Grants Policy

3 weeks ago


Canberra, Australia Department of Finance Full time

Governance & Resource Management Group / Governance and Grants Division / Grants Policy Branch
- APS 5 ($85,836 - $96,313), APS 6 ($94,434 - $115,254) | Ongoing & Non-ongoing | Full-time & Part-time
- Canberra, ACT

**ABOUT THE BRANCH**

The Grants Policy Branch is responsible for developing and implementing whole-of-government policy advice on the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (CGRGs) and has policy oversight of Commonwealth grants administration arrangements. The Branch coordinates the review and release requests for Grant Opportunity Guidelines and provides timely assistance and advice to Government, entities, and other stakeholders to assist them to meet their obligations under the policies and frameworks.

**ABOUT THE** OPPORTUNITY**

We’re looking for team members who want to work in a dynamic area to achieve grant policy and project policy outcomes through engaging with entities across the Commonwealth.

**_Grants Policy / Project Officer_**
- Review and coordination of grants hub deferral and exemptions requests, including liaising with relevant stakeholders and providing input to draft responses as required.
- Communications management, providing sound grants administration and grants policy advice to granting entities and relevant stakeholders.
- Coordination of meetings to support governance arrangements, granting entity engagements, and other relevant stakeholder and section engagements as required.
- Assisting in the review and input to New Policy Proposals, providing grants administration and grants policy commentary where applicable.
- Desktop research and information gathering, along with information consolidation to support governance, assurance, stakeholder engagement and change management as required.
- Drafting and developing relevant project materials, including user survey coordination, as appropriate.

Represent Finance and Grants Policy on grant matters and appropriate forums.

**DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION**

For detailed information about these roles, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

**ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES**
- Under section 22(8) of the _Public Service Act 1999_, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

**CONTACT INFORMATION**
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.

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