- Macquarie Park location
- Great opportunity to work within a supportive team
- Permanent role, full time role
As the Event & Partnership Coordinator, your primary role will be to assist coordinate & deliver an effective, profitable and professional events program in the Sydney and Illawarra/ Central West areas that supports the HIA regional events plan. You will also be the first point of contact for all our members regarding our Sydney and Illawarra based events and awards program. You will also liaise with venues, presenters, partners and facilitate our webinars.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assist in the program development, co-ordination and running of all NSW events
- Coordinate the administration of all Sydney and Illawarra/Central West Events
- Assist in securing partnership revenue
- Work with internal departments to develop promotional material for events
- Handle member queries and promotional efforts for upcoming events
- Source suitable venues and suppliers
- Negotiate venue and supplier rates to ensure event expenditure is within budget in conjunction with the Events and Partnership Manager
- Liaise with key stakeholders for events including venues, partners (sponsors), speakers, external contractors, and members
- Attend all events in Sydney Metropolitan and the Illawarra/Central West regions as required
- Coordinate and execute the delivery of our webinars
- Assist in the delivery of partnership benefits relating to NSW events in conjunction with the Events and Partnership Manager.
- Other duties as directed by the Events and Partnership Manager and Deputy Executive Director.
To be successful, you will require:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Excellent administration skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to handle conflicting priorities, multitask, and meet deadlines
- Ability to work within a team environment and independently
- Motivated, energetic, and enthusiastic
- Maintain a professional appearance at all times
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Experience with virtual events will be highly regarded
- Experience with EventsAir will be highly valued
As this is an entry level position, this role would be ideal for someone in the early stages of their events career or someone with exceptional administration skills who is looking for career change and is interested in pursuing a career in corporate events.
A full job description can be found in the Careers section of the HIA website, Careers at HIA.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application by clicking on the link to apply before 12 May 2022.
HIA employees enjoy a variety of benefits including the option to purchase up to two weeks annual leave per calendar year, salary sacrifice arrangements, study assistance program, paid maternity leave, and group insurance cover. Eligibility requirements apply.