Events and Marketing Coordinator

• Continuing | Full-Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 6 | $94,456 - $100,710 p.a.
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role

This is your opportunity to play a key role in the development and delivery of the Flinders strategic events program, which aligns with University and College priorities including student recruitment, research, stakeholder engagement, branding and culture.

Reporting to the Senior Events Coordinator, this position is responsible for producing and implementing dynamic and engaging marketing strategies to facilitate event promotion.  Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships will be a key function of this position.

Some of the key position responsibilities include:

• Working collaboratively across Colleges and Portfolios to ensure events are delivered in accordance with university standards, policies and protocols, providing accurate, timely advice, guidance and support to stakeholders throughout the event planning and delivery process.
• Leading the development of integrated promotional strategies for university events, overseeing the creation of marketing materials including invitations, programs and digital content. Ensuring brand alignment, consistency of messaging and effective audience engagement across all event communications.
• Maintaining accurate event records and digital information, including event calendars, web platforms, registrations, guest databases, risk assessments and contractor documentation, ensuring events are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with university requirements.
• Coordinating the procurement and inventory management of university merchandise and corporate gifts, including liaising with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to ensure quality, value for money and compliance with university branding requirements.

You will be joining a fast paced, creative team with a great culture and sense of fun.  Flexible working arrangements include the option to work from Flinders City Campus and home however, the bulk of your week will be based at Bedford Park.

The position may require occasional weekend and evening work.

About You

This role is packed with variety, so you will need prior experience in producing communications for a range of channels and audiences that increase awareness and engage audiences in line with KPIs.  Your organisational and time management skills along with the ability to work without supervision, meet deadlines and take initiative are second only to your customer service skills.

You will be leading and managing events as well as working behind the scenes, so well-developed interpersonal and written communication skills, (including the ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders through a variety of channels), will be key to your success.

You will also need:

• General knowledge of event and marketing planning and delivery processes and techniques to achieve required objectives within scope and budget.
• Demonstrated experience in undertaking event or marketing activities and/or relevant qualifications.
• Experience providing high quality internal and external customer service in supporting the administration, planning, delivery and review of promotional activities, events  and merchandise sales

About the Marketing and Student Recruitment team 

The Marketing and Student Recruitment team is pivotal in managing and advancing Flinders' reputation as an innovative, world-leading university.

Specifically, the Marketing team are responsible for promoting the Flinders brand through words, ideas, and images that articulate and reinforce the mission and values of the University.  Fuelled by our growth ambitions we are seeking talented team members to help us provide a best-in-class customer experience to our future students.

So, if you want to be part of a team that has big ambitions and is responsible for developing and implementing customer experience strategies and initiatives, please apply now!

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.

So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

Flinders University is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment, free from gender‑based violence. Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of required pre‑employment checks and declarations, each of which must be satisfactory to the University. This includes a Gender‑Based Violence declaration, in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender‑Based Violence (2025), and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

A disclosable outcome will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role. 

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Katherine Reaiche

Certification

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At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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