Quality and Compliance Systems Specialist

This is not your typical back-office compliance role - it’s a hands-on builder opportunity! You’ll turn contracts, audits, reporting, and quality requirements into simple, practical systems that teams can actually use. No two days will be the same: one day you’ll be shaping funder reporting, the next driving a continuous improvement project. If you’re a curious problem-solver who embraces technology and genuinely enjoys making things work better, this is your chance to create real impact behind the scenes.

54 reasons is Australia’s leading child rights organisation – no ordinary not-for-profit.

Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we’re here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity.

With the child’s voice at the centre, we provide quality services to children and their caregivers in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

In this full-time, permanent role, you’ll work as a part of our Nationwide Services team in Melbourne or Brisbane (hybrid welcome!) to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.

You will make a difference by:

• Ensuring contractual management including supporting with implementation of new contracts
• Supporting with and enabling audit readiness through cross organisation collaboration
• Designing and building system-based solutions to support quality, compliance, and reporting
• Driving continuous improvement projects to support our people and programs

A place to feel valued:

Your experience in quality and compliance will be invaluable. You’ll bring curiosity, sound judgement and a collaborative mindset — listening well, asking the right questions and building strong relationships with our service delivery teams.

This role requires:

• Experience in contractual management – compliance, audits and self-assessments, reporting and other funder requirements
• Strong knowledge of building workflows, dashboards and systems relating to contract management
• Strong systems thinking and comfort working through or creating processes
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Ability to change practice and ways of working to reduce burdens on service delivery teams

A place to belong:

At 54 reasons, we invest in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 600 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs.

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
• Full salary packaging benefits – use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!
• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We have a highly inclusive culture and diverse workforce reflecting the communities we serve, allowing you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!)

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

Applications Close: Sunday, July 12^th, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in, so don’t delay in applying!

Position Description: Quality and Compliance Systems Specialist

For more information about this position, please contact Abood Shehada on people.culture@savethechildren.org,au Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.