Senior Risk & Resilience Advisor

Senior Risk & Resilience Advisor

Strengthen Western Powers resilience by shaping and leading our business continuity and enterprise risk management capabilities.

We are seeking a highly skilled professional with extensive expertise in enterprise risk management, and exposure to Business Continuity Management (BCM) and resilience planning.

In this role, you will provide strategic advice to senior leaders, guide the development and maintenance of business continuity plans and ensure the organisation is prepared to respond effectively to disruptions. You will work closely with Heads of Function, Area Managers and key stakeholders to identify critical risks, lead continuity planning cycles and support major organisational initiatives requiring a strong continuity and resilience focus.

Your Role in Action

• Strategic Risk & Resilience Advisory:

Deliver high-level guidance to executives and managers on emerging risk exposures and effective mitigation strategies, ensuring the organisation maintains a strong resilience posture.

• Oversight of Business Continuity Management (BCM):

Provide expert advice on business continuity planning, ensure alignment with the BCM framework, providing oversight and ongoing review of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and Business Impact Analyses (BIAs).

• Framework Implementation:

Lead the implementation, enhancement and continuous improvement of enterprise risk and BCM frameworks, ensuring they remain fit-for-purpose and compliant with organisational needs.

• Support Critical Projects:

Provide specialised BCM and resilience advice for major organisational improvement projects, ensuring continuity, crisis readiness and operational stability are embedded from inception.

• Contribute to Organisational Preparedness:

Assist the Enterprise Risk & Resilience Manager in shaping and delivering initiatives that strengthen organisational risk culture, crisis readiness and resilience capability.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Experience in Business Continuity and Resilience, including advising senior leaders on continuity planning and organisational preparedness.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic, high-quality guidance on enterprise risk and resilience issues.
• Solid stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, negotiate and communicate effectively at all organisational levels.
• Strong initiative and the ability to work autonomously in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in continuity exercises, scenario planning and resilience program delivery (preferred)
• Experience in designing and delivering risk, continuity and resilience training programs (preferred).
• Understanding of project or change management practises.
• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Risk Management, Legal, Engineering, or a related discipline.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• Flexible work arrangements to support working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.  
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 4 January 2026

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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