What’s the job?

As the National Event Manager, you will report to Courtney Lund - Director of Campus Operations Customer Experience and join a passionate team committed to ensuring Torrens University Australia delivers an exceptional student learning experience.

The National Events Manager leads the development, planning, and delivery of a diverse portfolio of national and local events across Torrens University Australia.

This includes major milestones such as graduation ceremonies, industry engagement events, student-facing events (e.g. Open Day), and other strategic activations that support the student lifecycle and university brand experience.

This role has ownership of end-to-end event operations, working in close collaboration with Campus Operations, Marketing, Industry, and Academic stakeholders. It is responsible for maintaining national consistency and excellence in event execution, vendor relationships, budget oversight, and logistics coordination across all university locations.

In this role, you will:

National Events Leadership

Graduation Ceremonies

National Industry Engagement Events

Campus Event Support

Operational Oversight & Compliance

Leadership accountabilities

This is a full-time position available across all our campuses.

To read more about the role please click here for Job Description.

Who you are:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Tertiary qualification in Event Management, Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field (essential)

Relevant certifications in project management, event safety/compliance, or hospitality operations (highly regarded)

Minimum 5 years’ experience in a national or multi-site events management role, with responsibility for full event lifecycle (essential)

Demonstrated experience leading large-scale public ceremonies, ideally within a regulated environment (e.g. higher education, government, or health)

Proven experience in end-to-end project management for events including stakeholder consultation, budget ownership, scheduling, risk mitigation, vendor management, and team coordination

Experience managing cross-functional collaboration across marketing, student services, and academic stakeholders

Strong background in managing multiple concurrent events with competing timelines and operational demands

We encourage career growth and internal mobility:

As we continue to establish ourselves as a truly global university, we never lose sight of our people-centric approach. Hiring internally, we support professional development, career advancement and personal aspirations to make your working life at Torrens Global Education Services (TUA/Think Education/MDS) a more rewarding experience. Recognising the talent and contributions of our employees, we’ve built a culture that celebrates community, collaboration and innovation, where people love what they do.

Hiring process

We aim to provide you with the necessary information you need at each stage of this process to put your best self forward. Should you have accessibility requirements or needs please contact recruiter maur.bell@torrens.edu.au for confidential support to ensure an equitable, barrier free application process as we have a Reasonable Adjustment Procedure in place to support you through the recruitment process.

We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.

Applications close: Friday, August 8, 2025

Job reference: R27929

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at yourcareer@torrens.edu.au