Manager, Events – Placemaking Nsw

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Manager Events, Placemaking NSW

Temporary Full Time Opportunity up to 12 months with flexibility

Working from Placemaking NSW office located in the iconic The Rocks precinct.

Clerk Grade 9/10, salary relative to experience and ranges from $116,211 to $128,061 plus super

Placemaking NSW’s vision is to create and care for places people love. Placemaking NSW are transforming and enhancing our most treasured places and spaces. 

Made up of collaborative, creative and committed people, our Place Management Team are seeking a Manager Events to plan, manage and coordinate the successful delivery of events and activations. The role works closely with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistent, compliant, and timely events and activations across The Rocks and Darling Harbour, aligned to business priorities.

What you’ll be doing

Project manage the requirements of Place Management NSW (PMNSW) led programs and projects, coordinating all elements of programming, design, stakeholder management and implementation and providing end to end delivery.

Lead the design and conceptualisation of PMNSW events and activations working with our Creative Agencies and marketing team.

Act as the key point of contact and facilitate requirements of third party event organisers, ranging from small community festivals, through to major commercial events to state significant events, and assist event organisers in navigating and meeting their operational requirements.

Manage working groups on allocated projects, ensuring timelines are established and met, budgets are managed and issues are escalated to the leadership team in a timely manner.

Provide expert advice on event planning, including regulations and guidelines and coordinate all event production, and logistics requirements to ensure the timely delivery of event milestones.

Manage compliance in relation to Development Applications and other consent processes, WHS, risk management, permits and environmental compliance.

Manage and monitor event budgets, including planning, scoping and costing and where appropriate forwarding reconciled accounts to the finance team for invoicing.

Manage event staff including external providers to deliver event activations including the preparation of event briefs, rostering, supervision and mentoring of casual staff, including the Facilities and Event Production provider

The ideal candidate

You will have the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines ensuring attention to detail and delivery within time, cost and quality requirements.

Building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders to influence event planning and delivery and ensure high levels of client satisfaction with event outcomes is key to this role.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive events professional to join the Placemaking Group and a highly regarded and dedicated team.

We are in the middle of delivering the largest transport infrastructure program in Australia’s history. We work across planning, policy and procurement, harnessing data and technology to develop smarter and more adaptive transport solutions.

The Division

The Cities and Active Transport Division ensures our cities and neighbourhoods are integrated with transport and we make our streets and public places functional, beautiful, inclusive, and inviting for all to enjoy.

We do this through creating alignment across government on strategic outcomes and a focus on excellence in placemaking and quality design.

Please note, the Department of Planning & Environment (DPE) currently provides recruitment services to Transport for NSW.

If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including a copy of your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role.

Applications close Monday, 10th April 2022 at 11:55pm.

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

Our Diversity team can assist to:

make adjustments to the recruitment process

offer information about workplace adjustments and support networks