Resource Planner

Full-time, permanent role
- (South Wharf CBD location) with flexible work options available
- Employer of Choice winner four years in a row

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) is the home of unconventional. At MCEC we do things a little differently. We bring fresh ideas and imagination to every event. We happily turn concepts on their head to make each experience momentous.

We welcome events of all shapes and sizes, from board meetings and small celebrations through to conventions, gala dinners, exhibitions, and concerts. Our doors are open for events and moments that connect us - in person, virtual or hybrid, and everything in between.

Our city is our inspiration, located in the vibrant South Wharf precinct, just a stroll along the Yarra River. Melbourne is on show at MCEC - in architecture and design, food and hospitality, AV technology, Customer Service, location, and views.

**About the role**

Effectively and efficiently roster staff, ensuring all event requirements are adequately staffed with appropriately skilled personnel.

Liaise with the department’s Service Managers and Sales and Productions Planners to ensure all events always have appropriate staffing for smooth delivery of event requirements.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Assist with all facets in the creation of rosters for applicable employees across MCEC
- Co-ordinate the rostering of all casual employees to ensure they are rostered in accordance with the Enterprise Agreement and guidelines as laid down by People and Culture
- Drive the utilisation of MCEC employees over agency staff by identifying opportunities to maximise hours available to employees across disciplines
- Work with Department Managers to avoid employees working excessive hours or consecutive days and ensure they have appropriate breaks between shifts
- Support the Training Coordinators by actively communicating key information related to employee suitability to complete specific roles.
- Attends inter-departmental meetings as necessary or as requested by the Workforce Scheduling Manager
- Liaise with the department’s Service Managers and Sales and Production Planners
- Maintain effective utilisation of staff on an event-by-event basis
- Efficient rostering of labour (includes MCEC staff and agency)
- Coordinate interdepartmental rostering through consultation with department managers
- Communicate with casual employees regarding individual rostering issues

**Qualifications, knowledge, and Experience**:
**Essential**
- Experience in producing a weekly and/or fortnightly roster
- Sound conceptual and analytical skills together with a proven track record
- Ability to recognise and meet deadlines
- Proficient with Microsoft Office 2010
- Experience with EBMS

**Desirable**
- Possession of an appropriate tertiary qualification

**Working at MCEC**

At MCEC we encourage ideas and imagination and support our people to be inspirational. Whatever your role, we'll foster the development of skills, insights, and leadership. You'll be working in a Melbourne icon, with a welcoming and supportive team. And there are many other benefits - 14 weeks paid parental leave; flexible work options; purchased leave; employee discounts; onsite restaurants, cafes, and parking; and South Wharf and the city at our doorstep. We are diverse, inclusive, and collaborative.

Built on the banks of the Birrarung (Yarra River), Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Narrm, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and to Elders of all First Nations communities that visit MCEC.

We recognise the significance of the Birrarung to Traditional Owners as a life source and a meeting place and seek to honour a 40,000 year tradition of building community and exchanging ideas on these lands.