Events Officer

Community Development | Perth Metropolitan
- Closing date: 01/11/2024

**About Us**

**Community Development Directorate**

The City’s Community Development Directorate provides a broad range of facilities, services, projects, and events that directly impact the daily lives of our 243,000 residents and visitors.

The Directorate works to develop safe and vibrant places and deliver services and facilities to support a community that is healthy, welcoming and thriving.

**About the Position**

Are you passionate about event planning and customer experience? We are seeking a dedicated Events Officer to join our Customer and Communications team for a 12-month parental leave contract. This role will work closely with the Events Coordinator to plan, manage, and facilitate City-run and funded events as part of the Arts and Events portfolio. Utilizing your project management and customer service skills, you'll help deliver the City's strategic objectives and support the local events industry.

**Key Responsibilities**

The duties of the Events Officer City Events will include but are not limited to:

- Oversee the City Events portfolio, including sponsored and partnership events, project recognition events and City-owned and led events.
- Develop and facilitate sponsorship opportunities and contracts to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Support event planning and facilitate the approvals process for City Events portfolio in line with City policies and procedures and event industry requirements.
- Develop and implement marketing and communication plans for the City Events portfolio.
- Maintain professional relationships with relevant stakeholders including suppliers, customers, industry bodies etc.
- Negotiate with contracted suppliers and internal partners on technical requirements for the successful delivery of events.

**About You**
- Proven experience as an Events Officer or similar role within local government
- Ability to manage complex and large-scale events in a calm and positive manner
- Committed to delivering high-quality customer experience
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills

For further information, please refer to the position description.

**What We Offer**

The City offers some great benefits including flexibility in when and where you work to ensure a work-life balance. You will also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

- Free parking and easy public transport access
- Free onsite fitness facilities and end of journey facilities
- Superannuation matching of up to 6%
- Professional development opportunities, including training, memberships, and study assistance
- Excellent leave entitlements including annual leave loading and the ability to purchase up to an additional 4 weeks’ annual leave per year
- 50% discount on gym memberships at our Stirling leisure centres - only applicable for perM/Fixed-term employees
- Amazing in-house employee canteen
- Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave
- Employee health and wellness program and initiatives including yearly flu vaccinations
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
- Generous study assistance
- Active social club
- Employee recognition program
- Novated Leasing (where applicable)

This temporary full-time position is a Level 7 Inside Workforce Agreement position which attract a salary from $96,731.43 gross pro rata per annum plus superannuation.

**To be eligible to work for us, you need to provide, or have ability obtain a**:

- A copy of Australian driving licence
- National Police Clearance (valid within the last 3 months)
- Pre-Employment Medical and DAS clearance
- The right to work in Australia

**More about the City**

The City of Stirling is a diverse and thriving local government in Western Australia, with over 243,000 residents, spanning 30 suburbs, the City is a cosmopolitan, multicultural and economic hub.

With over 1,400 employees, the City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.