Careers

• Can be based anywhere in NSW, including work from home.
• Monthly rostered day off (RDO) 
• Generous Employee Benefits- Access to salary packaging, Fitness Passport + More! 

Every day, Life Without Barriers works collaboratively with families, carers and communities to ensure that children and young people have the love, care and support they need to thrive. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help every child to reach their potential.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and members of the LGBTIQ+ community to apply. We know that your difference can be what makes the difference, and we strive for an inclusive culture where you can be your whole self every day at work.

About the role

As a Contract & Funding Officer in the Contract Management team for Child, Youth & Families, you will work closely with the Care teams supporting vulnerable children and young people across NSW. Your role will involve maximising funding opportunities, ensuring service delivery meets contract and compliance requirements, and promoting positive outcomes for the children and young people in our care.

In addition, you will be responsible for submitting funding applications to the relevant agencies to ensure service costs are covered under our contractual agreements.

This position is offered as a Full Time, Maximum Term contract until mid April 2026. 

Key responsibilities

• Proactively work with stakeholders to identify financial deficits and respond to funding opportunities.
• Complete and submit high quality written funding applications for children and young people in out-of-home care, building compelling cases for the need for additional funding.
• Ensure that the funding attributed to placements covers the cost of providing services through financial analysis and engagement with the Care teams.
• Support staff with other application-based process’ and record keeping tasks, as related to the Permanency Support Program, complying to policies, procedures, and contractual requirements.
• Provide internal support to teams to understand contractual requirements and opportunities.
• Report on funding outcomes; other project and data remediation tasks as required.

 Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in writing business cases, grant writing, or experience within the Out-of-Home Care Sector, highly desirable.
• Experience working in a similar role understanding financial, funding and/or contract requirements.
• Experience in building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience working in a fluid and changing environment.
• Demonstrated experience in managing sensitive information and keeping a high degree of confidentiality.
• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities whilst delivering high quality outcomes.
• Proficient in the use of all Microsoft Office products, including Microsoft Teams. Intermediate to advance use of excel, and a quick learner on bespoke systems will be highly regarded.

At Life Without Barriers, we all share the responsibility for child safety. Successful candidates will be required to clear probity including National Criminal History Record Check. 

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Kristy Crowe via recruitment@lwb.org.au

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Tuesday 8th April 2025

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.