Reservation & Events Coordinator

**Employment Type**:Temporary Full Time (up to Jan 2026 with potential to extend)
**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 1
**Remuneration**:$84,436 - $112,331 plus Superannuation
**Location**:1 Reserve Road, St Leonards NSW
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ548906
**Closing Date**: Thursday 27 February 2025 (11:59PM)

Join our Front of House team at Ministry of Health for an exciting temporary full-time employment opportunity and be part of the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

**About us**
- We offer robust development and growth support to all our employees, ensuring you have the resources and opportunities to thrive in your career.
- Our core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment are more than just words - they're the guiding principles that shape every aspect of our work.
- Committed to fostering diverse and inclusive workplace for all.

**About the role**

With your skills and experience, you can contribute to the millions of ways we’re enhancing health and wellness while developing your career as part of the largest health organisation in Australia.

The Reservations & Events Co-ordinator role is responsible for the day-to-day management of the town hall space and other large events at 1 Reserve Road, from planning, scheduling, liaising with stakeholders and contractors, purchasing and invoicing. The role will focus on building relationships and working together with the PWE team and other stakeholders to ensure the success of the event. To build relationships our main focus is to adopt a customer focused approach, listening closely to their requirements while sharing our own solutions. For special events or other business requirements, there may also be occasional early starts from 6:30am, and finishing times up to 8:00pm.

Health Manager level 1, starting salary from $84,436 - $112,331 plus Super, with a 38 hour work week.

**What you will do**
- Manage Townhall space and other large events, collaborating with Host and AV team, while continuously look at ways to improve and optimise events.
- Assisting with building tours.
- Manage purchasing and invoicing associated with the Front of House function including catering vendors to ensure accuracy of charges and to ensure that payments are made and recouped in a timely manner.
- End to end event management from client engagement to planning, budgeting, scheduling works, and liaising with stakeholders and contractors.
- Support, collaborate and work together with the wider PWE team and other stakeholders such as the eHealth unified communications and AV teams, building management, security, and cleaning to complete required priorities within a reasonable timeframe.
- Support level 1 with large events and reception to answer telephones and assist with staff and visitors when required.
- Acting as a Fire warden and First Aider when required.

**About you**

We are seeking motivated and committed individuals who can support the work of NSW Health with:

- Tertiary qualifications or equivalent in hospitality or event management with people management and supervisory experience in a customer service environment.
- Demonstrated experience working in a corporate food and beverage environment.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written and ability to liaise with people at all levels.
- Demonstrated high level organisational, time management skills and attention to detail and achieve results with a customer focused approach.
- Ability to work in a team environment, or independently as required with demonstrated capacity to work with mínimal direction.

**How to apply**

At The Ministry of Health, we want you to make the most of the opportunities you’ll get to grow your skills and your career, surrounded by authentic, smart people and leaders.

**Target Questions**
- Demonstrate hospitality and customer service industry experience in meeting room management, event operations or corporate hospitality, including food and beverage.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written and the ability to liaise with people at all levels in when handling unexpected challenges.

C**losing Date: Thursday 27 February 2025 (11:59PM)**

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**Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

At the Ministry of Health, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be an Australian citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia.

**Additional information**
- This is a temporary r