Corporate Services Manager
What the work is
Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the overall administration of an organisation.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Provides high level administrative, strategic planning and operational support, research and advice to senior management on administrative matters such as staff management, financial planning, facility management and information services
- Develops the organisation's administrative, financial, physical and staff resources
- Implements administrative, financial and operational procedural statements and guidelines for use by staff in the organisation
- Analyses complex resource management issues and initiatives that affect the organisation, and prepares associated reports, correspondence and submissions
- Provides information and support for the preparation of financial reports and budgets
- Leads, manages and develops administrative staff to ensure smooth business operations and the provision of accurate and timely information
- Represents the organisation in negotiations and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums, and promotes existing and new programs and policies
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the head office of a fictional freight company, in the weeks around an office move. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- The office move finishes on time and staff walk in on Monday to desks that just work
- You turn a pile of competing requests into one clear plan the executive team signs off
- A new administration officer finds her feet because you took the time to coach her
Hard days
- Three departments each insist their request is the most urgent one
- Cutting a budget line you know someone will feel
- Explaining a delay to the executives when the cause sat outside your control
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 111131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.