Chief executive officer

Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 3991)

Job description/overview

The Chief Executive Officer is tasked with achieving the corporation’s goals and effectively managing its operations. This includes implementing the Strategic Plan in collaboration with the Board to promote positive outcomes for Lhere Artepe AC members and the community. The CEO will model the Corporation’s values and provide leadership to ensure legal compliance, effective controls, a supportive workplace culture and drive best practice governance, accountability and economic sustainability.

Duties

• Ensure best practice governance standards.
• Leading and implementing strategy.
• Ensuring a safe and healthy work environment and work practices.
• Oversight of the corporation's operations.
• Carry out legal duties.
• Manage Native Title, business and social enterprises.
• Set and maintain a positive and progressive management culture.
• Act on the Board’s vision and report on the corporation’s progress.
• Be the champion for the vision among staff, funding bodies and other stakeholders.
• Convert the vision into a step-by-step plan and secure staff and resources to carry it out.
• Track program and operational progress, income and expenditure and give regular reports to all the directors.
• Liase effectively with funding bodies, government and stakeholders.
• Inspire, enable and drive the management team to execute the Corporation’s Strategic Plan in an effective and efficient manner.
• Be willing to be subject to regular formal performance evaluations.
• Ensure timely reporting to ORIC, ATO and other compliance obligations.
• Ensure that financial management including systems, processes and records are maintained in accordance with relevant laws, and legislation and regulatory bodies, within approved budget.
• Ensure that the timely, accurate and regular financial, governance, risk, people and performance of the Corporation is submitted to the Board.
• Review and implement policies and procedures to ensure that the Corporation operates in accordance with statutory requirements and good governance principles.
• Ensure that the Corporation conducts and complies with annual audit outcomes.
• Oversee organisational programs, performance and providing clear direction, clarity, support, and development to team.
• Direct and prioritise resources, including human capital and financial, towards delivery of core business operations and strategic outcomes.
• Ensure social and emotional wellbeing of management and staff.
• Manage challenges, conflict, perspectives and competing priorities with diplomacy, negotiating, and communicating beneficial outcomes for the corporation.

Qualifications and experience

• Extensive experience in an executive leadership role, preferably with a deep understanding of Central Australian context.
• Experience supporting Aboriginal Boards with decision making, especially in relation to performance, corporate governance, and strategic planning. 
• Proven experience in successfully supporting and running Native Title management.
• Proven experience in successfully driving strategic growth, innovation, and revenue generation.
• Keen insight on the CATSI Act and understanding of ORIC processes. 
• Relevant tertiary qualification in leadership, business and governance, or similar.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, management, communication, and problem-solving skills. 
• Strong acumen in business management and development, or similar. 
• Grant and business case submissions.
• Ability to promote and maintain policies and procedures to ensure the legislative requirements of the organisation are met.