Gizzy Local is looking for a new staff member to join the team!
This role is for an Events Coordinator, who will keep the Gizzy Local Events Calendar up to date, and use their creative communication skills to let our community know about what’s going on locally.
We’re looking for someone who:
- is confident navigating social media platforms;
- enjoys making new connections and helping people;
- is a warm and effective communicator;
- is organised and has great time management skills;
- is passionate about the importance of a vibrant community
- enjoys both working in a team environment, as well as independently, and
- is excited by the prospect of contributing to Gizzy Local
We can offer you:
A warm, fun, and welcoming work environment
A team of creative and passionate humans
Flexibility
Potential for the role and responsibilities to evolve
If this gets a fire burning in your belly, we’d love to hear from you!
Check out the full job description below and send us an email introduction with a bit about yourself, and any skills, experience or attributes you believe you could bring to this role and Gizzy Local (email to Sarah Pocock, community@gizzylocal.com).
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Job Title: Gizzy Local Events Coordinator
Reports to: Content Manager and Board
Key Relationships
Internal: Sarah Pocock, Tom Teutenberg, Gizzy Local board of trustees
External: Event organisers and the Gizzy Local online community
Hours: 15 hours per week
Terms: Contractor / $28 per hour / Will need own phone.
What is Gizzy Local:
Gizzy Local consists of online platforms and a physical community hub, which serve as safe and inclusive spaces in which our community connect with each other and the positive things that happen in our community.
Online we share local event information and uplifting connective stories about our people and place. In our community hub we hold a diverse array of events that bring people together to create and connect, and support community members to hold their own events.
Our Purpose:
The purpose of Gizzy Local is to provide pathways for connection for our community in Te Tairāwhiti, Tūranganui-A-Kiwa, Gisborne.
keeping our community informed and engaged in issues and decisions that affect them via our online platforms; and
enabling access to information about local events, services and resources via our online events calendar, social media platforms and weekly newsletter; and
enabling connection and uplifting the good things that happen in Te Tairāwhiti; and
providing an inclusive, accessible and financially sustainable arts and community facility.
The Role:
Local Events Calendar: The Gizzy Local Events Calendar is the only place to find all our local event information in one place.Gigs, whānau-friendly events, community fitness, art exhibitions, cinema, street festivals, talks, wānanga, planting bees, dance sessions, poetry nights, workshops, markets, protest action, community hui… the kinds of things that help us to live a good life; which enhance our wellbeing, both as individuals and as a community.Every Thursday we pull together all the events happening over the coming week and send them to our Weekly Roundabout email subscribers and put out a ‘What’s on this Weekend’ Reel on our social media pages.
We are looking for someone to manage the Gizzy Local events calendar and promote local events to our wider community. The purpose of this role is to encourage our community to get out and about to enjoy and benefit from all the good stuff that’s on offer in Te Tairāwhiti; enabling this by providing timely, accurate and accessible information about local events.
This role will involve:
Gathering, collating and uploading local event information to the Gizzy Local Events Calendar on our WIX platform
communicating with event organisers & local venues
providing additional paid promotions for event organisers; creating social media stories and posts.
Uploading and describing upcoming events into our weekly newsletter, The Weekly Roundabout, in an interesting and conversational format.
Creating a weekly reel that brings together all the events taking place over the weekend.
Checking in on our Local Business Directory once a week and updating listings where appropriate.
* This role has the potential to expand into organising Gizzy Local events and managing the Gizzy Local venue, with more paid hours attached.
We invite applicants that:
- are confident navigating social media platforms;
- enjoy making new connections and helping people;
- are warm and effective communicators;
- have great time management skills;
- are able to work independently as well as part of a team;
- are passionate about the importance of a vibrant community and;
- are excited by the prospect of being a part of the Gizzy Local team, and contributing to this next chapter of its evolution.
- work in a way that supports our bicultural cultural community and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The Gizzy Local calendar is part of a Wix website, and over the course of your role with us, you will learn how to use Wix with on-site training.
Key Responsibilities
Collating Events information from various online sources
Uploading and managing event information to our website, social media and weekly newsletter
Creating the weekly Gizzy Local Weekend Reel on Instagram
Building and maintaining relationships with community members and businesses running local events
Promoting events using social media stories, posts and reels
Sharing information about Gizzy Local’s sponsorship and promotional opportunities with event organisers
Skills
Confident and warm communicator via phone, email and messaging services, and in person
Written skills that produce accessible and interesting content
Comfortable using Social Media tools, Google Suite and Canva
Minimum basic understanding of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori, or a desire and motivation to learn.
What we can offer you
A warm, fun, and welcoming work environment, including desk space.
A team of creative, passionate humans, who are working for our community, social justice and the whenua.
Flexible hours, and ability to work from home (case by case in agreement with Content Manager.
Ongoing training and development on the job
Potential for the role and responsibilities to evolve.