Events and Functions Officer

Description:

Description

Wollongong City Council -

Events And Functions Officer

Permanent Part time - 28 hours per week

Salary from $45.13 up to $51.60 per hour plus superannuation (Salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications)

At Wollongong City Council we have a steadfast commitment to creating an Extraordinary Wollongong. We are in an exciting period of transformation and focused on delivering exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community.

Our strength is the diversity of our people. Together our responsibility is to create an inclusive place where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. We lead with courage, openness and curiosity. Our conversations and actions celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging. Learn more about us here.

About The Role

We are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced Events and Functions Officer to join our team. This position requires someone that has experience in the coordination and delivery of a variety of events including outdoor community events, functions and civic receptions.

As part of the Events Team, this position is also active in providing an event concierge service to external event organisers, supporting them through the approval process and facilitating stakeholder engagement.

This position is diverse in responsibility and will require you to work closely with multiple stakeholders and event organisers to collectively advance and promote Wollongong as a major event city.

In this role you will:

• Coordinate and deliver a wide range of community events including New Year's Eve Celebrations and/or Australia Day community events
• Coordinate and deliver a variety of civic receptions, functions and other medium sized events
• Provide support to groups and organisations looking to hold events in Wollongong. .
• Facilitate the event approval process for external events
• Work closely with key stakeholders and agencies.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to use and expand your event management skills and experience by contributing to an extraordinary Wollongong. You will broaden your understanding of the role Local Government plays in our community.

Benefits of working at Council:

• We provide flexible working arrangements such as flex- you just need to ask!
• We are value-led, support and encourage personal and professional growth, recognise and reward performance and embrace change.
• We provide generous leave provisions including 5 weeks annual leave per year of service
• Long Service Leave after 5 years
• We are committed to providing a safe working environment for all, (everyone, every day and everywhere) and make available wellbeing programs to support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our staff to be at their best.
• Access to Fitness Passport
  
  
  

Interested?

• For more information, click on Apply to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's E-recruitment site.
• You will be prompted through the application to answer the essential requirements as outlined on Page 3
• Contact Vera Cvetkoski, Events Team Leader on (02) 4227 7061
  
  
  

Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday 12 May 2024

We encourage applications from everyone regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability or gender identity. People with disability are encouraged to reach out so they can be supported in recruitment processes, to enable them to demonstrate their skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job.

Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.

Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Criminal History and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.