About the Role
We are recruiting for a Sydney-based Event Coordinator within our Events & Operations department. This is a great opportunity to support the Hospitality & Corporate Events team in the planning, coordination and delivery of Cricket Australia’s Premium Experiences and Executive Hospitality program across the cricket season.
Responsibilities
- Deliver consistent Premium Experiences and Executive Hospitality across matches and markets
- Coordinate match-day hospitality setup, catering, fit-out and merchandise
- Manage venue and caterer relationships, briefings and service standards
- Develop hospitality artwork, signage and production requirements
- Support MC, talent and player appearance requirements, including stakeholder communication and onsite coordination
- Prepare casual event staff briefing materials and support onsite staff coordination
- Maintain hospitality information across key event systems, including the Match Day Information Hub, Monday.com and Venue Guides
- Support guest management, table allocations and place cards
- Manage The First XI bucket-list experience and onsite activation
- Prepare run sheets, event orders, briefings and floor plans
- Maintain hospitality procedures and operational manuals
- Support event budgets, invoicing, reconciliations and reporting
- Deliver exceptional guest and client experiences
- Ensure event health, safety and compliance requirements are met
- Attend planning meetings, operational briefings and post-event debriefs
- Support key special events across the season
Requirements
- 2+ years’ experience in events, hospitality or sport
- Strong stakeholder and customer service skills
- Able to manage competing priorities
- Positive, energetic team player
- Calm problem-solver under pressure
- Proactive, accountable and autonomous
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong organisation and attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Sport or major event experience desirable
- EventsAir, Monday.com or Canva desirable
- Cricket knowledge desirable
- Able to travel domestically
- Available evenings, weekends and public holidays
- Comfortable with physical event delivery
- Hold a valid Working with Children Check
Skills
- Stakeholder management
- Customer service
- Priority management
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Accountability
- Autonomy
- Communication
- Organization
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- EventsAir proficiency
- Monday.com proficiency
- Canva proficiency
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years
Benefits
- An additional week of leave at the end of the season
- Tickets to the Cricket for friends and family
- Flexible working environment
- Discounts from partners (e.g., ASICS)
- Salary packaging options
- Paid parental leave
- Volunteer leave
About the Company
- Working for Cricket Australia means that you become a part of Australia’s proud history and help us look toward the future.
- Our players and teams are successful, inspiring and reflect the values and aspirations of the community they represent.
- As an organisation, we are seeking to drive bold, transformative change in digital experiences, junior participation, culturally diverse inclusion, gender equality and sustainability, whilst also reimagining the W/BBL, building player connection through storytelling and playing our part in developing the game globally.
- Our purpose is clear; to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket.
- Cricket is so much more than just a game; it brings people together and binds us all through our shared experiences.
- This is your opportunity to join a purpose led organisation that truly makes a difference to Australians.
Equal Opportunity
- Cricket is a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that.
- We recognise our differences are our strength and a diverse and inclusive workforce is fundamental to our success.
- We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of colour, gender, LGBTIQ+ people, people with diverse religious beliefs and people with a disability to apply.
- Australian Cricket, including Cricket Australia, is committed to being a child safe organisation and requires all team members to hold a valid Working with Children Check.
