Grants and Funded Programs Coordinator

At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education. And as a child safe organisation, we put children's safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, creating nurturing spaces where children can learn, explore, play and grow. 

Grants and Funding Coordination

• Identify, assess and coordinate grant, funding and tender opportunities aligned with C&K's strategic priorities.
• Manage the end-to-end funding lifecycle, including applications, funding agreements, reporting, acquittals and compliance requirements.
• Prepare grant applications, funding submissions, business cases and supporting documentation.
• Partner with centres and business.

Experience

• Demonstrated experience coordinating grants, funding programs, tenders or comparable project-based funding initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines and deliver accurate outcomes.
• Experience administering funding agreements, reporting, acquittals and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated success working collaboratively with stakeholders and maintaining accurate records, registers and reporting systems.

Skills

• Well-developed project coordination, planning and organisational skills.
• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to interpret funding guidelines, contractual requirements and reporting obligations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and document, workflow or project management systems.
• Ability to work independently, exercise initiative and manage competing priorities.
• Knowledge of grants management, funding administration and government funding processes.
• Understanding of governance, compliance, reporting and acquittal requirements relating to funded programs.

The successful applicant will be required to:

• Travel as required.
• Hold a Blue Card or Blue Card Exemption Working with Children Check and a current driver’s license.

Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.  

C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ‘Restricted Person’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System.  

We welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs.  

Kedron, QLD