Event & Partnerships Manager- Qld

Leading National Industry Association , celebrating 80-years of operation in 2025! Exciting opportunity to manage and deliver high-quality Corporate Events and Awards within the Queensland region. The Purpose of the Events & Partnership Manager is to strengthen Housing Industry Association (HIA) through the development, management and successful delivery of high quality events, awards, partnerships and activities, to achieve strategic, stakeholder and commercial success. Key responsibilities include:

• Manage, promote, and ensure the profitability of HIA’s annual Event Program in Queensland in line with budgetary targets.
• Manage, expand, promote, and deliver HIA’s Housing Awards, Kitchen and Bathroom Awards, Apprenticeship Awards and Building Woman Awards in Queensland, including the coordination of entries, judging and event management.
• Manage and deliver a range of Queensland events including trade nights, breakfasts, luncheons, conferences, Awards ceremonies and golf days, and additional events as required.
• Develop and deliver annual partnership and events budgets.
• Manage the relationship with existing partners of HIA to ensure continued partnering of HIA Events.
• Secure and deliver new partnership revenue to ensure continued profitable events, communications, and publications revenue pipeline.
• Identify cross promotional opportunities through partnership discussions and sell/upgrade partner agreements accordingly.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and growth across events, partnerships, publications, communications and HIA products, and facilitate these initiatives.
• Develop and implement a communications strategy with national marketing and communications team to ensure effective promotion of HIA Queensland events.
• Work to enhance use of social media to promote and highlight the success of HIA events and partnerships.
• Organise pre-and-post Award media and communications, including press, and other forms of medium to be negotiated (television and radio).
• Provide ongoing financial management including maintaining accurate and reliable accounts receivable and payable details to enable monthly reporting.
• Manage, coach and support and mentor the Queensland Senior Event and Event Co-coordinator, and other staff, and external third party stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with national event and other state managers and coordinators to improve processes and relationships, and to grow the HIA brand.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with venue partners and hosts.

• Generous salary package on offer.
• Life and Salary Continuance Insurance.
• Salary Packaging Arrangements.
• Ability to purchase Annual Leave.
• Flexible Work Arrangements.
• Paid Parental Leave above the minimum legislative requirement.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Study Assistance and Internal training programs offered to help you grow.
• Highly experienced, supportive and inclusive team.
• Affinity Program.
• Milestone Recognition.

• Demonstrated project management experience, with solid experience managing large corporate events.
• Experience hosting Award events would be advantageous.
• Financial management and solid sales skills a must.
• Ability to identify and realise commercial opportunities.
• Ability to deal with partners at a senior level and ensure delivery of partnership commitments.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities.
• A team player with a willingness to work as part of a wider remote team.
• Well-developed organisational and time management skills and the ability to deliver results and reach targets.
• Enthusiastic and resilient.
• Strong presentational skills.
• Excellent verbal, written and social media-based communication skills.