- Fixed term contract for 12 months, Full-time
- $97,099.24 per annum plus Superannuation
- Join the City life team
Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.
The Senior Events and Festivals Officer provides leadership on strategy operations for major events including the award winning Hume Winter Lights Festival, as well as support to events grants and permitting processes.
Provide strategic advice to support the planning and deliver of a vibrant and inclusive events program at one of Melbourne's most exciting Councils.
What you’ll be doing:
- Facilitate the events permitting process (including guidance, information, templates, and support), to ensure that it is in line with statutory and regulatory requirements, in support of community amenity, and accessible to the community.
- Lead the operational planning, delivery, and evaluation an annual program of events (including major festivals, landmark events, minor events and civic events) ensuring events are safe, well managed, accessible and compliant.
- In conjunction with the Coordinator, Events and Festivals lead the development and implementation of event management plans, risk, safety and emergency management plans for Council produced events.
- As required, undertake systematic reviews of key documentation to ensure accuracy, relevance, and alignment to events practice.
- Provide direction and leadership to the Events and Festivals Officer to ensure the successful delivery of operational outcomes.
- Provide strategic advice and support across the organisation in support of the delivery of safe and compliant events.
- Flexibility is required in this role to support the delivery of operational outcomes. There is a regular requirement to work outside of business hours, including after hours and weekends.
The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:
- Extensive knowledge of statutory and regulatory compliance issues as they relate to public events and festivals.
- Proficient in operational planning, delivery, and evaluation of events ensuring they are safe, well managed, accessible, and compliant.
- Extensive experience or significant understanding of permitting requirements for public events, including relevant legislation and regulatory requirements, and the demonstrated ability to communicate these requirements to the public and build their capacity to achieve them.
- A demonstrated ability to identify, assess, prepare, and implement risk management protocols for events and festivals.
- Significant experience in operational management of major events and festivals including recent, relevant experience in organising and managing public events and festivals and in the implementation of safe working practices in the events industry.
- Excellent communication and engagement skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings, develop networks and represent Council positively in relation to event permitting, planning and delivery.
- Proven ability to develop rapport and maintain effective working relationships community and commercial event organisers, volunteers, and contractors.
- Strong project management skills and experience, including planning, delivery and evaluation of projects, events, and festivals.
- Flexibility is required in this role to support the delivery of operational outcomes. This includes a regular requirement to work outside of business hours, including after hours and weekends.
Required Certifications & Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualifications in events management (or related discipline), or lesser formal qualifications with substantial relevant experience
- Current driver’s licence.
Why Hume City Council?
A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:
We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.
We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.
We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.
All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.
We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check. #LI-Hybrid
