Role: Assurance Partner

Location: Murarrie, QLD (Turrbal & Yuggera Country)

Employment Type: Part Time (0.8 FTE)

Are you detail-oriented and passionate about ensuring effective processes?

As an Assurance Partner, you’ll work with the Risk and Assurance Lead to coordinate and conduct Goodstart's internal Assurance Program, working closely with stakeholders to ensure key controls are designed and operating effectively.

If you thrive on collaboration and making a tangible impact, this role is for you!

Your Impact:

You'll play a vital role in enhancing Goodstart's internal control framework by operationalising our Assurance Program. You'll assess the effectiveness of key controls aligned with enterprise risks and business objectives. Collaborating with expert services, state leadership teams, and centres, you'll identify, document, and test controls to ensure compliance and manage risks effectively. Through desktop reviews and stakeholder enquiries, you'll provide evidence-based recommendations to optimise our controls and frameworks. You'll also maintain governance processes and deliver valuable insights through reporting. Your expertise will help elevate our risk and compliance maturity across the organisation, ensuring performance is enabled and risks are managed.

What Goodstart can offer you:

• Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
• Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
• Free annual flu shot (optional)
• Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance  
• First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

You’ll bring to the table:

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office suit of programs.
• Skills in data collection and interpretation.
• Confidence and credibility to build stakeholder relationships to affect change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to think and act strategically, tactically, and operationally – skilled problem solver.
• Big picture thinker who is influential in driving change, with close attention to detail.
• Ability to join the dots and write insightful reports for a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to travel within the state and interstate if required.
• Experience in an early childhood education and care setting (desirable).

How to apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ and submit your application.

We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.

strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions

Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email recruitment@goodstart.org.au

If you are a placement agency or external recruiter, please refrain from submitting resumes to Goodstart unless you have a signed staffing agency agreement with us. Goodstart will not be responsible for or pay any placement fees for candidates submitted by agencies that are not approved suppliers. Any resumes received from agencies or external recruiters without an agreement will be reviewed by Goodstart and may be shared with our internal recruiting team for their reference.

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.

Posting Notes: MURARRIE, BRISBANE || QLD || Australia (AU) || | || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time