Funding & Grants Administrator NT, SA & WA.

Goodstart•San Francisco, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As part of our Centre Support Team, you'll be at the core of this mission, supporting our centre teams to create impactful, high-quality early learning experiences. Your work will help shape the future, ensuring every child gets the best start in life. In this role, you'll help coordinate the day-to-day administration of government funding programs that support kindergarten services across our network. You'll work closely with centre teams and internal stakeholders to coordinate funding applications and supporting documentation, maintain accurate funding records and grant registers, monitor key dates, reporting requirements and compliance obligations, prepare and coordinate acquittals and funding reports, track funding allocations and expenditure information, ensure documentation is complete and audit-ready, and respond to funding-related enquiries from centres and stakeholders. There will be opportunities to support grant applications and identify future funding opportunities, with a large focus of the role being the coordination, administration, reporting and compliance management of existing funding programs.

Requirements

Experience working with funding programs, compliance, reporting, government-funded programs or grants administration
End to end experience with grants administration
Strong administration and coordination experience
Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
Experience managing multiple deadlines and priorities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Confidence working with spreadsheets, reports and financial information
The ability to build positive relationships across a large organisation
Well-developed organisational and problem-solving skills
Proficiency using Microsoft Office suit of programs
Current Working with Children Check for the State or Territory residing

Nice To Haves

Experience in education, not-for-profit, government administration, project coordination or business support environments

Responsibilities

Coordinate funding applications and supporting documentation
Maintain accurate funding records and grant registers
Monitor key dates, reporting requirements and compliance obligations
Prepare and coordinate acquittals and funding reports
Track funding allocations and expenditure information
Ensure documentation is complete and audit-ready
Respond to funding-related enquiries from centres and stakeholders
Support process improvements to enhance efficiency and compliance
Support grant applications and identify future funding opportunities

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements
Salary Packaging benefits
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Fitness Passport
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products
Free annual flu shot
Option to purchase extra leave
First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences