Job Title: Senior Regional Officer
Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Northern Region team as a Senior Regional Officer. The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting the delivery of various services, including governance assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations registered under the CATSI Act.
The role will involve delivering corporate governance training, chairing and/or assisting at corporation meetings, managing complaints and disputes, and overseeing activities such as registration and reporting, and call centre operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing and leading a team, including providing clear and consistent communication, setting clear performance and behavioural standards, managing performance, delegating responsibility, and guiding and developing people.
- Developing and auditing quality assurance and governance procedures, practices, and frameworks.
- Assessing, evaluating, and recommending opportunities that contribute to continuous business improvements for ORIC.
- Ensuring ORIC services in the region are coordinated, planned, and strategically linked to ORIC's business objectives in order to maximise their impact and effectiveness.
- Delivering corporate governance training in the region, in particular Corporation Specific Training (CST).
About You:
Our ideal candidate will have the ability to lead and deliver corporate governance and other specialist training to assist Indigenous corporations with targeted governance issues and be comfortable facilitating, observing and/or chairing meetings, representing ORIC in external forums and promoting the role of the Registrar and the benefits of the CATSI Act. You will also have experience in interpreting the Act to ensure corporations are complying with the legislative, policy, and regulatory frameworks.
Requirements:
- Australian citizenship is required.
- A full driver's license without restrictions is necessary.
- Experience and/or qualifications in accounting, legal practice, business administration and/or a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment would be advantageous.
Cultural Competency:
This position has direct engagement with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and service providers, or is involved in the development of programmes and policy. You will require a high level of cultural competency, including:
- demonstrated understanding of the matters impacting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- demonstrated high level ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- demonstrated high level capability and commitment to continue to develop cultural competency.
Security Clearance:
Baseline Vetting (Protected) clearance is required for this position.