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SCREEN AUSTRALIA

Role:

Programs Coordinator

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Department:

Program Operations, Strategy & Operations

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Duration:

July 2023 - Present

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About:

Screen Australia is a Federal Government agency charged with supporting Australian screen development, production and promotion. It was established under the Screen Australia Act 2008 and from 1 July 2008 took over the functions and appropriations of its predecessor agencies, the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) and Film Australia Limited.

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The Screen Australia Act 2008 is available on the CommLaw website.

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Responsibilities:

  • Provided high levels of support to the Program's application lifecycle process in consultation with the internal funding area;

  • Responsible for funding areas specialty to be determined by Senior Manager, Program Operations in accordance with current work flow;

  • Communicated with the funding area on all matters regarding eligibility, missing materials, meetings and deadlines;

  • Scheduled eligibility and decision meetings for funding areas;

  • Generated and distributed Conflict of Interest (COl) checks, meeting papers, and take minutes for eligibility and decision meetings;

  • Recorded decline decisions and preparing notification on behalf of funding areas;

  • Liaised with and coordinated assessors (internal and external), conducted COl checks, communicated deadlines and produced payment requests;

  • Hosted and coordinated creative meetings with applicants and assessors as required;

  • Answered escalated enquiries from applicants and PROPS staff in regards to specified funding areas;

  • Provided administrative support to the PROPS Unit:

  • Responded to general enquiries via email or phone regarding process, terms of trade, guidelines etc;

  • Processed applications from receipt through to assessment, including data entry, liaising with applicant on missing materials, COI checks, and report generation;

  • Kept up to date with guidelines for each program and any ongoing changes;

  • Assisted in the processing of applications across all areas from receipt through to assessment then approval, including data entry and report generation;

  • Provided general administrative support to the various funding program areas; and

  • Managed a variety of routine and ad-hoc reports from the database.

 

​Achievements:

  • Coordinated the Documentary and First Nations funding programs with Screen Australia;

  • Currently one of the First Aid Officers at Screen Australia;

  • Participated in Gender Matters Taskforce meetings with Screen Australia.

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