About Us

Venues Ōtautahi owns and manages Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch Arena and Orangetheory Stadium on behalf of the people of Christchurch and manages Airforce Museum of NZ and Hagley Oval on behalf of other venue owners.

These iconic venues play a valued role to the Christchurch way of life and the economic prosperity and social wellbeing of the region. Venues Ōtautahi is responsible for the operation and management of the new Canterbury Multi Use Arena.

About the role

As the business returns to an increased level of event activity following constraints of 2021, Venues Ōtautahi is looking forward to an optimistic 2022 and beyond.

This Events Manager position is critical to the successful delivery of our events and the future success of the business. Reporting to the Team Leader, Event Management, the key responsibilities of the position are as follows:

• Plan and deliver events across the venues ensuring an excellent experience for clients, their guests, and all key delivery partners

• Stakeholder management

• Loading event information into Ungerboeck (Event Management Software)

• Please note this is a 1-year fixed term maternity cover role.

About you

You will have a high degree of event ownership, motivation, and initiative with the ability to accept a high level of responsibility and accountability.

Our culture is represented by our way of doing business of Boldness, Agility and Kindness. These are the essence of how we do business and how we work together with our internal and external stakeholders.

The Events Manager is a dynamic and multi-faceted role. You will have 3 years experience in an event management role(s). A qualification in event management and previous experience using event management software would be beneficial.

For a copy of the position description please email talent@venuesotautahi.co.nz

To arrange a confidential discussion about the role; contact Elizabeth Taylor on elizabeth.taylor@venuesotautahi.co.nz

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