Rolleston, New Zealand

Reference: 6699023

About the Role
The Community Services & Facilities Group is the externally facing group of Selwyn District Council that facilitates and delivers community opportunities, experiences, services and programmes to build the capacity, connection, and overall well-being of the community.
This is achieved through services and programmes including aquatics, arts, culture and lifelong learning, community and economic development activities, community centres and halls, events, funding, libraries/service centres, and sports and fitness activities.
As our Senior Venue and Events Coordinator, you will play an important part in growing community usage across our network of facilities by supporting the Operations Manager with day-to-day activities such as scheduling maintenance, tracking budget spend, event management and venue presentation. This role is primarily based out of the Lincoln Events Centre.
You'll also be responsible for:

• Responding to customer enquiries and bookings.
• Getting things ready, setting up and packing down the hired spaces.
• Administrative tasks such as invoicing, marketing and communication.
• Building positive relationships customers and colleagues.

About you
Motivated and a great communicator you have experience working with a wide variety of customers and enjoy building purposeful relationships. You are organised and practical with an understanding of facility operation and demonstrable experience in event management and delivery.
You will also be able to:

• Experience in delivering high quality events and facility management.
• Be digital savvy, with the ability to learn new technology quickly while having experience with Microsoft Office.
• Be confident and resilient team player with positive attitude and sense of humour.
• Hold a Full Driving License

What we can offer
For several years Selwyn has been experiencing rapid and sustained economic and population growth. With this growth comes a vibrant community, fantastic facilities and exciting career opportunities!
This role is primarily based out of Lincoln Events Centre, with regular visits to the Community Centres and halls around the district. There's ample parking nearby, flexible working options and a great range of benefits for permanent staff including:

• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Free parking
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Discounts with local and national businesses
• Career coaching and development

Our values are important to all of us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together.
Selwyn District Council honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We value the safety of our young people - this role requires a satisfactory safety check including police vetting. We value the safety of our kamahi - this role requires you to pass a drug and alcohol test.
If you are driven to join an award-winning team and do an exceptional job which contributes meaningfully to the lives of people in Selwyn, we'd love to hear from you.

Applications Close: 15 Dec 2024