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Employment Status: Fixed term (12-month maternity leave)
Days & Hours of Work: Full time totalling 38 hours per week
Competitive Salary: Band 6 - $98,867.71 p.a. + 11.5% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

The position is responsible for the delivery of Council’s suite of community events, including Christmas Carols. The role also establishes Bayside as a sector leading events and filming destination. Reporting to the Coordinator Recreation and Events, this role encourages a strong sense of community and pride.

You will be responsible for:

• The delivery of Councils major events portfolio
• Oversite of contracts to ensure safe and inclusive community events
• Reviewing and permitting event applications on Council land
• Developing Bayside as a preferred filming destination
• High quality internal and external customer service

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• Tertiary qualification in Events Management or other related discipline
• Experience with planning, coordinating and permitting community events, preferably in a Local Government context
• Experience working with community groups
• Contract management experience
• Awareness of risk management and safety protocols and legislation relating to events and filming

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check 

What we can offer you in return: 

• A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel
• A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantiable and climate aware living

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description
2. Provide a cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role
3. Click Apply to submit your application
4. If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager

Applications close: Thursday 21 November, 11:55pm

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any question, please contact David Nankervis on 03 9599 4838 or via email dnankervis@bayside.vic.gov.au

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.