Events Coordinator

Role Spotlight

The Coordinator, Events provides comprehensive advice and support for UMSU staff and student representatives in the creative development and effective delivery of a variety of small to large scale events, in line with best practice guidelines.

Your Key Accountabilities will include:

• Develop, manage and monitor the innovative provision of event services to UMSU staff and student representative departments, supporting the organisation to deliver large-scale events.
• Provide advice and operational support to staff and student representatives in the pre-event consultation and planning, implementation and evaluation of departmental events;
• Ensuring UMSU events meet legislative and policy requirements, while internally continually reviewing and refining processes and procedures
• Providing leadership, development and support to a team of events staff

ABOUT YOU

To succeed in this position, you will possess tertiary qualifications in events management or a related discipline, coupled with extensive experience in the field, or a relevant combination of skills knowledge and/or training. A Working with Children Check will also be required.

Essential to your success will be your proven ability to plan, execute and evaluate large scale events from concept to delivery as well as demonstrated ability to effectively lead and work with cross-functional teams.

You are a passionate, outcome driven and compassionate professional with a cert IV in Training and Assessment and keen for students to get more out of their time at the University.

HOW TO APPLY

If you're eager to play a leading role in the UMSU story, orchestrating events that resonate with every beat of campus life, we can't wait to hear your ideas. Apply now and let's make some noise together! View the position description here. 

This is a full-time ongoing role (35 hours per week), position with a starting base salary of $ 91,464  plus  12% superannuation.

Applications for this position close 5pm Wednesday 28/08/24 and should be addressed to hr@union.unimelb.edu.au

Interviews will commence as soon as we start receiving relevant resumes. Applications should include:

• a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria
• resume
• Applications which fail to address the key selection criteria will not be considered.

All applicants require:

• a valid Employee Working with Children Check or should be willing to get one
• verification of unrestricted work rights in Australia- citizenship, passport, or birth certificate or Visa grant letter.

Applications are open to internal candidates only. UMSU reserves the right to withdraw an advertised position at any stage.

If at any stage of the recruitment and selection process you require an alternative format to the application material or reasonable adjustment to the interview arrangements, please contact us at hr@union.unimelb.edu.au

First Nations people, women, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people across all gender spectrums are  strongly encouraged to apply. 

UMSU is a child safe organisation where  we value diversity, embrace difference, and nurture a connected, safe, and respectful community. UMSU is a proud member of the Australian Network for Disability. We are  committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and safe volunteer and work environment. 

UMSU acknowledges the Wurundjeri  people as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.