Compliance Officer

Description:

Exciting Opportunity: Compliance Officer positions available in the Compliance team at Blue Card Services Queensland Worker Screening Services

3 Positions Available

• 1x temporary until 17/02/2027
• 2x temporary until 31/05/2026 with possibility of extension.
  
  
  

As a Compliance Officer, you will investigate and monitor Blue Card Services (BCS) stakeholder’s compliance with the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 (the Act), providing an education-first approach to achieve compliance with the blue card system requirements.

What You'll Do

As a Compliance Officer, you will:

• Initiate investigation cases in response to referrals from both internal and external sources.
• Undertake investigations into standard cases of non-compliance with the Act to identify alleged breaches.
• Collect relevant information using closed and open sources in accordance with policy and guidelines to substantiate the allegation.
• Complete initial assessments of a case to decide the appropriate risk mitigation strategy in accordance with legislation, policy and guidelines.
• Provide high-level education to BCS stakeholders to achieve compliance through both written and verbal communication.
• Identify and escalate high-risk cases through established escalation pathways.
• Prepare briefs to the Queensland Police Service for standard cases of non-compliance.
• Perform other risk management actions in accordance with legislation, policy and guidelines.
• Management workload independently and solve problems within established guidelines to achieve work targets and contribute to team goals.
• Contribute positively to a team environment through collaboration, teamwork, problem solving, innovation and achieving results.
  
  
  

What We're Looking For

To excel in this role, you will be able to:

• Complete workload within established timeframes and adjusts priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Work independently and follows through on tasks with minimal direction.
• Analyse information, problems, situations or practices to define the problem.
• Write concise, logical, and grammatically correct referrals to external agencies.
• Speak effectively with persons of diverse social, cultural, economic and education backgrounds.
• Contribute to workplace equity, diversity, respect and inclusion that enriches our culture of respect and inclusion.
• Establish and maintain co-operative working relationships with co-workers and the public.
• Analyse and applies legislation.
  
  
  

Occupational group Auditing & Compliance