Lead Event Professional

4 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia beBeeEvent Full time $80,000 - $120,000
Event Manager Job Opportunity

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Events Manager to join our team.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who's ready to lead impactful events in a purpose-driven organisation.

  • Manage end-to-end delivery of national and state-based events, including conferences, gala dinners, awards nights and webinars, across physical, digital, and hybrid formats.

You'll be responsible for curating event programs, managing event committees, overseeing venue selection, catering, AV, digital platforms, managing key sponsor and stakeholder relationships, coordinating travel and accommodation logistics for speakers and staff, leading onsite event execution with precision and professionalism, delivering awards show production and gala dinner logistics, monitoring budgets, tracking KPIs, and completing post-event evaluations and reporting.

This role requires 3-5 years' experience in event management, ideally within associations, conferences, or complex event environments. You should have demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities, strong skills in program development and committee management, proven experience negotiating with suppliers and managing key relationships, proficiency in Microsoft Office and event platforms such as Evexus, Jomablue or Aventri, digitally savvy mindset and interest in evolving event technologies, excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, ability to work autonomously while contributing to a collaborative team culture, and willingness to travel and work flexible hours during event periods.

About the Role

In this role, you will contribute to the delivery of Ozwater, the largest water conference and exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere, working closely with internal teams, sponsors, volunteers, and suppliers to ensure outstanding outcomes.

Key Responsibilities
  • End-to-end event delivery
  • Curate event programs
  • Manage event committees
  • Oversee venue selection
  • Catering and AV management
  • Digital platform management
  • Sponsor and stakeholder relationship management
  • Travel and accommodation coordination
  • Onsite event execution
  • Awards show production and gala dinner logistics
  • Budget monitoring and KPI tracking
  • Post-event evaluation and reporting
  • State-based event delivery
  • Ozwater planning and execution
What We're Looking For

We are looking for a candidate with 3-5 years' experience in event management, ideally within associations, conferences, or complex event environments. The ideal candidate should have:

  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
  • Strong skills in program development and committee management
  • Proven experience negotiating with suppliers and managing key relationships
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and event platforms such as Evexus, Jomablue or Aventri
  • Digitally savvy mindset and interest in evolving event technologies
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Ability to work autonomously while contributing to a collaborative team culture
  • Willingness to travel and work flexible hours during event periods
Benefits

We offer a diverse and purpose-driven team united by a shared goal to inspire positive change, a supportive, inclusive, and forward-thinking culture, flexible work arrangements, time off in lieu to support work-life balance, access to professional development and mentorship, wellbeing initiatives that prioritise your health, and birthday leave.

Join us in making a positive impact through events

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