Assistant Grants Advisor

**Work type**:Fixed Term
- **Full-time, fixed term position until 10**th** October 2025**:

- **Based at our La Trobe Bundoora Campus, with hybrid working opportunities**:

- **Exciting opportunity to work cross-functionally and contribute to other teams in our Research Office**

**About the position**

The Assistant Grants Advisor will provide efficient and effective pre
- and post-award support for various external research grant schemes. This position is key to ensure that La Trobe University researchers are supported to meet their obligations to funding bodies and collaborators, and are assisted with university policies and processes while submitting external grants. The incumbent will proactively identify funding opportunities working with databases like Research Professional and will disseminate these opportunities in a timely manner to La Trobe researchers.

**Skills and Experience**

To be considered for this position, you will have
- A degree, with at least two years’ work experience in research and/or research management, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Ability to multi-task and move across grant schemes, and to organise and prioritise allocated work.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, including the ability to edit and proofread, and the ability to present workshops or facilitate discussion.
- Australian Research Management Society accreditation is desirable. If not accredited, then the applicant should be willing to undertake this accreditation as part of staff development opportunities at La Trobe University.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop high-level working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, and the capacity to work collaboratively and cooperatively in small teams.
- High level of proficiency in computer software packages, including word processing, spreadsheets and databases.
- Demonstrated ability to work both autonomously and co-operatively within a team and with a wide range of stakeholders, including the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and contribute to continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated organisation and problem-solving skills, with an ability to manage several different projects concurrently.
- Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position._

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**Benefits**:

- **17% employer contributed superannuation**:

- **On site child care facilities**:

- **Flexible work arrangements**:

- **Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses**

**How to apply**
- **Cover letter;**:

- **An up to date resume**

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**

**_ All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement_**.