About the role

A Sydney‑based Event Coordinator in the Events & Operations department will support the Hospitality & Corporate Events team in Planning, Coordinating, and Delivering Cricket Australia’s Premium Experiences and Executive Hospitality across the cricket season. Reporting to the Senior Hospitality & Corporate Events Manager, the role involves managing hospitality operations for matches and events.

Responsibilities

- Deliver consistent Premium Experiences and Executive Hospitality across matches and markets.
- Coordinate match‑day hospitality set‑up, 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 on‑site coordination.
- Prepare casual event staff briefing materials and support on‑site 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 on‑site 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.

Qualifications

- 2+ years’ experience in events, hospitality or sport.
- Robust stakeholder and customer service skills.
- Ability 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.
- Experience with Sports or major event software such as EventsAir, Monday.com or Canva is desirable.
- Cricket knowledge desirable.
- Ability to travel domestically.
- Available evenings, weekends and public holidays.
- Comfortable with physical event delivery.

Benefits

- Additional week of leave at the end of the season.
- Tickets to Cricket matches for you, your friends and family.
- Flexible working workplace.
- Discounts from partners such as ASICS and salary packaging options.
- Multiple leave types including paid parental leave and volunteer leave.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Cricket is a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of colour, gender diverse people, people with diverse religious beliefs and people with a disability to apply. Cricket Australia is a child‑safe organisation and all team members must hold a valid Working with Children Check.

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