Events Coordinator

Do you have a passion for delivering high-quality and rewarding events? Use your skills and experience to support a purpose-driven organisation where you can make a real difference.
- Supportive, successful and passionate team environment
- Inspiring vision - based at Bedford Park (Flinders Medical Centre)
- Full-time permanent role

**Who the Company is?**

Working together to prevent, cure and care.

That simple sentence sums up Flinders Foundation’s purpose - to work together with individuals and organisations in the community to support health and medical research and improve patient care across the Flinders medical precinct. Together, they raise vital funds to support the leading clinicians and researchers across Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University to make medical discoveries and improve the care available to patients and their families. Flinders Foundation has strong values and takes a team-based approach to achieving success and celebrating success together with donors, supporters and beneficiaries.

**What you will be doing and will be responsible for**:
The Events Coordinator will report directly to the Events Manager and work closely with the wider team to support the delivery of high-quality events that generate new supporters and engage existing supporters of Flinders Foundation.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Support the Events Manager with planning and implementing events.
- Develop relationships with supporters, partners and stakeholders to successfully plan and deliver events.
- Secure items to support event fundraising plans, including auction items and prizes.
- Help develop and maintain event budgets, ensuring events meet and/or exceed agreed financial targets.
- Assist in the development of communications to event stakeholders.
- Coordinate the creation of marketing materials, digital communications and event activities.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and requirements, as well as organisational policies and procedures.
- Identify and report risks and hazards to the Events Manager and/or Head of Operations.
- Perform all administration tasks associated with the role in a timely and effective manner.
- Maintain the integrity of all supporter information in Flinders Foundation’s database, ensuring all records are accurate, comprehensive and up to date.
- Manage the recruitment, onboarding and engagement of volunteers for events.
- Manage use of the systems and online platforms associated with events.

**‘What you look like’ and need to demonstrate to be successful’.**
- 2+ years prior relevant experience in a events role within a fundraising environment or similar business.
- Highly competent in the use of MS Suite Office Applications and Outlook as well as exposure to database software.
- Sound problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships across a highly diverse group of stakeholders.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to be creative, innovative and flexible and readily accommodate change.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Hold a current Driver’s Licence.
- Flexibility to work outside of ordinary hours such as evenings and weekends.
- Passionate about the company vision and values and genuine desire to improve the health of our community.
- Ability to inspire people to support Flinders Foundation.

**Why consider working for the Flinders Foundation?**
- Be part of purpose driven business passionate about their vision.
- Supportive leadership team and structure to support professional development and growth.
- Opportunity to make a significant difference.
- Supportive, values-based team environment, with inspiring work and projects.
- Discounted carparking rate.
- Salary packaging.

**Sound like you?