Grant Specialist

**Exciting Full-Time Opportunity** based in Cannon Hill
- Creating sustainable growth in Endeavour Foundation’s grant seeking activities through lead identification and assessment of grant opportunities
- Encouraged and supported ongoing professional development and diverse career opportunities.

**Who is Endeavour Foundation?**

We are people working together, making possibilities a reality for people with a disability, and for people seeking employment, education and training opportunities. We call ourselves Team Possible

Endeavour Foundation supports people with disability to live, learn, work and flourish according to their own interests and priorities. Our 5,000 strong team operates over 300 sites in the heart of local communities across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria where we offer choice, opportunities and personalised support in the key areas of home, work, learning and community participation.

**Why should you join Endeavour Foundation?**
- Salary Packaging Benefits, package up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free. Less tax = more take home pay for you
- In addition to your tax-free benefit, you can also use up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)
- An Employee Assistance Program - a free and confidential counselling service available to all staff and their family members
- Discounts on Corporate Private Health Insurance Plans, whitegoods and appliances
- Paid Parental Leave and Salary Continuance
- Free flu vaccinations
- Onsite café, onsite parking (where available) and close to public transport

**A little bit about the role**:
As the Endeavour Foundation continues to grow and support the community and workplace as a leading disability service provider, we have an exciting opportunity for a **Grants Specialist**
- Leading the identification of grant opportunities that support the organisations Purpose, Mission and Values, and supports the organisation’s strategy
- Effectively stewarding key relationships and project managing agreements for timely reporting and acquittal.
- Writing, and editing competitive grant proposal narratives.
- Achieving agreed targets for identifying new grant sources and income generation.
- Developing, managing and tracking all meaningful activities ensuring accurate and up to date interactions with funders is captured and maintained.
- Overseeing funding agreements management ensuring auditing and reporting of grants are submitted on time.
- Identifying new opportunities to enhance and grow the value of grant funding at Endeavour Foundation.
- Utilizing key processes to identify, track and engage prospective funders, ensuring the grants database is up to date.
- Presenting compelling submissions to funders that deliver successful funding outcomes.

**What will you bring**:

- Tertiary qualifications in relevant discipline including; communications or non-profit studies.
- Demonstrated experience in a grant seeking role.
- Demonstrated experience securing significant government, corporate and philanthropic funding opportunities.
- Adaptable communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, to ensure clear and concise information is developed and presented.
- Experience in project management, grant administration, planning and budgeting.
- Sound knowledge of the fundraising and philanthropic landscape in Australia including legislation, practices and philosophy of charitable giving.

**How you can apply**

Please note, before commencing with Endeavour Foundation and should you be successful, you will be required to undertake a **“Fit2Work” National Criminal History Check.**

Additionally, in line with the direction from State Government, all authorised workers defined under the Queensland Public Health Order are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Endeavour Foundation requires all new employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

If this is the opportunity for you, click ‘Apply’ below; we look forward to hearing from you

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