Events & Community Lead

Carlisle Homes is a proud, Australian-owned business with a mission to make lives better. The pride in our brand comes from the impact that we have in building homes for Australian families. What we do is special; building homes, strengthening communities, and being part of creating a new Victoria is something we wear with pride.

The Role

Our Events & Community Lead will report to the GM People & Culture and sit within the People Team.This role has ultimate responsibility for bringing our culture to life through Carlisle’s extensive and sophisticated events calendar, community partnerships, and supplier network activations.

You’ll design and deliver initiatives that connect, engage, and inspire, while supporting activations across the broader business.

What You’ll Do

- Lead the end-to-end management of Carlisle’s internal events program—including Town Halls, conferences, award ceremonies, and social celebrations.These engagements are of substantial budgets so appreciation for cost management is essential.
- Create engaging agendas, themes, and experiences that reflect Carlisle’s culture and values.
- Manage event logistics, budgets, and supplier partnerships to deliver seamless, high-quality outcomes.
- Partner with Marketing to align internal storytelling and employer branding via LinkedIn and other event communication channels
- Manage all community engagement initiatives, charity partnerships, and corporate giving programs specifically with our primary charity Partner, LifeChanger.
- Contribute to the People & Culture engagement strategy and support activations across the business.

About You

- You’re an experienced internal events professional who knows how to design and deliver experiences that foster connection and reflect our thriving culture.
- You’ll bring strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
- A confident communicator, you excel at stakeholder engagement, and building professional relationships across diverse groups.
- Creative and solutions-focused, you can translate high-level concepts into practical plans and deliver them with impact.
- With proven experience in budget management, supplier negotiation, AV/tech management and end to end event execution
- You thrive in collaborative environments and bring a flexible, professional approach to everything you do.
- For the right level of experience, a 4-day work week may be considered.

As a named Great Place to Work (not once, but five times) our commitment to making life better for our people speaks for itself. Here's a snapshot of our perks.

- An industry first, Family Friendly Program to support parents at all stages of the parenting journey including up to 18 week paid parental leave and a $250 baby bonus
- Exciting programs to support financial confidence, mental health and physical wellbeing including a virtual speaker series, Flu vaccinations, skin checks, EAP, wellbeing sessions and so many more
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities to help you reach your full potential - whether through our highly engaging and interactive e-learning platform or formally recognised courses, where here to encourage your long-term growth
- Loyalty days for every year of service equating to one whole weeks extra annual leave after 5 years; and Carlisle Day - an extra day off before Melbourne Cup
- Building discounts, supplier / trade discounts, and retail discounts with 400+ big name brands through our Carlisle Rewards platform
- Parties, award nights, mid-year/end of year events, Family Fun Day… you name it, we celebrate it At Carlisle we believe that celebrations are a time where true connection happens, bringing even more camaraderie to our team.
- Brand new office featuring state of the art workspaces, gaming rooms, massage chairs and a rooftop sports court

If you're seeking a challenging environment, focused on excelling as an individual and working in a vibrant team then this could be the role for you

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