Senior Risk Advisor

About Airservices Australia

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world's airspace and provision of aviation rescue firefighting services at Australia's busiest airports. We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism.

The Role

Shape the success of major transformation programs through expert risk advisory and governance. This is a Fixed-Term Contract (9-Month Paternity Leave Cover). Location: Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne.

Support the delivery of major transformation initiatives by providing expert risk advisory services, driving risk maturity, and enabling informed decision-making across complex portfolios and programs.

The Senior Risk Advisor will play a key role within the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO), partnering with program and project teams to identify, assess, monitor and manage risks across transformation portfolios. Working closely with senior leaders and stakeholders, you will provide practical risk advice, deliver meaningful insights, and contribute to the continual uplift of risk capability and culture across Airservices.

Essential Requirements

• Demonstrated experience applying ISO 31000 risk management principles, frameworks and practices across complex projects, programs or portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience undertaking quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, providing risk insights, reporting, and recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Experience leading risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and control effectiveness reviews across complex programs and projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across all organisational levels.
• Experience facilitating risk workshops, forums and governance activities, and coaching stakeholders in practical risk management application.
• Excellent written communication and reporting skills, including the ability to present risk information and recommendations to senior leaders and executives.

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian citizen as an AGSVA security clearance is required for this role.

How to Apply

To apply for this position please lodge an application online before applications close 11:55pm (AEST) 5 October 2026. Should you require any further information please contact Sonya Suresha - Talent Acquisition Recruiter at sonya.suresha@airservicesaustralia.com.