality, compliance, risk and assurance.
- Experience leading quality management systems, certification and continuous improvement.
- A strong understanding of safeguarding, incidents, complaints and privacy.
- Confidence engaging with executives, Boards and external stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and written communication skills, including research and government submissions.
- A collaborative leadership style that builds trust and enables others to perform.
Above all, you will connect with Carers Queensland’s purpose and demonstrate integrity, respect, empathy, inclusion and resilience.
Why join?
This is an opportunity to contribute at executive level to an organisation with a clear social purpose. You will work closely with the CEO and an experienced leadership team, lead an established function and help shape systems that support both current services and future opportunities. The role is based in Lutwyche, Brisbane, with an attractive remuneration package, including superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging benefits.
Carers Queensland values a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities it serves. Applications are encouraged from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, unpaid carers and people from culturally diverse and LGBTQIA+ communities. Appointment is subject to the required employment screening and clearances.
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