Job Description

Townsville's waterfront precinct is looking for someone to own its events program - and build it into something the north hasn't seen before.

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About us

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Flinders Street Wharves opened in late 2025 in the historic Burns Philp building on the Townsville waterfront. The precinct spans multiple bars, a beer garden, rooftop, kiosk, function spaces and live music, plus The Docks, our overwater Mediterranean-inspired restaurant and bar. Around 70 staff, two venues, and an events calendar that's only just getting started.

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About the role

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This is not only a coordinator role. You'll own the functions and events revenue line across the precinct - selling it, delivering it, and growing it. The role is a hybrid of sales, event management and creative programming:

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- Hunt and win corporate, community and private function business - outbound sales, networking, local partnerships
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- Manage events end to end: enquiry, proposal, contracting, delivery and post-event review
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- Create activations that draw a crowd - themed events, day clubs, live music programming, seasonal campaigns - and prove they worked with the numbers
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- Work alongside our Executive Chef on menus and costings,



and our Marketing Manager on promotion
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- Report directly to the General Manager with real accountability for revenue
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About you

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- 3+ years in event sales or event management within hospitality, venues, hotels or catering, with a revenue record you can point to
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- A salesperson's instincts: prospecting, proposals, negotiating, closing
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- Genuinely creative - you can show us events or activations you came up with, not just ran
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- Commercially sharp: budgets, margins, targets, conversion
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- Current QLD RSA; RMLV and marketing experience (campaigns, digital/social, content) desirable
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- Available for event days - this is hospitality, and you'll be where the action is
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What's on offer

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- $100,000+ all-inclusive salary (negotiable for the right candidate) + 12% super
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- Performance bonus of up to 20% of salary, tied to revenue targets
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- Relocation support for the right candidate
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- A brand-recent flagship venue, full ownership of the events program, and the backing to build it your way
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📌 Functions & Events Manager - Townsville (Queensland)
🏢 Flinders Street Wharves
📍 Queensland