Assess two Community Connect grant applications

What is going on

Round 2 of the Community Connect Grants closed on 28 August 2026 and decisions are due by 9 October. You have been allocated two applications: CCG-26-0142 from the Goulburn Valley Neighbourhood Houses Network for a shared volunteer coordinator, and CCG-26-0151 from the Merri Creek Youth Collective, whose acquittal for a previous grant is thirty days overdue. Your manager has reminded everyone that round-by-round conflict of interest declarations are now mandatory after an internal audit finding. Samuel Adeyemi, the Director, wants both applications through eligibility and scoring, with reasons, before the moderation panel on 2 October.

Your brief

Complete your conflict of interest declaration, carry out the eligibility check on both applications under the grant assessment procedure, score the eligible application against the criteria with written reasons on the assessment report template, update the grants register and refer any eligibility problem to the program manager with a clear recommendation.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the Ethics and Conduct Policy and complete the Conflict of Interest Declaration for round 2, listing every applicant in the round you have a connection with, and give it to your manager before opening a file.
• Read the Grant Application Assessment Procedure and open CCG-26-0142 and CCG-26-0151 in the Grants Register to confirm program, amount and decision due date.
• Carry out the eligibility check on each application, recording the evidence for each rule, and identify how the overdue acquittal on the Merri Creek file affects eligibility.
• Write a file note recommending how the Merri Creek application is handled, and update its status and notes in the Grants Register.
• Score the Goulburn Valley application against each criterion on the Grant Assessment Report template with specific reasons drawn from the application.
• Record the total score in the Grants Register, change the status to Under assessment with your name as assessor, and note any conditions you recommend.
• Save a record of every step to the application file as required by the Records Management Policy and list what a reviewer would find on the file.

What someone in this role would produce

• Completed Conflict of Interest Declaration
• Eligibility check record for both applications with evidence
• Grant Assessment Report for CCG-26-0142 with scores and reasons
• File note and register updates for CCG-26-0151