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Principal Governance and Risk Officer
Legal Services Commission
Job reference: req387
Location: 5001 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

The Organisation

Legal Services is passionate about ensuring justice is available and accessible for all South Australians. As the largest legal assistance service in SA, we ensure that South Australians have access to a trusted lawyer when they need help to be heard, and easy ways to learn about their rights and responsibilities, and service to answer any legal questions.

Each year 140,000 South Australians benefit from the services we deliver.

The Opportunity

The Principal Governance and Risk Officer is an exciting newly created position reporting to the General Counsel and is responsible for leading and maturing Legal Services' enterprise risk management framework including risk appetite alignment, risk assurance methodologies, controls assurance and risk maturity assessment. Operating under broad direction, the role will ensure the organisation is equipped with the culture, strategies, systems and processes to comprehensively address current and emerging risks.

Through effective partnership with the business, the Principal Governance and Risk Officer will build and sustain the organisation's ability to deliver its statutory obligations with integrity, transparency, and accountability.

If you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role, apply now!

Salary Range

$125,649 - $130,392 per annum pro rata plus 12% superannuation and leave loading.

As a not-for-profit organisation, Legal Services is able to offer its employees attractive salary sacrifice arrangements, including up to $15,900 pre-tax Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) year for general living expenses.

Term of Employment

Ongoing contract available at the ASO8 classification level.

What You Need for Success

The ideal candidate will:
  • Have extensive experience in corporate governance, including risk management, policy development, control mechanisms and compliance management within the government context of accountability, transparency and integrity
  • Provide expert professional and technical advice on governance, risk, policy and compliance to support decision making
  • Be able to influence executives and stakeholders in relation to governance, accountability, risk management and organisational improvement initiatives

Workplace Benefits

We provide a range of financial and non-financial benefits to our employees that include:

  • The opportunity to work alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues in a supportive workplace that is concerned about employee well-being.
  • Generous salary sacrifice benefits through Smart Salary (as outlined above).
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Payment of Practising Certificate for legal staff.
  • Payment of relevant Professional memberships.
  • Support for employees and their family through our inclusive Employee Assistance Program.
  • Supported training and development opportunities in areas including working with vulnerable clients, cultural sensitivity and trauma informed practice.
  • Access to a comprehensive in-house legal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.
  • Contemporary workplace accommodation.
  • Career development opportunities within the team and the organisation.
  • Payment of employment screening checks.
  • Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program that give you and your family access to wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.

Next Steps

To apply for this role, you will need to click on the Apply now button. Have your resume, preferably in a PDF version ready to be attached and a cover letter.

Should you require any further information please direct your query to Tania Sulan, Director, Strategy and Partnerships on (08) 8111 5804.

Please refer to the position description for more detail.


Applications close: 19/07/2026 11:59 PM

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.