- Manage the funding application and writing process at NAL
- Permanent, part-time position (3 days/week)
- Based in Macquarie Park, with hybrid work arrangements (2 days in office)
Want to improve the lives of Australians, no matter who they are?
Join us and build a career and future you’ll be proud of.
It matters more at Hearing Australia
NAL is the research division of Hearing Australia, a trusted leader in our field. Working across the country, we exist to support and empower people through hearing health when and where they need it.
Your opportunity
As Funding Coordinator, you’ll be reporting to the NAL Operations & Finance Manager, and will be responsible for identifying opportunities and assisting staff in applying for grants and philanthropic opportunities. Working side by side with people who go the extra mile, you’ll also love the feeling of helping those who need us. Here’s how you’ll do it:
- Pre-award – identifying opportunities, provide advice and assistance to applicants around drafting proposals, budgets and application to ensure they meet the requirements of the funding body.
- Post-award – support reporting and track alignment with grant objectives
- Research Development – provide high-level advice and guidance to early and mid-career industry-based researchers to improve their competitiveness
- Manage internal approval process for EOIs and applications
- Fine tune NAL’s funding process based on feedback and application of the process across NAL
- Create and maintain a funding calendar with key submission and reporting dates
- Work with the NAL Operations & Finance Manager to ensure overall compliance with relevant research standards
- Research and communicate new funding opportunities that align with NAL’s strategy
What you’ll bring
We believe the successful candidate will have demonstrated analytical and persuasive writing skills experience as well as superior editing skills. You’ll bring:
- Bachelor’s degree, highly desirable
- 5+ years of experience in grant management, essential
- Expert knowledge of the Australian higher education research environment and funding schemes including but not limited to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant scheme
- Ability to convey complex information in a clear manner to a diverse audience
- Demonstrated success in obtaining grants
- Strong administrative skills and motivation with the ability to set priorities and manage multiple tasks under minimal supervision in effective and efficient manner
- Ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines without sacrificing quality
- Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, team-oriented, and mission driven environment
What matters most? It’s simple – your drive to help anyone and everyone who needs us. And you’ll see your role as a real responsibility and an incredible opportunity to make an impact on lives across the country.
Why work at NAL?
The National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) is a world leader in hearing research and evidence-based innovation to improve hearing health and transform the lives of people with hearing difficulties. NAL collaborates with organisations around the world to innovate on novel solutions to hearing health services and technology, conducts sophisticated validation trials on treatment benefit, and provides insight into the needs of people with hearing loss and clinicians who treat them. NAL’s research findings are published in leading peer-reviewed journals and its innovations are used worldwide. NAL is the research division of Hearing Australia.
Visit www.nal.gov.au to discover more!
What does that mean for you?
As Funding Coordinator, you’ll know that every day, your work is helping children and adults who need us. Just ask Sandeep, one of our IT professionals about why they choose to work with us:
“The work we do in helping people hear sound again and for the very first time is quite inspirational. Everything we do here is purpose-driven.”
You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits, including:
- Attractive employee benefits (salary sacrifice superannuation, HCF private health cover discount, well-being programs, salary packaging, discounts across an exciting range of retailers)
- Paid parental leave
- Free, onsite staff parking
- Employee recognition awards program
- Attractive salary package includes a generous 15.4% superannuation
- Flexible work arrangement opportunities to support work, personal and family commitments
Let’s create the gold standard of hearing care
We will require the successful candidate to be willing to have a Police Check conducted (we pay), a current driver’s licence and must have rights to work in Australia.
Hearing Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity, equity and inclusion. We are passionate about building a diverse and inclusive culture from within.
We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and applicants from different cultures who are bilingual to apply.
We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.
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