Description:
Mission Australia is a national Christian charity that has been standing alongside Australians in need since 1859. When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. We stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more about us and our purpose.
You will be part of a crucial team to help secure national and local funding opportunities for Mission Australia’s impact growth. This will include both tender opportunities issued by Government and other funders and proactive proposals for funding as identified by Mission Australia’s Community Services & Housing divisions. We have several exciting roles available with varying levels of seniority.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Thoroughly analyse all tender specifications and understand funder objectives and drivers.
- Support Community Services leaders and teams in securing funding by preparing bid content (submissions, pitch presentations, etc) creating clear project plans and identifying and mitigating risks.
- Write tenders, grants and/or proposals to a high standard addressing Funder objectives and following our MA format and style guide.
- Maintain systems, processes, spreadsheets, databases and sharepoint sites.
- Coordinate and drive mandatory peer and service delivery reviews (prior to submission on deadline).
- Ensure all tenders and proposals adhere to the decisions made at the internal Go/No Go Meeting.
- Undertake research and identify evidence and data to support service model and tender/proposal requirements.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in business development or tender writing in a community services or commercial/corporate business setting.
- Undergraduate qualification in relevant discipline (preferred).
- Proven excellent writing and analytical skills including the preparation of tenders, reports and proposal documents.
- Understanding of issues in community services sectors or the ability to rapidly understand this context.
- Demonstrated record in successful submission of funding applications.
- Highly skilled in using relevant software applications.
- Demonstrated experience and proven ability to foster constructive relationships with
internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong personal alignment with the Mission Australia values and culture.