Destination Development Lead

• Full time, Ongoing
• Band 7, Starting salary $99,276 plus superannuation

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The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel. 

Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney. 

We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!

The Role

Our Economy & Experience unit plays a lead role in ensuring Bendigo is a great place to live, work, visit and invest.

In this new role as our Destination Development Lead, you will lead the design and implementation of key regional initiatives with the aim to increase industry capacity, visitation and to grow the region’s tourism economy. You will also provide strategic leadership to maximise the benefits of the Gastronomy and proposed World Heritage UNESCO designations.

You will manage the delivery of key projects in line with Bendigo Region’s Destination Management Plan and other relevant tourism strategies to grow the region’s visitor economy.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have a passion for promoting the Greater Bendigo region as a great place to visit, have strong leadership experience,  excellent knowledge of regional development and the visitor economy, experience in designing and delivering projects and programs to achieve economic outcomes, the ability to maintain strategic relationships together with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Relevant qualifications in tourism, economic development or business and satisfactory police records check are required for this position.

We are also looking for our new Destination and Experience Manager, check out our website for details.

Benefits

• Work on a range of valued and interesting projects | Support our community
• Annual salary increases | 17.5% annual leave loading
• Learning and development opportunities | Generous leave provisions

Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.

Contact

If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Rachel Lee, Director Strategy and Growth on 0408 346 124.

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by close of business Wednesday 2 October 2024.