Events Contracts Adviser | Kaitohutohu Kirimana Ahurea

• Are you an approachable and social person with a passion for manaakitanga and forming relationships?
• Use your contracts management experience to help deliver amazing events in Whakatū

·       $77K-81K per annum + health insurance + generous leave provisions

Our Community Partnerships team is focused on engaging and developing our community. We’re looking for an Events Contracts Adviser to join our Events team.

About the role

This role is a great mix of event advisory and contract management, along with hands-on event coordination when required. You will provide expert advice on event management to our community so they can deliver great events. You’ll manage our events contracts and contractors and support the promotion of Council events through marketing tasks.

About you

Your natural ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders combined with your excellent organisational skills will enable efficient implementation, monitoring and recording of contracts and agreements.

We’re looking for an outgoing, solution-focussed person who is highly motivated, self-managing, enthusiastic and knowledgeable about event planning and event delivery. Equally you will need to work well under pressure to achieve deadlines and be flexible to complete both the more exciting parts of the role as well as the more routine.  A reasonable level of physical health is required to enable you to help with set-up of event equipment on occasion.

What we offer

In return for your skills and experience we offer you a fun, supportive and diverse team who place high value on a positive team culture.  

This is a full-time, permanent position, 40 hours per week offering flexibility with start and finish times, along with opportunities to work from home.

Additionally, we offer:

• Health insurance for employees with subsidised premiums for spouse and children

• Your choice to match up to 5% employer contributions to Kiwisaver
• Generous leave provisions including Rā Oranga wellbeing days and 5 weeks of annual leave after 3 years of continuous employment
• An interest-free loan is available to staff for a bicycle purchase
• Ongoing professional development

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About us

“Working together to make Nelson an even better place”

Nelson City Council Te Kaunihera o Whakatū is an organisation filled with supportive people who love this beautiful city of ours. It’s an exciting time to live, work and play in Nelson as the city continues to grow and thrive. We have amazing weather and a gorgeous natural environment to play in, and our city always has something going on. Whether it be major events or just a general buzz in town, it’s a great place for all ages.

If you believe you have the right attitude, relevant experience and are committed to making a difference to Nelson communities, we would love to hear from you.

Applications close: Midnight on Monday 3 March 2025

For more information about the role itself please contact: Stu Dalton, Team Leader, on (03) 539 5536.