Senior Administration manager

DJÄKAMIRR Aboriginal Corporation; Darwin; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Djäkamirr Aboriginal Corporation in Darwin, NT is seeking an experienced Administration Manager to lead governance, systems, and compliance within a Yolŋu-led organisation.

You will manage policies, grants, risk and digital records using Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, while working respectfully with Yolŋu boards and communities.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience across governance, organisational systems, grants, risk, or senior administration.
• Ability to move between a Yolŋu Board or team conversation and workflow detail with ease.
• Write with clarity and hold confidential, competing priorities with sound judgement.
• Cultural humility and capacity to work respectfully within Yolŋu authority and decision-making.
• Experience in a First Nations, remote or community-controlled setting is highly regarded.
• Curious systems thinker who enjoys making complexity understandable.
• Right to work in Australia.
• Satisfactory National Police Check and Ochre Card (NT Working with Children Clearance), or applications completed before commencement, if required for the final duties.
• Compliance with Djäkamirr Aboriginal Corporation policies, confidentiality and lawful directions

Responsibilities

• Governance — Board and committee cycles, papers, decisions, registers and statutory reporting
• Organisational systems — policies, procedures and workflows people can use
• Grants and contracts — obligations, milestones, reporting and acquittal readiness
• Risk and improvement — registers and follow-through for risks, incidents and audits
• Digital and records — Microsoft 365, SharePoint and document creation and management

Skills

Governance

Organisational systems

Grants and contracts

Risk and improvement

Digital and records

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Job description

Key responsibilities

Governance — Board and committee cycles, papers, decisions, registers and statutory reporting

Organisational systems — policies, procedures and workflows people can use

Grants and contracts — obligations, milestones, reporting and acquittal readiness

Risk and improvement — registers and follow-through for risks, incidents and audits

Digital and records — Microsoft 365, SharePoint and document creation and management

About you

Substantial experience across governance, organisational systems, grants, risk, or senior administration

Ability to move between a Yolŋu Board or team conversation and workflow detail with ease

Write with clarity and hold confidential, competing priorities with sound judgement

Cultural humility and capacity to work respectfully within Yolŋu authority and decision-making

Experience in a First Nations, remote or community-controlled setting is highly regarded

Curious systems thinker who enjoys making complexity understandable

Right to work in Australia

Satisfactory National Police Check and Ochre Card (NT Working with Children Clearance), or applications completed before commencement, if required for the final duties

Compliance with Djäkamirr Aboriginal Corporation policies, confidentiality and lawful directions

About us

Djäkamirr Co-op is a Yolŋu-led, matriarch-led organisation strengthening Yolŋu women, families, knowledge, culture and reproductive justice. We're moving from a powerful community vision into a sustainable, contemporary organisation.

Administration Manager

Darwin NT