• Part time - 18.75 hours per week
• Tax-Reducing Salary Packaging

A little bit about us

For over 165 years we have been in Victoria assisting people through the challenges of poverty and exclusion address suffering, advocating against inequality and promoting human dignity and self-determination.

Overall, St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria has many arms and services. These include soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria, which provides a range of services and programs for people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and disadvantage. This includes crisis accommodation, drug and alcohol dependency programs, and housing.

The Marketing team is responsible for operational coordination of communication and strategic marketing campaigns to drive engagement.

A little about the Role

The Event Coordinator plays an integral role in supporting the Society’s fundraising and advocacy events in the Vinnies calendar, including our very own highly anticipated event the CEO Sleepout. The Vinnies CEO Sleepout is a key event where business and community leaders experience what it’s like to ‘sleep rough’ for the night to raise awareness and funds for Vinnies services. This key event raises over $1,000,000 annually.  

This is an opportunity for a suitably experienced candidate to use their event management expertise to ensure all Society events are well supported and planned to ensure our participants experience is second to none.

We are looking for someone who can work confidently and autonomously to be a key contact and custodian for our brand.

A little bit about you

You are currently working in a similar role and have experience in an event management and/or community focused role requiring successful and outcome focused stakeholder engagement, ideally within a not-for-profit environment. You are known for being responsive, approachable, and service oriented, you will confidently build connections with your key stakeholders and create robust working relationships that add value to Society run events.

You will be enthusiastic, highly organised, detail orientated and driven by a commitment to delivering exceptional results. You will bring a "hands on" approach and be a proactive operator who thrives on developing relationships to achieve high stakeholder engagement.

More specifically you will have:

• Demonstrated experience prioritising and coordinating multiple events concurrently and the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• High level interpersonal skills including the ability to engage with and establish strong working relationships with the community, business leaders and internal teams
• Demonstrated flexible, energetic and self-motivated approach to planning and implementing work schedule to meet goals and timelines;
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite – especially Excel
• Excellent project management skills  

Why work for us?  We offer:

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• We make an incredible difference in the lives of over 300,000 people every year.
• We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #Social Justice.
• We are complex in our design which always makes work interesting.

Where good happens # Goodworks

If making a difference in your local community is important to you and you meet our essential requirements we can’t wait to hear from you.

Please send us your updated CV and a cover letter that tells us a little more about you and why you would be perfect for the role.

Please don’t delay in submitting your application as applications will be reviewed upon submission.
 
Please note that prior to any commencement of employment, pre-employment checks must be completed these will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check, proof of COVID-19 vaccination, and a working with children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety. We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. 

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.