Dates
- Opening Date: 16-Sep-2024
- Closing Date: 29-Sep-2024
Location
- St Lucia Campus
Salary
- Base salary will be in the range $89,861.38 - $96,402.32 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 6)
Responsibilities
- Coordinate external events to promote the institute including planning, logistics and delivery of the TropAg conference, science seminars, webinars, field days, and forums.
- Liaise with the Professional Conference Organisation (PCO) appointed to support the delivery of the TropAg conference to ensure key milestones are being achieved on time and on budget.
- Ensure TropAg partners, sponsors and exhibitor contracts are signed, and work with the PCO to ensure sponsor entitlements are delivered.
- As secretariat for TropAg committees prepare meeting agendas, minutes and track action items for the conference.
- Prepare invitations for TropAg plenary speakers, coordinate symposia and abstract submissions and prepare the conference program.
- Liaise with external suppliers for events including negotiating venue hire, catering, photography, audio-visual requirements to budget and timelines etc.
- Develop an internal and external reporting framework for TropAg including surveys and post-event evaluation reports for committees, hosts, and sponsors.
- Deliver other communication and engagement activities as required by the communications manager.
Requirements
- Qualifications in communications, project management and/or event management or relevant experience is required.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, manage and deliver conferences or high-profile events within a designated budget and timeline.
- Highly effective organisational and planning skills including excellent attention to detail and accuracy, the ability to use initiative, prioritise workloads, solve problems and meet strict deadlines.
- Ability to prepare quality communication materials such as publications, website content and promotional items, sponsorship agreements, and grant proposals, negotiate agreements and ensure sponsorship entitlements are delivered.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from a variety of organisational and cultural backgrounds.
- Highly proficient skills and experience using event and marketing software programs to manage events effectively and create marketing collateral.
- Experience with: editing and maintaining websites using Drupal, WordPress or similar CMS, experience with Vision 6 software or similar to create and send messages to stakeholders, experience with Adobe InDesign graphic design software to create marketing collateral, Experience with EventsAir event management software or similar, and experience with Wrike project management software or similar.
- Knowledge of the agriculture industry and/or university research sectors is desirable.
Benefits
- 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
- 17% superannuation contributions
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
- Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
- UQ Study for Staff
- On campus childcare options
- Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)
- Salary packaging options
Notes
- The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia, criminal check, education check etc.
- You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.