August 12, 2018

Are you of one of the following managerial positions?

All the above occupations have been linked to their ANZSCO description, which is vital to know when you are evidencing your experience.

These occupations may be eligible for one of the following visas:

  • Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
  • Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
  • Skilled Regional visa (subclass 489) State sponsored
  • Skilled Regional visa (subclass 489) Relative sponsored
  • Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485)
  • Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa (subclass 482) STSOL/MLTSSL (no skills assessment required)
  • Employer Nominated Scheme (ENS) visa (subclass 186)
  • Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) visa (subclass 187) (no skills assessment required)

To find out exactly which visa your particularly occupation is eligible for, please use our comprehensive guide to occupation lists. It even shows if there are caveats for your occupation if you are going for an employer sponsored visa and what they are.

Find: The ultimate guide to occupation lists

The assessing authority that you will need to make your skills assessment application through is The Australian Institute of Management (AIM). With the exception of the Temporary Graduate 485 visa where only qualifications are assessed, you will need a full skills assessment.

Find: Australian Institute of Management

 

Criteria for Chief Executive or Managing Director

The AIM assessment criteria for a Chief Executive or Managing Director [111111] are as follows:

  • Currently holds or previously held the most senior management position across an entire organisation over a continuous period of at least three years
  • Have proven and and successful experience in a top management position at the level of Corporate General Manager or equivalent prior to being appointed to the position of CEO/Managing Director
  • Be the owner of the business, or report directly to the Board of Directors of the business, or report directly to the Head of the Government Department who reports directly to the relevant Minister if the applicant works in the public sector, or be a senior management consultant providing advice to client organisations at Board level
  • Be wholly responsible for implementing strategy and policy across the entire organisation in accordance with organisational objectives determined by the Board of Directors
  • Be responsible for negotiating, planning and implementing decisions related to mergers, acquisitions or the sale of major assets for the entire organisation
  • Be responsible for designing, developing and implementing financial budgets for the whole organisation to achieve the priorities and objectives determined by the Board of Directors
  • Ensure that the organisation structure of the whole organisation is designed to achieve the priorities and objectives determined by the Board of Directors
  • Have the decision making authority across the whole organisation and not just subsidiary divisions or departments of the organisation and the authority to delegate responsibility to the most senior operational manager who would be eligible for assessment as Corporate General Manager

Criteria for Corporate General Manager [111211]

  • Have, or have held, a proven record of top management experience over a continuous period of at least three years
  • Have proven and successful experience in a functional area of management prior to being appointed to the position of Corporate General Manager
  • Currently hold the most senior day-to-day operational position within the organisation
  • Report directly to the CEO, Managing Director, Board of Directors or owner of the business, or report directly to the Head of Department if the applicant works in the public sector, or be a senior management consultant providing consultancy advice to client organisations at CEO, Managing Director or Board level
  • Have delegated authority from the Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director for managing and achieving the organisation’s financial budgets and outcomes
  • Have the decision-making authority over a wide range of responsibilities through delegation to three or more subordinate managers who would be eligible for assessment as a senior functional manager under the criteria outlined below

 

Criteria for Senior Functional Managers

Senior functional managers include the following positions:

  • Sales and Marketing Manager [131112]
  • Advertising Manager [131113]
  • Public Relations Manager [131114]
  • Human Resource Manager [132311]
  • Engineering Manager [133211]
  • Supply and Distribution Manager [133611]
  • Procurement Manager [133612]

The criteria to be met are:

  • Have a proven record in a senior functional management position over a continuous period of at least three years, requiring the delegation of authority directly to three or more subordinate managers each of whom hold positions requiring the delegation of work to three or more subordinates in managerial or supervisory positions
  • Hold the most senior management position within the applicant’s functional area of responsibility within the organisation
  • Report directly to the Owner of the business, Corporate General Manager, Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director; or report directly to the Department Head if the applicant works within the public sector: or provide consultancy advice as a Senior Management Consultant to client organisations at the level of Corporate General Manager or above
  • Have the decision making responsibility, through delegation to three or more subordinate managers, for a range of specific responsibilities in the applicant’s functional area
  • Be wholly responsible for achieving his/her functional responsibilities within the organisation
  • Have had a proven and successful experience in a broad range of managerial responsibilities prior to being appointed to the top functional position

 

Size of company

The complexity and size of the organisation has weight on your application. Senior management experience is required to be over a diverse range of responsibilities and include authority over three or more subordinates who are also at managerial level. Senior functional managers therefore must also have a high level of discretionary authoirty.

 

Exception to experience requirement

The three years of experience required in all the positions may be reduced if the applicant has qualifications in management studies, business administration or a discipline relevant to the field in which the manager is working, at the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) level Bachelors, Post Graduate or Masters degree. The qualification must have been completed immediately before the years of experience that will be assessed. AIM does not provide more details on the exact reduction period but it is reasonable to assume that it will only cover a relatively small gap when meeting the three years.

 

Referees

You are required to provide two referees, one being your manager in your previous or current position. If you are the most senior person in your organisation, a business associate.

 

Evidence

The applicant will need to provide supporting documentation for their entire career history, but with an emphasis on the last three years.

  • Organisation charts covering the last ten years. Organisation charts must be original company documents on company letterhead and must be verified by your immediate superior or CEO. A company seal by itself is not sufficient. Documents must be signed and include your immediate supervisor’s printed name and position title. Organisation charts must show upward and downward reporting relationships which must include:
    • The Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director
    • Your own position
    • All other positions reporting to the Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director
    • All positions reporting to you
    • All positions reporting to your direct subordinates
  • Detailed position descriptions over the last ten year showing management responsibilities and accountabilities. Position descriptions must be on original company documents on company letterhead and must be verified by your immediate superior or CEO. A company seal by itself is not sufficient. Documents must be signed and include your immediate supervisor’s printed name and position title
  • Brief position descriptions of  all subordinate managers who currently report to you, or who previously reported to you, over the past ten years. Position descriptions must be on original company documents on company letterhead and must be verified by your immediate superior or CEO. A company seal by itself is not sufficient. Documents must be signed and include your immediate supervisor’s printed name and position title
  • Any relevant certified documents covering the applicant’s experience prior to the ten years
  • Certified copies of testamurs and academic transcripts covering all post secondary qualifications*
  • Letters of appointment and/or promotion, payslips, company reports and any other relevant documents
  • In the case of an owner/manager, provide details of revenue and staffing levels for each year from the date of incorporation of your organisation. Documents should also include register of directors, shareholders, certificate of incorporation and any other relevant evidence
  • All gaps in employment history must be explained

* These documents must be certified by a Commissioner for Oaths, Justice of the Peace, Notary, Lawyer, Registered Migration Agent, or any other official in your home country who is authorised to endorse documents and legal declarations or witness sworn affidavits.

If applicants are unable to obtain official verification of documents from their place of employment AIM will accept recreated documents. These must be submitted alongside a signed and witnessed statutory declaration advising that the information provided is true and correct. Note that statutory declarations must be witnessed by an individual as identified above.

 

Application

The assessment takes roughly eight weeks. AIM applications cost AUD$550.  Appeals will cost you an additional AUD$700.

Are you in a rush? The express assessment application fee is AUD$750. Even so the assessment will take up to four weeks. The AIM assessment is a paper application which means that you also have to take into account mail downtime. It is therefore very important to get your application right the first time.

Want to make sure that your application for a skills assessment with AIM is correctly evidenced? Book a consultation with us and save yourself further unnecessary expenses and losing precious time. Call +61 2 8054 2537, 0434 890 199 or book online.