Senior Events & Networks Adviser

Allens Corporate Services; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health insurance

Gym membership

Parental leave

Wellbeing program

Career development

Job summary

Allens in Sydney seeks a Senior Events & Networks Adviser to lead strategic, premium client events and national programs from concept through delivery.

You will manage stakeholders across the firm, analyse client data, and drive engagement with innovative digital and hybrid formats while upholding Allens' brand and client service standards.

This permanent, full-time role offers hybrid work (60% in office, 40% remote) and opportunities for growth within a leading national team.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience planning and executing corporate events.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity or uncertainty.
• Excellent communication with senior partners, vendors and clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, design and delivery of client events and national programs.
• Set objectives, measure ROI and perform post-event evaluations.
• Build stakeholder relationships across the firm for client engagement.
• Analyze client data, including CRM, to tailor event campaigns.
• Drive adoption of new technologies to enhance the client experience.
• Support national webinars and other digital client engagement programs.

Skills

Event planning

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Mentoring teammates

Job description

Your role At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges. You'll be part of our National Events & Networks team, where you'll play a critical role in the delivery of Sydney client events and national programs. This is a senior role with a focus on delivering premium, brand-level programs that support client relationships and Allens' growth strategy. This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on event management, making it suited to someone who thrives in a fast-paced, stakeholder-heavy environment and is confident leading key initiatives from concept through to delivery. As the Senior Events & Networks Adviser, you will:

• Support the strategic direction of key client event programs on a national scale.
• Lead the end-to-end planning, design and delivery of client events and national programs, including setting objectives, measuring return on investment and conducting post-event evaluations.
• Build and manage stakeholder relationships across the firm to create unique, purposeful opportunities for client engagement.
• Analyse client data, including use of the CRM system, to develop informed recommendations on how and where to target event campaigns.
• Drive operational excellence and adopt new technologies to enhance engagement, efficiency and the client experience.
• Support the delivery of national webinars and other digital client engagement programs.
• Be a voice and leader in excellent client service, and in our brand to market.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. At Allens we have a hybrid working structure, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home. We would be happy to discuss any other flexible working arrangements that best support you.

About you

• Extensive experience planning and executing corporate events.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships with people at all levels of an organisation and influence outcomes.
• The ability to think critically, solve problems and be comfortable with complexity, ambiguity or uncertainty.
• Excellent communication skills; capable of engaging professionally with senior partners, vendors as well as key clients.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment; adept at juggling multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
• A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations. Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align. The right role for you might be just around the corner! At Allens, we've been building legal careers for 200 years; longer than any other firm in Australia. The impact of our people extends to almost every sphere of business, government, the judiciary and the wider legal profession. We continue to provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to build outstanding careers and shape the world. Through our alliance with Linklaters, we work in a global network of 40 offices in 25 countries. Our size and global reach provide exceptional opportunities for career development, including both on-the-job learning and formal training and development opportunities. Our commitment to high performance is balanced with a focus on wellbeing, with a culture that's inclusive, supportive and collaborative. We prioritise connection and value the unique contribution of everyone at the firm. We're proud to hold some of the world's longest ongoing client relationships, stretching back more than 180 years.