Events Coordinator (Qld)

• Seeking a driven events professional with strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to service excellence
• Full Time, fixed term (to October 2025) role based at our Brisbane campus

About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

About the role:

As the Events Coordinator, you will be responsible for the management and delivery of local and national ACU events such as Open Day, high profile external stakeholder events, virtual events and Honorary Doctorate events and on the day coordination of graduations. Reporting to the National Manager and as a member of the Events team, you'll be responsible for events hosted by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and President (OVCP) and creating internal connections with directorates and departments in order to provide event support. Working with a range of stakeholders from service providers through to high level executive of the university, the successful applicant must maintain a high level of service excellence and a positive and professional attitude.

More specifically the role entails:

• end to end planning and coordination of events including but not limited to Brisbane and Canberra Open Days, high profile stakeholder events involving members of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and President
• project coordination working with internal and external service providers, clients and stakeholders, and a willingness to work collaboratively within the Events team and the wider Marketing and External Relations department
• high level of attention to detail, professionalism and willingness to learn
• Motivation to develop and nurture internal stakeholder relationships
• university protocol experience or similar experience in government role with appreciation to learn
• budget management
• experience with event management systems such as Cvent/Swoogo and virtual event systems such as Teams webinar.
• travel where applicable including but not limited to ACU's Canberra campus

The preferred applicant must be flexible with hours and be prepared to work outside of hours when needed and within reason.

For full position details, refer to the position description.

Contact:

General enquiries can be sent to Karina Dunne, National Manager (Events) at: karina.dunne@acu.edu.au

What we offer:

• The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
• Total remuneration valued to $117,590 - $127,214 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $99,365 - $107,498 (pro rata) pa (HEW 7), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
• 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
• Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
• As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.

How to Apply:

Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process

Step 2: Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:

• resume (maximum 3 pages).
• responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
• brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)

Acting in truth, ACU is dedicated to the dignity of the human person through equitable and respectful opportunities for everyone. ACU can offer support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process.

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Advertised: 20-MAR-2024

Applications close: 07-APR-2024 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.