Address- Choice of office location - You can be based in picturesque Wonnarua Country, in the Hunter region or in vibrant Gadigal Country, in Redfern.
- Flexible working arrangements available, including a nine-day fortnight.
- Some regional travel is a requirement of this role.
About Us:
Established nearly two decades ago, the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Inc. (NSWICC) was Australia’s first peak representative body for Indigenous business. We are an independent, non-government funded and self-sustained, Indigenous-led organisation, representing 500+ majority-owned, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enterprises. The NSWICC has established a ‘One Stop Shop’ model and suite of services, where Indigenous business owners, government and industry come together to build, develop and grow the Indigenous business sector.
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Marketing & Communications Manager, this role is responsible for the planning, development, and evaluation of high-quality and effective events with a range of stakeholders. We will be delivering several strategic programs over the coming years, and these require a range of high-quality events, in addition to our regular member and partner events.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop an annual forecast of planned events, and an appropriate plan for individual events, including pre and post event activities.
- Develop sponsorship and promotional documentation for specific events.
- Assist the Marketing & Communications Manager in managing all NSWICC events, ensuring the timely promotion of events on all applicable channels.
- Collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure appropriate and successful events.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for external event stakeholders, including delivery partners and venues.
- Act as an event concierge, coordinating meetings, maintaining notes, and ensuring compliance with relevant polices.
- Administer event forecasts, budgets, and costings.
- Assist with general marketing, communications and event administrative tasks.
About You:
An events extraordinaire with an interest in the development of a prosperous and sustainable Indigenous business sector.
To be considered you will need:
- Demonstrated experience in event development, planning and delivery.
- Demonstrated high-level of verbal and written communication, with excellent stakeholder engagement skills at various levels.
- Advanced organisation and planning skills, with a proven ability to conduct research and analysis as required and reach evidence-based conclusions in the event development process.
- Proven ability to work autonomously, maintain high workloads, meet deadlines, and establish priorities, whilst maintaining a high attention to detail.
- Experience in supporting project management activities and seeing tasks through to completion, with a commitment to achieving quality outcomes.
- Demonstrated basic financial administration understanding.
- Demonstrated ability to manage varied and conflicting demands to agreed standards and timelines, show initiative, confidentiality, discretion, punctuality, and reliability.
- Strong work ethic, ability to prioritise projects and a willingness to work outside business hours, including weekends, when required.
- Cultural competence and experience within Indigenous settings and stakeholder groups.
Join Our Team:
For more information about the role, please contact our recruitment panel, by email: *********@nswicc.com.au
To apply, please provide a current resume and a cover letter describing what attracted you to this role and what makes you a strong candidate, either directly through this advertisement or by email: *********@nswicc.com.au
The NSWICC encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, people with caring responsibilities, mature age workers, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and LGBTIQA+ people.
Please note that applications will be assessed as they are received, and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date.
The NSWICC acknowledges the Traditional People of the lands we visit and recognise their continuing connection to the land and water, to the dreaming and all living things. We pay our respects to Ancestors, and the Elders, past, present and future, whose strength and guidance continually nurture us. We pay tribute to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership within our communities, within business, and amongst our youth.
