Mornington Peninsula Shire is Victoria's destination municipality, characterised by unique townships, highly productive agriculture, world renowned landscapes, tourist regions, and areas of national and international conservation significance within a vital Green Wedge.

The Shire is responsible for a broad range of infrastructure and community services that support the wellbeing and prosperity of our diverse community. With approximately 1,000 employees, it is a busy and vibrant workplace.

What’s on Offer

- Work Life Balance –We offer a hybrid working model, flexible working arrangements and generous leave provisions.
Culture – Positive, fun and inclusive work environment that is underpinned by our core values which are integral to everything we do. These are Integrity, Openness, Courage, Respect, and Excellence.
- Security– Permanent full-time role, based in the Mornington Peninsula Visitor Information Centre, Dromana. Band 5 - $82,384 - $95,173 per annum (excl. super)
Career – Opportunity to grow and develop with excellent learning and development opportunities.
- Job Satisfaction – Have a meaningful impact on the community by contributing to achieve positive outcomes across the Mornington Peninsula Shire

About the Role

This role is part of the Visitor Economy team within the Economic and Cultural Development unit. The team plays an important role in strengthening the Mornington Peninsula’s visitor economy by encouraging visitors and locals to explore more of the region and experience it throughout the year.

The team also works closely with event organisers, businesses and community groups to attract events to the Peninsula and support the delivery of community-led events. Together, this helps create a vibrant calendar of experiences that benefits visitors,



local businesses and the community.

Reporting to the Team Leader Visitor Economy the core responsibilities include:

- Tourism connections, partnerships and packaging - Build connections between event organisers, local businesses and visitor economy partners to identify and develop opportunities that enhance visitor experiences, encourage dispersal and extend visitation across the Peninsula.
- Tourism experiences and activations - Identify, develop and coordinate opportunities for engaging activations that connect visitors and residents with local places, businesses and experiences across the Peninsula.
- Visitor economy information and engagement - Maintain accurate and connected events information and support relationships with event organisers, industry, businesses and internal teams to support a well-planned and coordinated year-round events calendar.

About You

You will thrive in this role if you enjoy building connections, spotting opportunities and bringing people together to create great visitor experiences. You will be adaptable and collaborative, with a practical approach to coordinating multiple activities and making things happen behind the scenes.

- Education and Experience – tertiary qualifications in Tourism, Events, Economic Development, Marketing & Communications or a related field and demonstrated experience working in tourism or events or related field.




- Visitor Economy and Events Knowledge – Understanding of the tourism and events sectors, including the role events can play in attracting visitors, encouraging dispersal, supporting local businesses and creating community and economic benefits.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration – Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with event organisers, local businesses, tourism operators, industry associations and internal stakeholders to identify and develop partnership opportunities and facilitate collaboration.
- Event Development and Activation – Experience supporting events, activations or visitor experiences, with an understanding of how to connect event activity with accommodation, food and beverage, attractions and other visitor economy businesses.
- Communication, Planning and Coordination – Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences, coordinate multiple activities, maintain accurate information and manage competing priorities.

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is committed to creating a diverse and safe workplace. We are proud to be an equal prospect and Child Safe employer. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.

Mornington Peninsula Shire undertakes a variety of employment screening checks. This includes employment references, Working with Children Checks and Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC).

Applicants must have valid Australian work rights.

Applications Close: Thursday 15 October 2026

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📌 Tourism Events and Activations Officer (Melbourne)
🏢 Mornington Peninsula Shire
📍 Melbourne