Events Specialist

**Location**: Whakatāne

**Job type**: Permanent Full Time

**Department**: Marketing

**Category**: Marketing and Communications

**Position**: Non-teaching

**Vacancy Reference Number**: 23CR77

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi offers the highest standards of tertiary education from certificate to doctoral levels, including programmes for international scholars of indigenous studies. Our vision is to promote, grow and sustain Māori language, knowledge, and culture, according to tikanga Māori practice.

This is an exciting time to be part of Māori and indigenous scholarship, and our success relies on the excellence of our people and our connection to the communities that we serve. We offer a stimulating teaching, research and professional working environment in one of our three campuses: our beautiful main campus in Whakatāne, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and Te Tai Tokorau (Northland).

We are looking for a talented and experienced event organiser to deliver successful sponsorship and marketing events, to manage our graduation event, and to play an integral role within the Marketing and Communications team.

To successfully undertake this role, you will have:

- A relevant tertiary qualification and/or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Three - five years proven experience organising and managing successful events.
- Previous experience in a similar position and/or experience engaging with community, iwi, or schools.
- Proven project management experience.
- A current driver’s licence