VenuesWest enriches the lives of Western Australians by offering opportunities for those pursuing elite sport, a range of options for individuals or families choosing to live healthy, active lifestyles and a variety of entertainment experiences for everyone. Our vision is to be Australia’s leading provider of sport and entertainment venues and precincts.

Our Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace

VenuesWest recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an inclusive workplace, where all employees feel welcome, accepted and safe to be their true self, and who are celebrated for their contribution and abilities.

We value the unique perspectives and skills that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people of diverse genders and sexualities, and women in management bring to the workplace and community and want to support equality for these groups of peoples. We aim to achieve this through increasing workforce representation. People from these backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply and identify themselves through the application questions. Sections of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA) for measures to achieve equality will apply to this process.

If you have any accessibility requirements, including adjustments to the recruitment process, workplace adjustments, or documentation in alternative formats, please contact our People & Culture team on (08) •••• •362 or email [email protected] .

About the Role

Following the internal promotion of the previous General Manager, VenuesWest is seeking an accomplished leader to shape and lead the delivery of outstanding events for Western Australia’s premier provider of sport and entertainment experiences.

As General Manager Sports and Events, you will lead the Sports and Events branch, setting its strategic direction and driving operational performance and the integrated delivery of Venue Delivery, Event Delivery and Catering across VenuesWest’s self-managed venues.

In this influential role, you will lead the operational planning and delivery of a diverse program of confirmed sporting, entertainment, community, commercial and function activity, ensuring safe, compliant, commercially focused and high-quality outcomes for hirers, patrons, stakeholders and venue partners.

You will also provide strategic direction for day-to-day venue readiness, utilisation, presentation, operational safety, parking and traffic management, and in-house catering services across the Perth High Performance Centre, WA Athletics Stadium, Arena Joondalup, Champion Lakes and Midvale SpeedDome.

This is a full time, fixed term position for a period of 5 years with the possibility of extension. The nature of the role requires weekend and after-hours work as required. Flexible working arrangements will be discussed with the successful candidate including hours of work and working from home.

Whilst the position will be based at Perth High Performance Centre in Mount Claremont, mobility will be required between the portfolio of facilities.

What We Offer





Working with VenuesWest comes with a range of benefits – please see our Employee Value Proposition attached for more information.

About the Person

We are looking for an accomplished leader with substantial experience managing and delivering events, catering and venue operations across multi-purpose venues. You will bring strong leadership capability together with proven commercial, financial and risk management expertise.

For any furtherjob-relatedinformation please contact Peter Bauchop on 08 •••• •309 .

For information on VenuesWest and its venues please visit our website www.venueswest.wa.gov.au and follow us on LinkedIn .

Application Instructions

To apply for this position, you must provide:

A copy of your current resume and

A cover letter (maximum 2 pages) with detailed examples to demonstrate:

- Substantial senior leadership experience in the management and delivery of venue operations, events and catering across multipurpose sport, recreation, entertainment or comparable public venues, including:
- strategic and operational management of venue readiness, event delivery and catering services;
- leadership of managers and multidisciplinary workforces across complex public-facing operational environments.
- financial management, including planning, budget accountability, contract oversight, cost control, revenue growth and performance reporting;
- management of operational risk, emergency preparedness, security, contractors and regulatory compliance; and
- delivery of safe, compliant and high-quality venue and customer experiences;

Job Description - includes a complete list of the capabilities required to fulfil this role.

For application assistance please contact People and Culture on (08) •••• •362 .

Employment Screening

To be eligible for employment with VenuesWest you must have the following at the time of commencement:

Right to Work in Australia for the duration of the employment contract

National Police Clearance (Note: having a conviction will not necessarily preclude you from employment. For more information on how convictions are considered, please see the attached information sheet)

WA Construction Industry White Card

Approved Manager

Please note that the appointee will bear the costs associated with the abovementioned eligibility requirements.

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At VenuesWest our vision is to deliver world class sport and entertainment experiences. Does this vision resonate with you? VenuesWest directly supports high performance sport through the optimisation of our venues. We strive to provide venues with world class competition standards for our targeted sports and provide subsidies to sporting bodies for the use of these facilities.



We champion dreams by facilitating pathways for athletes to excel in their chosen sport. Our venues are effectively managed to ensure we deliver world class sporting and entertainment experiences to the people of Western Australia. Our portfolio currently consists of 13 venues including Perth Arena, Optus Stadium, nib Stadium, HBF Stadium, HBF Arena, SpeedDome, Champion Lakes Regatta Centre, WA Athletics, State Netball Centre, Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth Motorplex, WA Rugby Centre and the WAIS High Performance Service Centre.

At VenuesWest we aim to recruit and retain highly capable employees who are adaptable and passionate about the jobs they do and the services they provide. We value and seek to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the differing needs of our customers and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our employees. We recognise and reward our employees for exceptional performance and we promote a healthy and active lifestyle through a comprehensive corporate health and wellbeing program. When you work for VenuesWest you receive benefits such as flexible work arrangements, gym and aquatic memberships and discounted programs and fitness courses. So if your career ambition is to work for a highly dynamic organisation, connect with us to be the first to hear about any new employment opportunities.

At VenuesWest our vision is to deliver world class sport and entertainment experiences. Does this vision resonate with you? VenuesWest directly supports high performance sport through the optimisation of our venues. We strive to provide venues with world class competition standards for our targeted sports and provide subsidies to sporting bodies for the use of these facilities. We champion dreams by facilitating pathways for athletes to excel in their chosen sport. Our venues are effectively managed to ensure we deliver world class sporting and entertainment experiences to the people of Western Australia. Our portfolio currently consists of 13 venues including Perth Arena, Optus Stadium, nib Stadium, HBF Stadium, HBF Arena, SpeedDome, Champion Lakes Regatta Centre, WA Athletics, State Netball Centre, Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth Motorplex, WA Rugby Centre and the WAIS High Performance Service Centre.

At VenuesWest we aim to recruit and retain highly capable employees who are adaptable and passionate about the jobs they do and the services they provide. We value and seek to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the differing needs of our customers and to improve equal prospect outcomes for our employees. We recognise and reward our employees for exceptional performance and we promote a healthy and active lifestyle through a comprehensive corporate health and wellbeing program. When you work for VenuesWest you receive benefits such as flexible work arrangements, gym and aquatic memberships and discounted programs and fitness courses. So if your career ambition is to work for a highly dynamic organisation, connect with us to be the first to hear about any new employment opportunities.

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📌 General Manager Sports and Events (Perth)
🏢 VenuesWest
📍 Perth