Role: Funding & Grants Administrator – NT, SA & WA Location: Murarrie QLD Employment Type: Full-time As part of our Centre Support Team, you'll be at the core of this mission, supporting our centre teams to create impactful, high-quality early learning experiences. Your work will help shape the future, ensuring every child gets the best start in life.

Your Impact In this role, you'll help coordinate the day-to-day administration of government funding programs that support kindergarten services across our network.

Coordinate funding applications and supporting documentation

Maintain accurate funding records and grant registers

Monitor key dates, reporting requirements and compliance obligations

Prepare and coordinate acquittals and funding reports

Track funding allocations and expenditure information

Ensure documentation is complete and audit-ready

Respond to funding-related enquiries from centres and stakeholders

Support process improvements to enhance efficiency and compliance

There will be opportunities to support grant applications and identify future funding opportunities, large focus of the role is the coordination, administration, reporting and compliance management of existing funding programs.

What You'll Bring We're looking for someone with:

Experience working with funding programs, compliance, reporting, government-funded programs or grants administration.

End to end experience with grants administration

Strong administration and coordination experience

Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy

Experience managing multiple deadlines and priorities

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Confidence working with spreadsheets, reports and financial information

The ability to build positive relationships across a large organisation

Well-developed organisational and problem-solving skills

Proficiency using Microsoft Office suit of programs





Current Working with Children Check for the State or Territory residing

Experience in education, not-for-profit, government administration, project coordination or business support environments would also be advantageous.

What Goodstart Can Offer You

Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs (As approved by management)

Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay

Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)

Fitness Passport - access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price

Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA

Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.

Free annual flu shot (optional)

Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance

First Nations Support and Cultural Leave

Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes

Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email

Supporting our people and protecting our children We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a robust sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Secure Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.

📌 Funding & Grants Administrator NT, SA & WA. (Brisbane)
🏢 Goodstart Early Learning
📍 Brisbane