[Hiring] General Manager, Corporate @ACIAR

Role Description

The General Manager, Corporate (GMC) is a member of ACIAR’s Executive team, reporting to the CEO. The role offers the opportunity to lead corporate transformation in a small, internationally focused Australian Government agency whose people and programs operate across diverse countries, institutions and regulatory environments.

• Leads agency-wide operational effectiveness, integrating corporate services, governance, legal risk management and organisational capability.
• Connects ACIAR’s corporate operations with its international development purpose.
• Ensures systems, resources and investment processes support effective research delivery and capacity development.
• Provides integrated executive oversight of finance, people and culture, ICT and digital services, procurement and contracting, property, security, risk and assurance.
• Establishes operating frameworks, service standards and proportionate controls for program delivery.
• Leads a business partnering approach embedding corporate expertise in agency planning, investment governance and decision-making.
• Acts as a principal adviser to the CEO on operational, governance and legal risk.
• Supports effective governance and accountability arrangements, coordinating high-quality advice and reporting.
• Leads cross-agency improvement and represents ACIAR with partner agencies and key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in law, business, finance, public administration, human resources or another relevant field.
• Significant senior leadership experience in complex operational environments.
• Well-developed understanding of Commonwealth governance, accountability and whole-of-government frameworks, policies and processes.

Requirements

• Australian Citizenship - our successful candidate must be an Australian citizen.
• Security Clearance - our successful candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting 2 security clearance.