• Full time ongoing role
• Unique opportunity to unleash your creativity and show off your skills
• Great location close to public transport

About the Role

As an Event Manager within the Conferences, Meetings & Events team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, seamless events across a diverse portfolio including corporate, private, and stakeholder functions. Acting as a central point of contact from initial client engagement through to event delivery, you will coordinate all aspects of the event lifecycle, ensuring exceptional client experiences and operational excellence.

Working collaboratively across multiple departments, you will translate client visions into well-executed events, balancing creativity with commercial outcomes. This role requires strong stakeholder management, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. You will contribute to revenue growth through client retention, proactive sales support, and participation in promotional activities, while also identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance service delivery.

With a focus on delivering memorable experiences, you will bring a flexible and solutions-oriented approach, ensuring each event not only meets but exceeds expectations, while aligning with organisational goals and brand standards.

Full time ongoing position. Salary band 3.1 $80,087.28 plus superannuation.

Your Skills and Experience (Key Criteria)

• Relevant professional or tertiary qualification in Tourism and Hospitality Management or equivalent experience preferred
• A firm understanding of venue sales and events process and event operations/challenges desirable
• A creative and flexible approach with strong interpersonal and customer service skills, with the ability to foster and maintain ongoing professional and stakeholder relationships
• Active leader who contributes to a positive and harmonious working environment
• Strong planning, organisational and administration skills
• Resilient to change; adapts to organisational focus & competing priorities and demands
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills

For more information, please read Position Description - Event Manager CM&E - April 2026.docx

About the Team

This team is responsible for the sales and planning of events for internal departments, resident companies and corporate clients of Arts Centre Melbourne function venues. The team comprises sales and event management to ensure a central touch point for all clients across the business.

About Arts Centre Melbourne

Arts Centre Melbourne acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we gather, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung. We also acknowledge the neighbouring Kulin Nation groups, the Boonwurrung and Bunurong people, and pay our respects to elders, past and present.

Beneath our iconic Spire, in Hamer Hall and at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, we showcase the best of Australian and international performing arts.  

Together with our own program of performances, events and activities we offer a diversity of audiences a distinctly multidimensional approach to participation, education and entertainment.

We are now focused on Reimagining Arts Centre Melbourne as part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to transforming the Melbourne Arts Precinct into a thriving, connected creative and civic space over the coming years.

For a glimpse into working at Arts Centre Melbourne click here.

Enjoy Team Member Benefits

As a valued member of our ensemble, you will enjoy: 

• Complimentary tickets
• Discounts at food & beverage outlets
• Discounted commuter benefits and onsite parking 
• Access to wellbeing activities and learning and development programs  
• Free access to Employee Assistance Programs which includes specific support to our First Nations team members via their I-CARE program and providing specific counsellors for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and People of Colour.  

Apply Now!

Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Disabled and Deaf people, sexualities and gender identities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of all ages.

We seek to provide workplace adjustments at all relevant stages of the recruitment process such as alternative formats or other access supports. You can specify in the application form if you require any adjustments or please ask us at any stage. If you need to contact us about making workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to peopleassist@artscentremelbourne.com.au.

Please submit your resume together with a cover letter by 11:55pm 30 April 2026. Early applications are encouraged as suitable candidates may be invited to attend an interview prior to the closing date.

Employment at Arts Centre Melbourne is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check.

Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia. Arts Centre Melbourne is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.