About Seqwater
Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.
As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.
As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.
Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.
About Your Opportunity
As the Fraud and Privacy Specialist, you will lead the implementation of Seqwater’s Fraud and Corruption Control Framework and Information Privacy Framework, ensuring strong governance, effective risk management, and compliance with legislative and policy requirements. You will provide operational oversight of fraud and corruption prevention, detection, and response activities, along with privacy management activities. This will include undertaking risk assessments and investigations, provide reporting, and delivering awareness programs, while ensuring alignment with regulatory obligations and fostering a strong integrity culture across the organisation.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and manage Seqwater’s Fraud and Corruption Control and Information Privacy Frameworks, including strategy development, governance, and compliance activities
- Conduct and maintain fraud, corruption, and privacy risk assessments, ensuring effective controls and second line assurance are in place
- Oversee investigations into fraud, corruption, and privacy matters, including reporting and root cause analysis
- Manage internal reporting and recording keeping, and external reporting obligations to regulatory bodies (e.g. CCC, QAO, Ombudsman, OIC)
- Design and deliver awareness, training, and engagement programs to strengthen organisational capability and integrity culture in respect of Fraud and Corruption Control and Information privacy.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Tertiary qualification in law, governance, risk management or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Certificate IV in Government Investigations.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing fraud and corruption control strategies and applying information privacy frameworks.
- Proven experience leading investigations and managing external reporting obligations.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and raise awareness on fraud, corruption, and privacy matters.
- Strong knowledge of governance, risk, and regulatory frameworks, including relevant legislation (e.g. Crime and Corruption Act, Information Privacy Act).
This role will be offered on a full-time permanent basis with a competitive salary, plus 12.75% superannuation.
Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.
For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/
If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!
To apply
Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.
Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Sunday 31st May 2026
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
