1x Permanent Full Time - 35 hours, 7 Day (Mon-Sun) Bandwidth
Salary: $126,746.74 – $138,882.00 + Super
About us:
Liverpool is located in the heart of Southwest Sydney and is home to over 220,000 people from more than 140 cultural backgrounds, making it one of Sydney’s most diverse communities. Liverpool City Council delivers a dynamic annual events program that captivates and engages residents and the broader Southwest Sydney region.
Council’s award-winning events celebrate our rich cultural diversity, activate the city with vibrant experiences and create valuable opportunities for local businesses to thrive.
About this role:
We are seeking a driven and experienced event professional to play an integral role in leading a high performing team of passionate event producers. Reporting to the Manager of Cultural Venues and Events, the role is responsible for ensuring the successful, cost-effective, and timely delivery of an ambitious event program. This includes providing strategic oversight, operational direction, innovation, and planning in order to meet the needs of key stakeholders.
- To be successful in this role, you will have extensive, proven experience in developing and leading high-quality, high profile events across various models and types. You will also;
- Hold relevant qualifications in events, communications, public relations, or marketing.
- Have extensive experience working in government and/or not-for-profit organisations delivering high quality, high profile events for diverse audiences.
- Have extensive demonstrated experience in negotiating with internal clients as well as external clients including socially and culturally complex communities socially and culturally complex communities;
- Have strong project management experience, and have experience leading a team across delivery of multiple projects.
- Experience with contract management and coordinating external contractors
- 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
- Extensive demonstrated experience in multitasking and advanced time management to enable the coordination and planning of multiple events and projects simultaneously
- Be able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
- Hold a Class-C Drivers License
Your main responsibilities will include leading a high-performing team of event producers, and the delivery of a diverse and ambitious event program by;
- Providing specialist and strategic planning advice on all areas of Events, Festivals and Activations to Liverpool City Council (Mayor, CEO, Director Community & Lifestyle, Manager of Cultural Venues & Events, and Manager City Economy, Manager Executive Services)
- Overseeing the management of an annual events program that maintains and maximises audienceparticipation and efficiently allocates human and financial resources to ensure the delivery of the even.
- 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
- Implementing improvements to the delivery of services by evaluating and assessing the performanceagainst benchmarks/targets as well as reviewing all functions which includes but not limited to costs, budget, resource utilisation, productivity and quality of services.
- Provide guidance and build the capacity of our event producers and engage in staff development
- Coordinating and planning the administrative, operational, financial and resourcing needs to ensure the delivery of events is within agreed timelines and budgetary requirements
Salary will be dependent upon the relevant skills, experience and competencies of the successful applicant.
For further information about the position, please contact Samata Billa, Talent Acquisition Partner on 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.
