APS5 Funding Arrangement Manager

Our Federal Government client is currently seeking an experienced Funding Arrangement Manager to join their team at the APS5 level. Within this role you will be responsible for the planning, administration and conduct of grants, gathering and analyzing evidence to assess funding recipient performance and identify risks, issues and improvement opportunities.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducting high quality administration of funding agreement performance assurance activities, particularly those with moderate to high complexity.
• Gathering and analysing evidence to assess funding recipient performance against program aims.
• Supporting performance assurance by identifying opportunities, gaps, risks and issues and supporting the implementation of appropriate strategies, interventions, treatments and controls.
• Understanding and identifying business risks and issues and confidently applying judgment to determine when escalation is required to help achieve resolution.
• Identifying and contributing to the development of improvement opportunities to help achieve policy, program and process improvements.
• Developing relationships with funding recipients to support productive partnerships that deliver performance outcomes.
• Planning and conducting effective and purposeful engagements with stakeholders to gather information, provide support and identify opportunities to improve performance, capability and outcomes.
• Recording information obtained through engagements and other performance activities in corporate systems.
• Sharing knowledge and work collaboratively within immediate and wider teams to contribute towards the achievement of team objectives and priorities.  

EXPERIENCE / REQUIREMENTS

• Driven to help deliver outcomes for vulnerable and disadvantaged Australians.
• Positive team members who have a solution focused way of working to achieve results.
• Strong communicators who can deliver clear messages both verbally and in writing.
• Able to apply good judgement and reasoning.
• Autonomous and committed to seeing tasks through to completion and to a high quality.
• Strategic thinkers who provide robust solutions to issues and risks.
• Be driven by curiosity and have the ability to seek and acquire information and intelligence.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE

SOS Recruitment is committed to the principles of workplace diversity and equity in employment and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, women, people with family responsibilities, people with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, religious beliefs and LGBTIQ people.

This is a security assessed position. Applicants must be an Australian citizen, with successful candidate holding a Baseline Australian Government security clearance and undergo other employment suitability checks.

Please be advised If the closing date has passed for the particular position(s) you are interested in, we still encourage an application. Occasionally late applications are accepted and in addition we will retain your resume on our system for other positions as they arise.