Tamworth Regional Council
Manager - Entertainment Venues
Manager – Entertainment Venues
Location: Tamworth, NSW
THE OPPORTUNITY
- Overall effective management and strategic leadership of Council’s Entertainment Venues’ operations
- Motivate and lead a team of Entertainment Venues staff in a dynamic environment that has delivered 196 unique events across 265 event days and 283 performances or sessions in the last year
- Play a key role in Council’s Entertainment Venues Division where over 75,000 tickets are sold every year
COULD THIS BE YOU?
Do you have a genuine passion and working knowledge of the performing arts and music industry in Australia? Are you experienced in producing cultural events and activities? This could be the opportunity you have been looking for!
Council is seeking a motivated leader who is a passionate and dedicated people person, committed to delivering outcomes for the overall effective management and strategic leadership of Council’s Entertainment Venues’ operations.
You will have extensive experience managing a team, stakeholder engagement and management skills as well as the ability to develop, produce and implement strategic operational plans.
The Manager Entertainment Venues is responsible for:
The overall effective management and strategic leadership of Council’s Entertainment Venues’ operations and activities, including but not limited to:
- Programming
- Venue hire and functions
- Strategic management
- Marketing, promotion and networking
- General administration and producing
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL NEED
- A Degree in Arts & Cultural Management, Event Management, Creative Practice or Producing, Business or similar or equivalent relevant experience
- Driver Licence
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
INTERESTED? WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU!
For a confidential discussion, please contact Peter Ross, Executive Manager Creative Communities & Experiences on 0425 222 612.
Salary range: Grade 23 – $151,318.04 – $163,739.28 per annum including 11.5% superannuation for a 35 hour work week. Salary may be negotiated based on skills, experience and your value to our organisation.
Flexible working arrangements will be considered by mutual agreement and according to operational requirements.
Shortlisted applicants will be required to undertake a Pre-employment Medical Screening including Alcohol & Other Drugs Testing.
Apply Now! Applications Close: 11.59pm Tuesday, 26 November 2024.
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WHY IS IT ‘WORTH’ WORKING AT TAMWORTH REGIONAL COUNCIL?
For your LIFESTYLE: More time in your day with flexibility for your passions, family or play!
Flexible Work Arrangements: your work/life balance is important to us. Approved by mutual agreement according to operational requirements (examples include condensed hours, job share, 19 day months, 9 day fortnights, time in lieu as approved)
Attractive Leave Options
- Long service leave after five (5) years
- Nine weeks (full pay) paid parental leave, 18 weeks (half pay) paid parental leave
- Three weeks sick leave annually
- Health & Wellbeing leave, Carer’s leave, Domestic Violence leave
- Leave (1 day) for NAIDOC week celebrations for those who identify
For our COMMUNITY: Help create Tamworth tomorrow, leave your mark on our city.
At Council we have the honour of leaving a legacy on our community. We create and enhance world class facilities and events. We develop Tamworth’s economy through investment and infrastructure. We ensure our city is sustainable for future growth and success.
For your CAREER: Boost your career, the sky is the limit.
Council is a giant pathway for forging your career and we prioritise growing our own talent, through training and professional development. Our Educational Assistance Program provides opportunities to pursue study in a higher-level role or related qualification/field.
For BELONGING: Join a family that values team spirit and genuinely cares about your wellbeing.
- Breast feeding friendly workplace
- Ideal location with easy access to cycle or walk to work
- QANTAS Club discounts
- Free entry to Council’s pools
- Health & Wellbeing programs
- Social Club
- Employee Assistance Program for yourself and your immediate family
- Corporate rate gym membership (participating gyms)
- Uniforms subsidised
- Novated leases available to all staff
A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK!
Tamworth Regional Council proudly sits on Kamilaroi Country, the traditional lands of the Gomeroi people, with a large diverse workplace culture with over 650 employees who are proud to service our community.
The Tamworth region is home to over 60,000 people and is a thriving economic and cultural hub in the North West of NSW. Our recently adopted plan for the future of the region, ‘Blueprint 100’, drives strategic vision for growth as a region, as we plan for how the city and the region will sustainably accommodate a population of 100,000 people.
Our people strive to build a great organisational culture fostering our shared values of Teamwork, Equity, Accountability, Customer Orientation and Health and Safety whilst embracing the drive for excellence, innovation and respect.
ABOUT OUR REGION
The Tamworth Regional is a fabulous place to call home boasting the vibrant regional city of Tamworth along with the towns of Manilla, Barraba, Nundle and Kootingal as well as 17 hamlets, villages and rural areas. Located just 4 hours’ drive (or a direct flight) to bustling Sydney and multiple coastal locations within 3-4 hours’ drive, Tamworth is a central hub and a place to enjoy all year round.
Tamworth offers an enviable lifestyle with all the conveniences and services you’d expect from a larger city, coupled with a relaxed pace of life with opportunities to enjoy all that nature has to offer, along with being a great place to raise children, make long term friends and create a professional career.
As the capital of the North West region, Tamworth is home to major health and education centres, affordable housing options to suit all lifestyles, attractive employment and business opportunities with a robust and innovative local economy. In addition, the Tamworth region boasts a proud sporting culture with world class facilities and a supporting community of clubs.
Tamworth Regional Council is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to supporting a diverse, respectful, safe and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and ages including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, people with disabilities and other diversity groups. If you require additional support or any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the application process.
Tamworth Regional Council is committed to promoting the care, protection and safeguarding of children. Applicants should be aware that where relevant, Council may carry out working with children, police records and referee checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.
To learn more about our Commitment to Child Safety Statement and our screening processes, click the link below.
This position has been identified as ‘child related employment’ under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998. Relevant Working With Children Checks and criminal record checks will be conducted to ensure the suitability of recommended applicants. It is an offence under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 for a prohibited person to be employed in this position. A prohibited person is someone who has been convicted of a serious sex offence. Incumbents to this position will be required to make a disclosure as to whether they are or are not a prohibited person.
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