Director, Internal Audit and Compliance
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 01 December 2025
Classification: Senior Officer Grade B
Salary: $146,705 - $164,506 plus superannuation
Position No: 68315 - 02OTP
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 12 November 2025
Contact Officer: Mea van der Ploeg on
Mea.Vanderploeg@act.gov.au
What can we offer you:
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
- Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
- Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
The Quality, Safety and Governance team provides leadership for corporate and quality and safety, assurance, and governance systems and processes, supporting all other clinical and operational areas within the Canberra Health Services Network to deliver exceptional health care. It includes Quality and Safety, National Standards and Accreditation, Internal Audit, Risk Management and Compliance, Medico Legal, Corporate Records, Strategic Communications, Clinical Incident Management, Policy and Strategy areas. A great team with terrific opportunities to work on challenging and complex issues – all of which matter to our local community.
The Director, Internal Audit and Compliance, is part of the broader Quality, Safety and Governance team, and reports to the Senior Director, Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance. The role helps to ensure the organisation is meeting its governance and compliance responsibilities. This position manages Canberra Health Services legislative compliance and delegations’ systems and processes and supports the Senior Director in their role of Head of Internal Audit in managing the Internal Audit program and supporting the Audit and Risk Management Committee.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
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