Grants and Tender Coordinator – Youth Insearch – Flexible Location

• Join Australia’s leading peer-led charity dedicated to the recovery of youth trauma, supporting at risk individuals, and creating secure environments.
• Utilise your writing and editing skills, as well as project coordination skills to lead a successful grant and tender program responsible from driving significant revenue for the organisation
• Flexibility on location: WFH anywhere along the East Coast (NSW, QLD or VIC) OR based in Sydney with office a located in Sydney West
• Part time – 3 days a week

About the Organisation:

Youth Insearch stands as the foremost peer-led organisation in Australia dedicated to the recovery of youth trauma. Focused on supporting at-risk individuals aged 12-25, their core mission is to establish secure environments where young people, drawing from their own experiences, come together to aid one another in healing from trauma, building meaningful peer connections, enhancing mental well-being, and conquering life’s challenges.

Their exceptional team of peer workers and youth leaders, who have lived experience, collaborate within multidisciplinary teams integrated into local communities. Through this collaborative approach, they deliver comprehensive support and advocacy for young people grappling with complex challenges.

About the Role:

As the Grants and Tender Coordinator, you will report to the General Manager of Fundraising and Marketing.

In this role, you will be entrusted with overseeing the lifecycle of the grants and tenders funding strategy. This includes identifying opportunities, researching, writing, editing, working with key internal and external stakeholders, completing acquittals, and coordinating regular communication to funding partners.

This position requires a highly organised individual with proficient writing and editing skills who is dedicated to contributing to transformative initiatives in youth mental health and suicide prevention. You will need to be able to operate independently and exhibit robust project management capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the Government, Trust, and Foundations funding pipeline in collaboration with the CEO and General Managers to support the Youth Insearch funding strategy.
• Research, develop, and maintain a calendar of Government, Trust, and Foundations grant opportunities, including PAF approaches.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify and articulate funding priorities, maintaining a network of subject matter experts.
• Write high-quality and compelling grant and tender applications in collaboration with subject matter experts.
• Coordinate stewardship activities as agreed with the management team.
• Manage the grants program lifecycle, including assessment of applications, initiating grant agreements, coordinating grantee reporting and acquittal requirements.
• Develop and implement reporting and monitoring systems to effectively manage the grants program.
• Meet set KPIs and annual targets to grow a sustainable income stream.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant degree.
• Demonstrated experience in grant writing, program monitoring & evaluation or research.
• Excellent professional writing skills to develop funding proposals.
• Ability to build & maintain strong relationships.
• A confident multi-tasker with project coordination experience.
• Displays diplomacy, discretion, and effective listening.
• Strong administrative skills, editing skills & attention to detail, confidence in using CRMs.
• Displays enthusiasm, creativity & innovation.
• Knowledge and/or passion of the social service and mental health industry is desirable.
• Operational knowledge of databases and CRM – Salesforce preferred.

Essential Requirements:

• Approved Working with Children’s Check (in the relevant state).
• Clear National Police Check.

Employment cannot commence until these items are verified.

How to Apply

If you would like to apply for this great opportunity within a great organisation and team, please submit an up-to-date resume ASAP as applications will be reviewed on an immediate basis.

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact, Kristina Lesko at [email protected] using the subject line: Grants and Tender Coordinator – Youth Insearch – Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

At Beaumont People, we believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace, and we love working with organisations that feel the same way. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds, and people with disabilities. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.