Manager - Marketing, Communications & Events

**Full Time / Ongoing**

**Classification: GO8 ($113,868) + Superannuation)**
- Excellent opportunity to lead our focused Marketing, Communications & Events team whose aim is to build trust, confidence and connection with our community and stakeholders
- Based at the modern Playford Operations Centre, just 30 minutes north of the Adelaide CBD
- Attractive salary and benefits including salary packaging, income protection, free onsite parking and a strong health & wellbeing focus including corporate discount on health cover and gym memberships & employee assistance program

**About Us...**

**How would you like to work in an environment where you're encouraged to bring your whole**
**self to the workplace and be responsible for the decisions you make?**
- Council focused on building city and community foundations.
- Here for our rapidly growing, diverse and resilient community.
- Engaged and connected workplace environment.

As one of the fastest growing council areas in South Australia, the City of Playford is focused on building city and community foundations and places the community at the heart of everything we do. With our urban centre as the CBD of Northern Adelaide, our city is enriched by growing and diverse communities in new and established suburbs, rural and hills townships and horticultural lands.

The work that we do and the decisions that we make are in the best interests of the whole and contribute to a sustainable organisational future. Modelling open decision making, we provide a supportive and collaborative environment where employees feel engaged and connected to the work of the organisation, to each other, and the community.

**About the role...**

This position leads an integrated, adaptable and highly focused team that delivers best practice marketing, communications and activations that build trust, confidence and connection with our community and stakeholders.

The position requires a contemporary leader that is a highly organised and focused communications planner who facilitates an engaged, creative and integrated team environment. The role develops work practice and systems, and ensures the correct tools and platforms are in place, to enable the delivery of planned and impactful marketing, communications and events that have clear objectives and strategic alignment. In addition, the position understands the value of, and embeds into team practice, the use of data and insights to help design, plan and evaluate campaigns, plans, programs and events.

**About You...**

You are someone who thrives on seeing your team in flow and enjoy working with them to plan and deliver activities across a range of reactive and strategically planned opportunities. As a natural collaborator, you build high valued relationships between the team and partners and support the management of key working relationships with the CEO and Council. You are motivated by achieving outcomes that strengthen Council’s connection with its community and stakeholders.

As a part of the Leadership Team, you will need to meet the following Leadership expectations:

- At it's heart, it is about serving others and not yourself;
- Choosing to take responsibility for yourself, the work and the Organisation as a whole;
- Creating the conditions to give the best chance for people to bring their true selves to work;
- Make decisions that are in the best interest of a sustainable Organisational future;
- Make decisions that are in the best interest of the whole, not improving one area at the expense of others;
- Add value to the people around you everyday;
- Reflect on your behaviour and actions first before others and be open to changing yourself.

In addition, we are seeking applicants who possess the following:

- Extensive experience in leading and coaching high performing, highly engaged, resilient and integrated teams and driving a positive and focused team environment;
- Demonstrated ability to develop systems of work that enable and support a planned, integrated and responsive delivery of work (across strategic campaign delivery and operational delivery), while having agility to manage reactive opportunities.;
- Highly developed strategic marketing, communications and project management skills;
- Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing and evaluating successful marketing and communication strategies and campaigns across platforms, channels and tools;
- Have an excellent understanding of how to use marketing tools and techniques, including leveraging events, to increase the visibility, profile and reputation of an organisation;
- Experience in using data and insights to drive and evaluate strategies, content, projects and service delivery;
- Exceptional and engaging verbal and written communications skills for different audiences and stakeholder groups;
- Demonstrated ability to understand the strategic landscape and translate to ensure the team’s work is aligned and supports the delivery of Council’s Strat