Event Manager

Beaumont People; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Lead and mentor a direct report

Permanent role potential

Job summary

Beaumont People partners with a highly regarded international law firm to recruit an experienced Events Manager to join its national Events team, with a strong Melbourne focus.

Reporting to the Head of Marketing - Events & Sponsorships, you will own a diverse portfolio, manage Melbourne-based events and contribute to national initiatives, while mentoring one direct report. The role offers hybrid work with in-office and WFH days and tangible visibility within the firm.

Qualifications

• Experience in corporate events or professional services events.
• Strong budget management and planning skills.
• Proven stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Team leadership or mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a varied corporate events portfolio.
• Coordinate multiple events, managing timelines, budgets, and suppliers.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners.
• Deliver Melbourne-based events and contribute to national initiatives.
• Manage and develop one direct report.
• Prepare event plans, run sheets, and post-event reports.
• Identify opportunities to improve the event experience and ways of working.
• Collaborate with the Business Development & Marketing team.

Skills

Event management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Job description

Events Manager

• Hybrid working | 3 days in office, 2 days WFH
• Lead and mentor 1 direct report
• Potential for the role to become permanent

• Hybrid working | 3 days in office, 2 days WFH
• Lead and mentor 1 direct report
• Potential for the role to become permanent

About the Opportunity

We're partnering with a highly regarded international law firm to recruit an experienced Events Manager to join its national Events team.

Reporting to the Head of Marketing - Events & Sponsorships, this is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced events professional to take ownership of a diverse and high-profile portfolio within a top-tier professional services environment.

From client breakfasts and cocktail functions to intimate dinners, webinars, firm-wide celebrations and larger strategic events, no two projects will look the same. You'll manage multiple events at different stages of planning, with a particular focus on Melbourne-based events while also having the opportunity to contribute to national initiatives.

Events are an important part of the firm's client and business development strategy, so this is a role where your work will have genuine visibility and impact.

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing events from concept through to delivery across a varied corporate events portfolio
• Coordinating multiple events simultaneously, ensuring timelines, budgets, logistics and suppliers are all managed effectively
• Working closely with senior internal stakeholders, clients and external suppliers
• Delivering Melbourne-based events and supporting selected national initiatives
• Managing and developing one direct report
• Preparing event plans, run sheets, budgets and post-event reporting
• Identifying opportunities to continually improve the event experience and ways of working
• Working collaboratively with the broader Business Development & Marketing team

What we’re looking for

We're looking for someone who is confident, commercially minded and genuinely passionate about