Roles and responsibilities

Applicant

The applicant is responsible for:

• submitting the application and supporting documentation through GrantsNT
• providing true and accurate supporting information as requested by the department.

Grant owner

The department’s grant owner is responsible for managing the:

• overall grant context
• policy and procedures
• application form and templates for reporting and acquittal
• application and contract management systems
• approved payments
• storage of records according to the relevant retention and disposal schedule.

Relationship managers

Each grant agreement will have a relationship manager, who may be from the Department of Education and Training or another NT Government agency, particularly for regional and remote grants.

Each grant agreement will have a relationship manager who will:

• provide accurate advice to applicants
• define key performance indicators (KPI), milestones and grant values
• notify all applicants of assessment outcomes
• collate performance reports and milestone reports.

Department of Education and Training relationship manager

In addition to the responsibilities set out in section 6.3, the relationship manager with the department is responsible for:

• acknowledging the receipt of applications
• assessing all the applications received in a fair, transparent and consistent manner in accordance with the conditions of the grant
• ensuring payments are made for all approved applications where KPIs and milestones have been met.

Other NT Government agencies relationship manager

In addition to the responsibilities set out in section 6.3, the relationship managers that are external to Department of Education and Training are responsible for:

• providing regular updates of grant performance to the Department of Education and Training
• coordinating and communicating good news stories on a regular basis.