WHAT WE OFFER!

- Access to salary packaging benefits
- A supportive Employee Assistance Program
- Great team culture - work with a team of passionate and caring professionals on meaningful work
- Extra Time Off! - up to 10 days inclusive of public holidays over the Christmas / New Year period
- CBD location with excellent access to public transport
- Fixed Term - 2 Years & Part Time (2 days a week)
- Salary: $92,274.00 per annum, pro rata for part-time employment

ABOUT US

Circle Green Community Legal (Circle Green) is a community legal centre providing humanitarian, tenancy, workplace, and family and domestic violence legal advice, further assistance, representation, advocacy, community legal education, referrals, outreach, and support.

OUR PURPOSE

Accessible Justice. To create a system, place, and space to ensure a safety net of best practice legal advice, education, and advocacy in our specialist fields.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Grant Officer plays a key role in supporting the diversification of revenue streams through grants, tenders and partnerships. This role will work closely with the Fundraising and Partnerships Manager to help build a pipeline of funding opportunities, develop compelling proposals, and support grant and tender submissions. This role will play a key role in enabling collaboration between streams and departments to gather information required for grants, tenders and partnership agreements. A robust candidate would be familiar with developing logic models and comfortable with working with the team to define inputs, outputs and outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Work collaboratively across teams to align grant-funded activities with organisational priorities and people centred outcomes.




- Work with the Fundraising and Partnerships Manager to identify and build a pipeline of grant opportunities
- Prepare polished grant applications, expressions of interest and supporting documentation.
- Collaborate internally to collect and clarify input from each department, agree application budgets and develop supporting information to strengthen submissions.
- Manage submission timelines, templates and supporting materials to ensure consistent and efficient collaboration on applications.
- Build and maintain an evidence base of project outcomes to support evaluation, reporting and continuous improvement.
- Provide internal updates on funding performance, status and upcoming collaboration requirements.
- Work with the Fundraising and Partnerships Manager to support internal communications around fundraising opportunities and reporting requirements
- Assist the fundraising and partnerships manager with ad hoc projects/events.

ABOUT YOU!

Essential

- Experience of developing funding applications
- Experience of working with diverse stakeholders across an organisation
- Experience of researching potential funders and prospecting
- Ability to understand budgets and financial reporting
- A keen interest in accessible justice and an understanding of stakeholder perspectives

Demonstrated Skills

- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.




- Strong presentation, facilitation, and relationship management abilities.
- Sound problem-solving skills and judgment.
- Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to work accurately under pressure.

Desirable

- Relevant tertiary qualification and/or equivalent experience.
- Experience in administration, acquittal, and progress reporting.
- Experience developing logic models.
- Experience contributing to government funding tenders and submissions.

Join a team of passionate and diverse, like-minded individuals committed to creating accessible justice and providing best practice services in our specialist field.

If you have any questions, would like to have a confidential discussion about the role, or obtain a copy of the job description, please contact Human Resources at (08) •••• •648 or by email ••••@circlegreen.org.au.

Circle Green is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values and supports all individuals. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, people from the LGBTIQA+ community, and people with disabilities.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, submit your CV and a Cover Letter outlining how you meet the above criteria by 28th September 2026.

Please note that shortlisting, interviewing, and appointing may begin immediately. We reserve the right to close the position prior to the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

Due to high number of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Thank you for your interest in Circle Green!

📌 Grant Officer (Perth)
🏢 Circle Green Community Legal
📍 Perth