• Looking for an exciting career opportunity in the sports industry?
  • Leadership role
  • MCG location 

The Melbourne Football Club is the oldest sporting club in the world and the founding club of the AFL. With over 30,000 members, the Club, competes in a 22 round plus finals competition and is based at Australia’s sporting icon, the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Club has gone through a period of significant change and has embarked on an exciting new journey to create a sustainable and ultimately successful sporting organisation.

We are seeking an experienced Manager – Relationships and Events with 5+ years experience to join our dynamic team based at the MCG.  Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, the successful applicant will oversee a selection of the Club’s key relationships and events.  Working in a highly customer focused environment, the Manager – Relationship and Events will be responsible for the Club’s Sponsorship relationships, our key fundraising groups, and our match and non-match day events.  The Manager – Relationships and Events will lead a team of account managers, fundraisers (relationship managers) and events executives.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Management of senior relationships with MFC’s major corporate partners.
  • Oversight of MFC’s events and hospitality programs and offerings.
  • Setting the strategic direction for MFC’s relationships with Foundation Heroes and Past Players.
  • Integrating with the Sales department, to manage the process of fulfilment of Corporate Customers.
  • Managing the strategy to grow existing partnerships and strategies for renewals of existing partners.
  • Overseeing the MFC’s hospitality and events calendar.
  • Staff and budget management.

Successful applicants will have:

  • Commerce, Marketing or Communications Qualification - Degree preferable.
  • 5+ years’ experience in sporting events.
  • Experience in and dealing with a broad range of stakeholders.
  • Commercial acumen, and the ability to commercialise club assets to existing relationships.
  • A strong focus on creativity with the ability to think strategically and act quickly.
  • Ability to coordinate tasks amongst departmental reports for effective outcomes.
  • Superb communication skills with a strong commitment to service orientation and team work.
  • Proven ability and/or interest in event management.
  • Leadership, reliability, credibility and integrity.

If you have a strong work ethic, have the ability to bring fresh ideas to the MFC and are passionate about events, sports and the AFL, then you may be an ideal candidate for this role.

Successful candidates will require a current Working With Children Check. There is also a requirement to assist on match days and other events as required by the Club, which include weekends.

Apply here and follow the prompts (include a covering letter and resume). Applications close on 9 April 2014.

 Due to the high level of interest only short listed applicants will be contacted.  This role is not open to Agencies.