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Grants and Research Assistant

Part-time

This is a great opportunity to join our small and highly effective team. Reporting to our Director of Operations, you will hit the ground running to administer our annual grants program and commissioned research projects. 

The Grants and Research Assistant is responsible for the following day-to-day activities:

  • Primary point of contact and a supportive resource for grant applicants and research partners.
  • Processing grant applications and liaising with applicants
  • Assisting with pre- and post-award administration, including use of SmartyGrants software to monitor and record project progress
  • Monitoring & supporting project partners to ensure they meet activity, budget and reporting milestones in a timely manner
  • Assisting with the publication of ACCAN Grant and Research outputs and promotion, including editing, proofing, and drafting of copy for ACCAN’s website and other publications, ensuring they are inclusive and accessible
  • Assisting with building the profile of ACCAN research in the community
  • Curating ACCAN’s research bibliography, stock of printed resources and ISBN.

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Picture of a man and a woman using Australian sign language to talk.

ACCAN values disability access. We want to be a model in this field, for other not-for-profits, industry and government. ACCAN has registered our 2022-2024 Disability Inclusion Action Plan with the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Register of Disability Discrimination Act Action Plans.

Through enacting our Disability Inclusion Action Plan, ACCAN aims to: