Events Officer

Job No: CN2204

Location: Newcastle

Employment Status: Permanent Full Time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 2 Nov 2020 AEDT

• Support our Major Events and Corporate Affairs team in delivering events within our beautiful, growing city.
• Permanent full-time role – 35 hours per week.
• Flexible work arrangements available, including flex time and a 9-day fortnight.

City of Newcastle (CN) is now seeking an energetic and highly organized Events Officer to play an integral role supporting the Major Events and Corporate Affairs team. The primary focus of this position is to administer the end to end event approval process of low and medium impact events on CN road, park and beach reserves.

As the successful candidate you will also assist the team with the approval process for high impact events, and will provide support in the project management, procurement and coordination of CN run and partnered events, as well as liaising with external event operators regarding expressions of interest.

Additionally, you’ll assist with communication responses, public consultations, stakeholder meetings, development of digital content, application forms and templates, and revising operational process.

At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

To be successful in this job you will have:

• Relevant qualifications in administrative support, statutory licencing, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Highly developed computer literacy including Microsoft Office and experience in the use of electronic documentation management systems, financial systems, and events database management, bookings and reports.
• Experience in the assessment and licencing of events on road reserve, park reserve and beach reserve against local government policy and relevant state legislation.
• Demonstrated ability to operate within defined budgets and timeframes to meet operational and financial targets, to work productively as a member of a team to achieve work targets and objectives effectively and efficiently, and to communicate effectively with internal and external customers and negotiate positive outcomes.
• Be willing and able to work in a dynamic and fluid environment with the flexibility to work outside regular business hours during the evening and on weekends.

Other valuable skills you may have:

• Experience in Local, State or Federal Government Events Sector.
• Experience in undertaking risk assessments and/or knowledge of risk assessment procedures.
• Web content management system knowledge.
• Current C Class drivers’ licence.

Sound like the perfect job for you? Apply Now!

City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.

All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

To view the full position description please click here.

Application Closing Date: Sunday, 1 November 2020.

Remuneration: $71,254 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35 hour week.

Contact: Ryan Tranter, Program Manager – City Events, 02 4974 2817.