Role: Funding & Grants Administrator – NT, SA & WA

Location: Murarrie QLD or Port Melbourne, VIC

Employment Type: Permanent Full-time

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.

Take the lead in ensuring the success of State Government Kindergarten initiatives and grants, from application to acquittal, as our Funding & Grants Administrator. As a Funding and Grants Administrator, your work will be pivotal in ensuring the effective and efficient management of funding opportunities that support our kindergarten programs.

Your Impact:

As a Funding and Grants Administrator, you will coordinate the evaluation and monitoring of grant-funded initiatives, write compelling grant applications, and manage acquittals, including maintaining master files and completing budget and reporting requirements. You'll identify new funding opportunities, prepare business cases, and oversee the entire grant lifecycle, ensuring compliance with guidelines and managing audit requirements. Your role involves informing stakeholders of all aspects of grant management, developing expertise in State and Federal funding processes, building relationships with government personnel, and collaborating with teams across the organisation to support their funding applications, all while driving the success of our kindergarten programs.

What Goodstart can offer you:

• Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
• Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more
• Free annual flu shot (optional)
• Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance  
• First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years

You’ll bring to the table:

• Previous experience in completing applications for government grants or knowledge of grants and grants administration systems and processes
• Financially astute including experience managing budgets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong relationship building capabilities
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office suit of programs
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Experience in an early childhood setting would be advantageous

At Goodstart, we're not just Australia's largest provider of early learning and care – we're a passionate community of 15,000 team members across more than 660 centres, dedicated to nurturing over 60,000 children every day. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, our mission is to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

How to apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ and submit your application.

We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions

Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email recruitment@goodstart.org.au

If you are a placement agency or external recruiter, please refrain from submitting resumes to Goodstart unless you have a signed staffing agency agreement with us. Goodstart will not be responsible for or pay any placement fees for candidates submitted by agencies that are not approved suppliers. Any resumes received from agencies or external recruiters without an agreement will be reviewed by Goodstart and may be shared with our internal recruiting team for their reference.

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.

Posting Notes: MURARRIE, BRISBANE || QLD || Australia (AU) || | || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time