Venue Planning Manager

**Job no**: 493746
**Work type**: Full time ongoing
**Location**: Melbourne - CBD
**Categories**: Presenter Services
- Seeking an experienced arts/events professional with exceptional interpersonal skills
- Optimise venue utilisation and help manage the program mix within our iconic venues
- Full time ongoing position

**About the Role**

As Venue Planning Manager, you will assist the Head of Venue Planning by managing venue hire enquiries, bookings and diary planning for the various venues at Arts Centre Melbourne, with a particular focus on Hamer Hall. You’ll work with the Account Management team to ensure accurately detailed handovers occur and address presenter and event issues as they arise. Other responsibilities will include advising on, evaluating and budgeting for new opportunities, managing performing arts projects, contributing to ongoing process improvements, and supporting the wider event delivery teams.

**Full time ongoing position. Band 4.1 Salary $97,159.92 p.a. plus superannuation.**

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**Your Qualifications, Skills and Experience**
- Relevant qualification in arts, event or venue management, or equivalent professional experience in the entertainment industry, event or venue management.
- Advanced understanding of event delivery processes in a major performing arts environment, and ability to identify and implement continuous process improvements
- Exceptional attention to detail and time management/prioritisation skills
- Exceptional ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated capability and initiative in the planning and facilitation of events with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously
- Ability to deliver a high level of customer service with a proactive approach to problem solving
- Demonstrated ability to identify and maximise commercial opportunities
- Competent in using Ungerboeck (Momentus), Microsoft Office suite, DocuSign and Adobe programs
- Established relationships with relevant industry networks, Presenters, promoters, artists and commercial partners is desirable

**About the Team**

The Presenter Services team is responsible for the effective planning, sales and event management of activities by all hirers of Arts Centre Melbourne venues, as well as exploring opportunities for business growth and collaboration with our Presenters.

**About Arts Centre Melbourne**

Arts Centre Melbourne acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we gather, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung. We also acknowledge the neighbouring Kulin Nation groups, the Boonwurrung and Bunurong people, and pay our respects to elders, past and present.

Beneath our iconic Spire, in Hamer Hall and at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, we showcase the best of Australian and international performing arts.

Together with our own program of performances, events and activities we offer a diversity of audiences a distinctly multidimensional approach to participation, education and entertainment.

We are now focused on Reimagining Arts Centre Melbourne as part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to transforming the Melbourne Arts Precinct into a thriving, connected creative and civic space over the coming years.

For a glimpse into working at Arts Centre Melbourne click here.

**Enjoy Team Member Benefits**

As a valued member of our ensemble, you will enjoy:

- Complimentary tickets
- Discounts at food & beverage outlets
- Discounted commuter benefits and onsite parking
- Access to wellbeing activities and learning and development programs
- Free access to Employee Assistance Programs which includes specific support to our First Nations team members via their I-CARE program and providing specific counsellors for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and People of Colour.

**Employment at Arts Centre Melbourne is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check.**

**Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia**.** Arts Centre Melbourne is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer**.

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**Advertised**: 22 Aug 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 08 Sep 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time