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Head of Cybersecurity

  • Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Full time
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About Us:

At Uniting AgeWell, our focus is on supporting older people to experience a sense of wellbeing, choice and independence in their lives, to feel valued members of their community and to have easy access to the community or residential services they need to live the life they want. With a range of services in many locations in Victoria and Tasmania, our 5,000 staff and 600 volunteer staff are committed to high quality services and care.

Uniting AgeWell provides a workplace culture underpinned by our values of Kindness, Respect, Integrity, Innovation and Inclusion, and our customer service charter and promise that shape and inform all that we do. More information can be found on the Uniting AgeWell website - www.unitingagewell.org

Why choose Uniting AgeWell?

  • Purpose driven, not for profit organisation making real community impact
  • Salary packaging benefits that genuinely increase take home pay
  • Executive influence with work that directly supports quality aged care
  • Values led culture focused on kindness, trust and inclusion
  • Enterprise scale role with complex, meaningful cyber challenges
  • Stability, autonomy and long term investment in cyber maturity

About the role:

 
 
Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the Head of Cybersecurity leads the development and execution of our enterprise cyber security function across Uniting AgeWell. This role is responsible for setting our security posture through strategy, architecture, policy and education while overseeing day to day security operations. As a member of the Digital Leadership Team, you will drive cyber maturity, manage vendor partnerships and ensure our data, systems and networks are protected. You will balance strategic leadership with hands on technical oversight in a complex, highly regulated aged care environment. Your work will directly support safe, trusted and resilient care services across Victoria and Tasmania.
  • Develop and deliver an enterprise cyber security strategy and roadmap
  • Lead incident response and manage security events end to end
  • Own cyber policies, standards, playbooks and response plans
  • Monitor security posture across systems, networks and data
  • Manage and optimise cyber security vendors and tooling
  • Embed cyber security into projects, operations and training
About you:

You are passionate about what you do and want to make a difference in the lives of our residents/clients, enhancing their self-esteem and empowering them to make choices.

This is the place for you if you:
  • 5+ years senior cyber security leadership experience
  • Tertiary qualification in Cybersecurity, IT or similar
  • Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM or Security+
  • Strong knowledge of NIST CSF, Zero Trust and ASD Essential 8
  • Experience designing and delivering cyber strategies
  • Hands on knowledge of modern cyber security tooling
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and technical teams

Essentials for working in Aged Care:

  • A current Working With Children Check card
  • Current and ongoing flu vaccinations
  • Australian working rights
  • Ability to pass a national police clearance
Make a positive difference in your community – apply now!
 
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply for this role.
 
You can access the position description here: Head of Cybersecurity PD.pdf

For more information please contact the Recruitment Team at Recruitment@unitingagewell.org 

We look forward to hearing from you!

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