Join our Grant Assessor Team

Our team of volunteer Grant Assessors independently review, score and provide advice on grant applications to our Grants Advisory Committees. Appointed by the Community Broadcasting Foundation Board through a nomination process, Grant Assessors are called on twice annually to review incoming applications. This team sit at the heart of our peer-to-peer review process.

Are you looking to give back to community broadcasting or gain insight into the grants process?

Community Broadcasting Foundation welcomes volunteers from the following backgrounds and with the following skills and experience to apply:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Women
People with a disability
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex people
Culturally and linguistically diverse
Young
Living in non-metropolitan areas

What does a Grant Assessor do?

After grant rounds have closed, Grant Assessors are invited to review applications as part of Assessor Panels relevant to their skills and experience. These panels are simply a group of assessors who review a single application (each application is reviewed by at least five Grant Assessors). Your overall workload is determined by the number of applications you review.

Experience and skills

Specialist content production (news/current affairs, spoken word, specialist music and specialist Indigenous, RPH and ethnic)
Station management
Financial management
Business development and fundraising
Events, marketing and promotions
Technology (broadcast and IT)
Training
Social inclusion
Broadcast platforms (radio, television, online and cross-platform)
A range of station experience (small/large, metropolitan/regional/remote, all states and territories

Assessor Position Description (PDF)

How are Grant Assessors appointed?

Individuals are welcome to nominate themselves or stations/sector organisations can recommend candidates.

Successful appointments will be notified following endorsement by the Community Broadcasting Foundation Board and will be invited to service a three-year term (and may serve up to three consecutive terms).

Interested in joining our team of Grant Assessors?

Assessor Team nominations are open all year round. Apply here.

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Always was, always will be.

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