The Corporate Services General Manager is a newly created executive leadership role that brings together all corporate functions under one portfolio with clear, single point accountability and leadership. This role is the organisational backbone that drives standards and cultural safety across the organisation to strengthen and enable GAC's service delivery and maintain our solid reputation and relationship with the community.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Corporate Services GM role will improve organisational governance, stabilise corporate functions, and build internal capability to reduce GAC's reliance on external service providers. This is a role for a leader with strong understanding of community values, who can build from the ground up, work in complexity, and embed culturally safe practices within corporate governance functions.

Working closely with the CEO, Board, Executive team, and external stakeholders, the role ensures corporate systems are fit for purpose, future-focused, and aligned to the organisation’s strategic objectives and values. This position exercises a high level of judgement, discretion, and influence,



and contributes to organisational strategy, planning, monitoring and reporting. and continuous improvement.

This role is the single point of accountability for all corporate governance functions and will bring together and lead HR, Finance, Quality, Risk, and Communications. The Corporate Services GM will play a key role in the development and implementation of GACs new strategic plan – giving the community and the Board confidence in our direction, the CEO a trusted partner, and staff the support and leadership they deserve.

Further information regarding the position can be found in the full Position Description.

This is an Identified Position. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. The Identified status of this role reflects GAC's commitment to Aboriginal leadership, cultural governance, and self-determination. It is a genuine occupational requirement that the person in this role brings lived experience as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.

📌 Corporate Services General Manager (Warrnambool)
🏢 Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative
📍 Warrnambool