Senior Florist And Events Coordinator

The Beautiful Bunch

Senior Florist and Events Coordinator 

The Beautiful Bunch is a Brunswick East, Melbourne-based floral delivery service bringing joy through flowers and creating jobs for women from refugee backgrounds. We are a social enterprise, offering training and employment opportunities to young women who are experiencing challenges to finding employment. Our purpose is to support our trainees to build the confidence, skills, and social networks needed to find meaningful work and begin the path to achieving their dreams. 

We are hiring a talented Events Coordinator with a passion for making a positive difference in the lives of the young women we work with. As the only social enterprise florist in Australia working with young women from refugee backgrounds, it is crucial that you share our vision and values to contributing to a better world for people and the planet.  

Experience and Skills We Are Looking For:

• Background or previous experience as a Senior Florist, particularly in event floristry
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and ability to pivot when priorities change
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work on feet for long hours and physically able to meet event floristry requirements
• Highly organised and independent with ability to multi-task and prioritise
• Good balance of creative and technical skills

Key Responsibilities, General Role:
Oversee all processes pertaining to the booking of The Beautiful Bunch events
including, but not limited to, the following:

• Sending quotes and responding to enquiries in a timely manner
• Ensuring payment of clients is made in a timely manner, always prior to event day 
• Professional communication with all clients and staff 
• Organising internal staff in such a way that ensures smooth event execution
• Maintaining robust stock management of all items required to execute events 
• Conceptualising mood-boards and design elements required for booking and executing events
• Accurate budgeting for wholesale flowers required for all events, plus studio stock when needed 

Senior Florist
The following duties, including, but not limited to:

• Conceptualise and create beautiful floral arrangements for both retail and event florals 
• Process orders and maintain customer service to the highest standards
• Liaise with suppliers and be confident in making flower purchases at market
• Assist with inventory control, ensuring we neither run out of nor waste stock 
• Contribute to the organised, orderly and smooth running of daily operations 
• Collaborate with and carry out instructions as given by The CEO and Studio
  Manager 

About You

• Strong believer in BB’s vision and values - this is crucial! We are looking for someone for whom this would be a dream job and who is committed to making the world a better place for young women
• Systematic, creative, and methodical with a problem-solving approach
• Proactive, takes initiative
• Must have full license and own vehicle 

Only applicants with a cover letter will be considered.