AddressAbout Us
Mornington Peninsula Shire is Victoria's destination municipality, characterised by unique townships, highly productive agriculture, world renowned landscapes, tourist regions, and areas of national and international conservation significance within a vital Green Wedge.
The Shire is responsible for a broad range of infrastructure and community services that support the wellbeing and prosperity of our diverse community. With approximately 900 employees, it is a busy and vibrant workplace.
What’s on Offer
- Work Life Balance –We offer a hybrid working model, flexible working arrangements and generous leave provisions.
- Career – Opportunity to grow and develop with excellent learning and development opportunities. Band 5 $75,386.55 per annum (excl super).
- Job Satisfaction – Have a meaningful impact on the community by contributing to achieve positive outcomes across the Mornington Peninsula Shire
About the Role
Enrich the culture and liveability of the Mornington Peninsula in this exciting role. We are seeking an innovative, experienced event professional to join the talented Destinations, Recreation and Community Connection team to help make the peninsula a significant event destination. The primary purpose of the Peninsula Events Officer is to support the development, delivery, and evaluation of Shire’s program of internal, community and commercial festivals and events.
Reporting to the Coordinator Peninsula Events the core responsibilities include:
- With key stakeholders, deliver an annual calendar of events which meet Council and Corporate plan objectives and seek to meet local tourism and economic development goals.
- Collaborate with internal departments to deliver both internal facing and community focused events.
- With the communications team, develop creative promotional campaigns which target key audiences identified in the event planning stage.
- Maintain positive working relations with staff, members of the general public and key stakeholders.
- Ensure the implementation of safety and risk management systems across all festival and events activities.
About You
- Experience successfully working with teams to deliver a range of events, including corporate, community and/or commercial events.
- Experience working with contractors, staff, and performers at-site, ensuring that events run smoothly and safely.
- Understanding of the safety requirements critical to successful event delivery
- Drive and commitment to continuous improvement.
- Collaborative and team focused.
How to Apply
If this role sounds like you, click 'Apply'.
The Mornington Peninsula Shire is committed to creating a diverse and safe environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and Child Safe employer. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
Mornington Peninsula Shire undertakes a variety of employment screening checks. This includes employment references, Working with Children Checks and National Police Checks.
Applicants must have valid Australian work rights.
For further information about the role, you can download the Position Description by clicking 'Apply'. For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact: Amanda Jacobs, Coordinator Peninsula Events, 0434 473 ***.
Applications Close: 6pm, Thursday, 23 May 2024.
