Event & Partnership Coordinator

• Leading National Industry Association, celebrating 80-years of operation this year!
• Part-time, flexible hours opportunity, Newcastle location
• Generous employee benefits

The Organisation:
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) is the official body of Australia’s home building industry. As the only national industry association for Australian building professionals, we represent the interests of the housing industry at regional and national levels. We have been representing the Australian housing industry for 80 years. Our vision remains the same, to be an association that speaks with a united voice on industry issues and creates real change, providing quality services at the lowest cost and working with the sector to maintain high standards.
Overview:
The Event & Partnership Coordinator assists with the coordination and delivery of a wide range of industry events, including the prestigious HIA Housing Awards program, and member information sessions and social events; ensuring that these events meet the needs of HIA members and are aligned with HIA member engagement strategies and budget parameters. The Event & Partnership Coordinator will ensure the smooth running of HIA events in the region.
Key responsibilities:

In collaboration with the wider team develop and deliver a high quality events program that supports the HIA strategic plan at a national & regional level:

• Manage, promote and expand the HIA Awards program;
• Achieve defined and agreed targets (KPI’s) for the events programs including award entries, event attendee numbers, overall program expenditure, and gross profit for allocated events;
• Secure and grow partnership revenue in line with budget and agreed partnership development initiatives to ensure profitability of events and other partnership funded activities.

The ideal applicant will have the qualities of:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong organisational and time management skills;
• Proven track record in managing and delivering quality events programs;
• Ability to handle conflicting priorities, multi task, and meet deadlines without sacrificing attention to detail.

Please refer the Job description for details