Sebenza Advisory
Friendly, practical help for Aboriginal organisations — clear reporting, confident Boards, and funding you can actually acquit. One 15-minute call with Simone is usually enough to know your next step.
No cost, no obligation — just a practical conversation about what would help.
In your free 15 minutes, you'll get
You'll speak directly with Simone O'Dowd, Principal Advisor — not a call centre.
Sebenza Advisory works alongside Aboriginal Community Organisations, Alliances and Assemblies — and the government agencies that fund them — to build governance, reporting and administrative capability that lasts beyond any single grant or program.
Planning support, government engagement and organisational growth advice as your organisation takes on more responsibility and larger programs.
Board reporting frameworks, governance training and policy and procedures that meet ORIC, ACNC, Aboriginal Affairs NSW and funder requirements.
Program design, funding proposals and reporting support that helps you secure, acquit and grow funded programs with confidence.
Practical digital office setup and training — email, records, reporting tools and simple systems your whole team can actually use.
Hands-on training in financial management, reporting, funding applications and governance, built around the real work your team is already doing.
Practical, on-the-ground support for community organisations adopting new systems — remote or on site, until your team is confident running it alone.
Our real work is making sure the individual community member's voice doesn't get lost between the ground and government. We build the governance and reporting systems that carry it there intact — and technology is what makes that possible at scale.
Community voice comes first. Every program, KPI and report starts with what the individual and their community actually said they need.
Technology closes the loop. Centralised, simple reporting tools mean government and Boards can actually see whether those needs are being met — not just whether a report was filed.
Sebenza works closely with IRAAC, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation, to design, resource and report on the programs it delivers for community.
A peer-led governance capability program — Aboriginal Community Organisations supporting each other, at their own invitation, to build stronger governance, reporting and administrative confidence.
A program supporting young people in community, backed by the same reporting and governance foundation as Sebenza's other work with IRAAC.
A community program run through IRAAC, supported by Sebenza's funding, reporting and administrative frameworks.
A community program run through IRAAC, supported by Sebenza's funding, reporting and administrative frameworks.
Simone O'Dowd is Principal Advisor at Sebenza Advisory, working directly with Boards, Executive Directors and program staff on governance, funding and capability building. Simone works hands-on with Aboriginal Community Organisations and government agencies alike — bringing practical, on-the-ground experience rather than off-the-shelf recommendations.
Book a Free 15-Min Call with SimoneShort, plain-language pieces on governance reform — written for decision makers, not for other consultants.
The more that decision making spreads across multiple bodies, the more governance ambiguity becomes a live risk — unclear boundaries create duplication, competition for the same resources, and gaps that nobody owns.
Read the full report →Frameworks built around local decision making already move government away from a purely centralised model. The genuinely open question is how much authority, responsibility and resourcing should sit with local structures.
Read the full report →Governance structure matters less than governance capability. An organisation with strong financial management, clear reporting and confident leadership will perform well under any model — which makes capability one of the few genuinely low-risk investments available.
Read the full report →Book a call with Simone — no obligation, just a practical conversation about where your organisation is at and what would actually help.
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