Festivals Communications and Partnerships Officer

**Hybrid Working**#LI-Hybrid**:

- **Part-time permanent role, 0.6 FTE (based on 38 hours per week)**:

- **Exciting opportunity to contribute to the marketing, audience engagement and partnerships for our diverse festival program at one of Melbourne’s leading Councils for the arts**:

- **Salary: $97k - $105k + Super (pro rata)**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
We are currently seeking an innovative, passionate and experienced arts communications and partnerships professional to join our dynamic festivals team.

An exciting new role, the Festivals Communications and Partnerships Officer works under the supervision of the Executive Producer Festivals to plan, develop and implement the marketing plans, audience engagement and development functions for the Arts Merri-bek festival program. In addition, the role identifies and maintains strategic partnership and sponsorship relationships across the program.

Arts Merri-bek festivals include the Brunswick Music Festival, Sydney Road Street Party, Glenroy Festival, Fawkner Festa, Coburg Night Market and Carols by the Lake. They are unique events with different audiences and expectations and take place in different environments. Our festivals and events centre Merri-bek’s diverse community and provide opportunities for artists, community participation and celebration.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about community and festivals, speaking to audiences and building partnerships through working collaboratively with a small and dedicated team in a great inner-city Council.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- Demonstrated marketing experience in the arts, festivals, events, film or music industries.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with demonstrable experience in writing and editing for a variety of audiences in a range of mediums with experience and/or interest in engaging with diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to work flexibly, effectively, and cooperatively as part of team in a demanding, fast-paced work environment with competing priorities.
- Demonstrated sponsorship and stakeholder management experience including delivering stakeholder events.
- Ability to deliver quality and innovative outcomes within tight timelines and within budget.
- Ability to think analytically, strategically and creatively.
- Experience in Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign) highly regarded, together with high level computer literacy.

**What the role can offer**:

- The opportunity to work alongside an experienced and collaborative festivals team and contribute to the vibrant Merri-bek community
- A role that is interesting, fast-paced and impactful
- A collaborative working environment that supports work/life balance

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Amber Stuart, Unit Manager Arts and Culture on 9240 2376.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Wednesday, 6 August 2025.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

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