Event Manager

**Event**Manager**
- Full-time, 12 months fixed term opportunity based in Sydney.**See yourself in our team**

As an integral part of Corporate Affairs, the Event team’s role is to deliver exceptional events that generate inspiring engagement opportunities for our people and support the Bank’s strategic priorities.

The Event Manager role will report to the Business Partner - Events. Our culture is built on passion, collaboration, curiosity, care, courage and commitment.

The Events team delivers exceptional people engagement events to:

- Communicate important messaging across the B ank.
- Deliver exceptional event experiences for our people to drive our engagement goals.
- Provide strategic education and recognition opportunities via the events channel.

You will work closely with the most senior stakeholders and leaders of the Bank to deliver a variety of events and experiences for our people. This is a great opportunity for an event expert who is looking for a role that will allow them to showcase their highly tuned experience and refined skills.

**Your Responsibilities**
- Deliver a wide variety of internally focussed strategic and business events for the Bank’s Executive Leadership team.
- Deliver Recognition and Retention events across the Bank.
- Together with key stakeholders, develop event concepts and deliver complete end to end event management on a variety of event programs that support growth objectives along with business and people engagement goals.
- Build and manage project plans and lead small to medium sized working groups to ensure the delivery of work on deadline and to the highest quality.
- Proactively manage and foster strong relationships to effectively influence complex senior stakeholder grou ps.
- Use event and technology platforms to improve data management and reporting opportunities.
- Ensure all risk and compliance requirements are identified and managed.
- Identify and implement improvements (process, value for money, contract negotiations etc.) to drive greater operating efficiencies and effectiveness for event team.
- Supplier governance - work in conjunction with compliance, risk, procurement and event team members to manage interactions with suppliers & maximise relationship s.
- Develop, maintain, and improve relationships with agencies and external suppliers.
- Nurture the development of existing business partnerships.
- Deliver operational excellence in all facets of event planning and delivery.
- Acutely manage expenses and budgets.

**Your Skills & Experience**
- Exceptional stakeholder management experience and proven ability to influence complex senior stakeholder groups.
- Extensive experience in employee engagement / recognition program planning and execution.
- Deep experience with a large corporate company, finance would be an advantage.
- Ability to manage large volumes of work with competing priorities and deadlines.
- Experience working with constant change and ambiguity and proven ability to manage and deliver as required.
- Work extremely well under pressure and remain calm to make decisions.
- S trategic thinker who can anticipate all tasks, particularly when changes happen.
- Proven e xperience in running virtual and hybrid events and managing all AV and production suppliers and external agencies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Acute attention to detail.
- Experienced at working independently as we as proven ability to work collaboratively to achieve an outcome.
- Experience working with event and creative agencies.
- Extensive experience with Aventri or similar event registration management system s.
- Proficient in MS suite of products, excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills.

**_After hours work and _**_flexibility _**_is _**_required _**_to deliver _**_events _**_. Travel _**_is _**_necessary _**_as and when the event _**_calendar _**_require _**_s _**_. _**

**_Working at CommBank
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- At CommBank, we support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you’re interested in. _

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Advertising End Date: 28/02/2025