1x Permanent Full Time - 35 hours, 5 days (Mon-Sun) Bandwidth
Salary: $89,389.51 – $97,934.65 + 11.5% super contribution
Closing Date: 21st November 2024
About Us:
Liverpool City Council is committed to creating a vibrant, activated city for its residents and the broader Southwest Sydney community. Liverpool is in the heart of Southwest Sydney and is now home to more than 220,000 people from more than 140 different backgrounds, making it one of the most diverse areas in Sydney. Liverpool City Council delivers an annual program of events that captivate and engage the community.
About the Role:
Reporting to the Strategic Events Lead, Major Events Producers will lead, coordinate and project manage Councils’ large-scale events and festivals. The role will include engaging with a broad range of stakeholders including local businesses and the general community.
- Your main responsibilities will include producing and leading the operational aspects, and creative components for the Council’s high profile and large-scale events.
- Contribute to the creative and strategic development of existing and new events
- Evaluate and report on our events, facilitating systems for retrieving analytics and feedback to help us improve the event-goer experience
- Work in collaboration, and provide guidance to, our junior producers towards execution of a joint project.
- Coordinate the engagement of contractors, stallholders/vendors, suppliers, performers and artists involved in the delivery of the event including the supervision of these parties, and event staff onsite (permanent staff, casual staff, volunteers)
About You:
To be successful in this role, you will have a minimum of 4 years’ proven experience in leading event coordination across a variety of event types including community or greenfield festivals to corporate functions. You will also.
- Hold relevant tertiary qualifications in events, communications, public relations, or marketing
- Have proven experience managing various projects simultaneously
- Have strong project management experience, and have coordinated various components of an event (i.e. stallholder acquisition and coordination, stage programming, registration)
- Strong communication skills to interact and collaborate with a wide range of business units, customers, clients and suppliers
- Proven capacity to be able to deliver a project from conception to completion
- Be able to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, and possess strong communication and negotiation skills to yield the best results for your projects and the community
- Be able to work in a fast-paced work environment
- Hold a Class-C Driver’s License
- Flexibility to work weekends, public holidays and evenings where required
- Experience working within the Local Government sector, including knowledge of protocols, procurement procedures and compliance is preferable however not required
Benefits of working with us:
- Be rewarded with an attractive annual salary package (Salary will be dependent upon the relevant skills, experience, and competencies of the successful applicant.)
- Ability to accrue up to 2 days of flexitime leave per month, which equates to up to 24 days per year (Note: this is in addition to 4 weeks of annual leave per year)
- Health and wellbeing benefits including 2 Health and Wellbeing Leave and access to our Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to a Fitness Passport membership
- Learning and development opportunities, including ongoing support and mentoring from senior members that are invested in your personal and professional success.
For further information about the position please contact Samata Billa, Talent Acquisition Partner at 87117765
How to Apply: Please click the 'Apply' button above. Applicants must submit a covering letter, current resume and response to the selection criteria questions which will be shown once you commence your application.
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Liverpool City Council is committed to providing a working environment that supports all employees to reach their full potential.
To be eligible to apply for permanent positions at Liverpool City Council, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. For Temporary positions, you need a visa that gives you permission to work in Australia.
