Job No: BC3438

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 450,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community and people from more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $24.8 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 35,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About Key Venues

Our Key Venues section oversees all our aquatic and leisure centres. We deliver first-class activity and program choice. We promote Blacktown City as the leader in sport, recreation, and leisure, and provide every visitor and customer a safe and memorable experience. Our values are teamwork, customer focus, innovation and commitment to safety.

About the opportunity

We are seeking an experienced, customer-focused bookings and events professional to join our Key Venues team as Program and Events Team Leader at Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope. If you are passionate about delivering high-quality sport and leisure experiences and have a strong attention to detail, we would love to hear from you!

Position purpose:

The Program and Events Team Leader is responsible for booking, administration, and supervision of centre facilities, competitions, dry-side activities, birthday parties, functions and events to deliver services that enrich the lives and enhance the general well-being of people of all ages.

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in sports programming, competition management, events organisation and facilitation
• Minimum two years in an organisational and supervisory capacity in a related environment
• Experience working both within a team environment and as a ‘self-starter’
• Current Working with Children Check.

Desirable:

• Current class C driver's licence
• Relevant experience in accordance with the requirements of the Position Description
• Appropriate qualifications
• Computer Literate
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service
• Ability to work within a team environment
• Availability to work flexible hours.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $1,408.84 per week, plus an additional 12.25% in accordance with Council's flexibility agreement
• 114 hours over a 3-week rotational roster
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 12% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

This position has been identified as child related work, in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Regulation 2013. Therefore, your application must include a Working with Children Check (WWCC) number. For further information, go to service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-a-working-with-children-check.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, well-being and empowerment of children.

Best of luck.