Senior Events Officer

City of Kwinana; Perth; Presencial; AUD 94 000 - 104 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Premium Recquatic Centre membership

13% superannuation

19 Day Month

Resumo da oferta

The City of Kwinana is seeking an experienced Senior Events Officer to lead planning and delivery of the City’s Major Event program. This full-time fixed-term role (9–10 months) provides parental leave cover and collaborates with Community Engagement, Executive and Councillors to shape events and civic functions.

You will manage stakeholder relationships, budgeting, risk, and end-to-end event delivery, with a focus on high-quality outcomes and exceptional customer service, while supporting staff

Qualificações

• Experience in a similar events management role, preferably in local government.
• Knowledge of events management practices, grants management, risk management and funding.
• Strong project management, planning and organisational skills with ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, communication and relationship-building abilities with strong customer service.
• Analytical, creative thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsabilidades

• Plan and deliver the City's Major Event program.
• Support and coach Civic Events and Functions Officer; deliver civic events, citizenship ceremonies and functions.
• Manage workload across multiple projects; develop and plan new and existing events.
• Undertake stakeholder management, budgeting, risk management and end-to-end event delivery.

Conhecimentos

Events management

Grants management

Risk management

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Budgeting

Data reporting

Formação académica

Tertiary qualification in events management

Public relations

Community development

Ferramentas

Microsoft Office

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Fixed Term (Until September 2027) | Full Time | Parental Leave Cover

Premium Recquatic Membership | 13% Superannuation | 19 Day Month

PACS Band 7 ($94,417 - $103,538 per annum)

What's On Offer
An exciting opportunity exists for a creative and energetic individual to join our Engagement and Place team at the City of Kwinana. This is a full-time position being offered on a fixed term contract of approximately 9 - 10 months until September 2027, with the possibility of extension, providing parental leave cover within the team.

Our new Senior Events Officer will work in close collaboration alongside the Community Engagement department as well as the Executive and Councillors. You will be responsible for the planning and delivery of the City's Major Event program, whilst also providing support and coaching to the Civic Events and Functions Officer to deliver the City's civic events, citizenship ceremonies and functions.

We are seeking an experienced events professional to manage a varied and diverse workload, between multiple exciting projects. You will take ownership in the development and planning of new and existing events, undertake stakeholder management, budgeting, risk management and the end-to-end delivery of high-quality events.

Who Are We?
The City of Kwinana is a thriving ocean-side community at the heart of Western Australia's major industrial development and has the second fastest growing population within any local government area in the state. The City has seen extensive redevelopment including new residential areas, schools, retail precincts, community facilities and transport links that continue to transform Kwinana into a unique and liveableCity. This is an opportunity to make some significant contributions to the City and progress your career.

What You'll Need
To make an impact in this role, the successful candidate will have:

Considerable experience in a similar events management role, preferably within the local government sector.

Sound knowledge of contemporary practice and policy relating to events management, grants management risk management and funding.

Highly developed project management, planning and organisational skills, including the ability to work under pressure and meet challenging timeframes.

Highly developed interpersonal, teamwork, communication, and relationship building skills with an ability to provide high levels of customer service.

Well-developed analytical, creative thinking and problem-solving skills.

Tertiary qualification in events management, public relations, community development or related fields, or extensive relevant industry experience.

Well-developed computer literacy skills demonstrated in report, grant and/or policy writing, record management and correspondence.

Physical capacity to undertake manual handling for setting up and packing down events and functions, delivering and installing promotional signage and materials and other related manual handling tasks.

Driver's licence, National Police Clearance, First Aid Certificate, and willingness to work after hours and weekends as required.

What's In It For You?
At the City of Kwinana you will enjoy a true work-life balance, with access to flexible working arrangements and a fantastic workplace culture borne from a collaborative team environment.

Other perks include, but are not limited to…

A fantastic workplace, recently ranked alongside the top 10% of the most constructive local governments in Australia and New Zealand for workplace culture!

Competitive salary plus 13% superannuation.

Monthly rostered day off (19 Day Month).

Up to three (3) days paid time off for Christmas closure.

Additional annual allowance instead of leave loading.

A robust employee wellness program with initiatives designed to support employees' physical and mental wellbeing.

A generous Celebration and Recognition Policy for employees.

Career development, training opportunities and study support.

Premium Kwinana Recquatic Centre membership.

This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career and make a significant contribution to the growing and changing community at the City of Kwinana.

The City of Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to the closing date, and will not accept or consider late applications

The City of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a unique work force. Applicants from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginal people, people living with disability or people from differentcultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.The City also strives to be a customer centric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everything we do. As such, all employees play an important role in helping us to achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customer service. The City has the goal of zero harm for its employees, this includes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposure to the elements. Conditions of employment are in accordance with the City's current Industrial Agreement. For further information, please contact our Recruitment team on 9236 4618 or 9236 4628.

Please note: As part of the City's recruitment process, the selected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.