Grants Policy / Project Officer PositionsCanberra 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. The key duties of the position include: 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
The Grants Policy / Project Officer is responsible for managing oversight of grants administration and policy support to entities and grants hubs, and assisting the team broadly with day-to-day delivery of project tasks. In a fast-paced environment, the successful candidate will have an ability to manage competing priorities whilst working independently or as a part of a broader team. The duties will include, but are not limited to: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 this role, 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. 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.Notes This recruitment process is being used to fill current and future vacancies. A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
This role is being advertised as both ongoing and non-ongoing. Roles may be offered as either ongoing or non-ongoing subject to operational requirements. Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for a specified term of up to 12 months. Specified term vacancies may be extended up to a maximum period of 18 months. RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability Getting to know the Department of Finance As a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met.Finance supports the government's ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks. Finance plays a leading role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities. We do this through our professional and considered approach to providing advice, developing policy, delivering services and engaging with our clients and stakeholders.Finance's key areas of focus are:- Budget- Business Enabling Services- Commercial- Governance and Resource Management
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