Join the Team: Functions & Events Manager

About the role

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Functions & Events Manager will own the planning, coordination and delivery of the Club’s functions and events program along with external bookings. The role is both operational and commercial: delivering exceptional experiences while helping grow venue utilisation, external bookings and event profitability.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and deliver major Club events, functions, awards nights and football program events.
• Coordinate match-day hospitality across Claremont home games and finals.
• Manage external function and venue enquiries from first contact through to delivery, invoicing and follow-up.
• Build strong relationships with clients and identify opportunities to grow repeat business and venue use.
• Coordinate caterers, security, AV, entertainment, cleaning and other event suppliers.
• Prepare event plans, runsheets, room layouts, staffing requirements, quotes and budgets.
• Coordinate venue setup, presentation and pack-down to a consistently high standard.
• Work closely with Administration, Marketing & Partnerships, Football, hospitality staff and volunteers.
• Help ensure our venue and events strengthen connection with members, sponsors, past players, metro and regional stakeholder, our community and the wider Claremont family.

About you

• Highly organised and comfortable managing multiple priorities at once.
• A strong communicator who enjoys building relationships and working with people.
• Experienced in planning and delivering functions or events.
• Confident coordinating suppliers, staff and contractors.
• Comfortable preparing quotes, budgets, runsheets and event documentation.
• Proactive, solutions-focused and calm when plans change or pressure builds.
• Commercially aware, with an interest in growing function revenue and venue utilisation.
• Detail-focused and committed to providing a welcoming, professional guest experience.
• Prepared to take ownership, contribute ideas and keep improving how things are done.

About us

Claremont is a proud club with a strong history and an equally strong focus on building for our future. Our club is built around people, and we aim to deliver upon sustained football success, strong leadership, meaningful community impact, financial resilience and making the most of our venue as a strategic commercial asset.

Apply here via SEEK: https://au.seek.com/job/95014303?ref=search-standalone&type=standard&origin=showNewTab#sol=8aeb45e88a2957761cb3bfc3f16c7a0cad88f77c

Applications close 5:00pm Monday 19th October 2026