Tradeshow Co-Lead

Commencement Date: ASAP

Duration: 18 months

Time Commitment: 4 – 12 hours per week or as required in order to achieve your responsibilities

Reports to: Tradeshow Director

Context

Go For IT is a program run by Victorian ICT for Women. The program’s main objective is to engage female primary & secondary school students and to introduce them to the vast range of career options available in IT, encouraging them to consider IT as a career.

Your Team

You’re a member of a high performing leadership team who all direct various parts of the Go Girl, Go for IT program. No area is more important than the other, you’re an ecosystem, each playing a critical role in the successful execution of Go Girl.

You’re all hard-working and committed to this great cause. You’re also collaborative, you take ownership of the program’s success in its entirety.

You lead a team who are all equally hard working, dedicated and brilliant humans.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of this role is to co-lead and motivate the Tradeshow team in all activities associated with developing Tradeshows held in conjunction with Go Girl events. 

The role may perform Lead responsibilities and well as 2IC responsibilities, which may include:

  • Leadership of a team of 10 – 16 volunteers

  • Scoping, planning and budgeting of activities to take place in the Tradeshow

  • Liaison with Schools, Program and Facilities streams to plan Tradeshow logistics

  • Managing the identification, assessment, and implementation of activities to take place during the Tradeshow

  • Managing the development and implementation of surveys of attendees including engagement of academics to support survey evaluation

  • Managing the sourcing of the necessary equipment to support the Tradeshow and arranging for delivery, set-up and post-event removals of the same

  • Managing the sourcing and packing of show bags

  • Managing the induction of sponsors involved in the Tradeshow

  • Resolution of operational issues

  • Management of risks and issues

  • Management of the GoGirl Tradeshow mail box

  • Arranging and minuting team meetings

  • Monthly status reporting

  • Attendance at Program Scrum of Scrum meetings

  • Liaising with all customer journey touch points in the org structure

You’re working with

  • Managing Director, Go Girl, Go for IT

  • Associate Managing Director, Go Girl, Go for IT

  • Director of Marketing and Communications

  • Director of Schools Liaison

  • Director of Logistics

  • Director of Volunteers

  • Director of Sponsorship

  • Director of Speakers

  • Scrum Master and Project Management Team

  • Director of Customer Experience

  • Your direct reports

  • Sponsors and possibly speakers

  • Any other stakeholders required to ensure a great outcome

Role requirements

Qualifications / Experience 

  • 5+ management experience in IT, Digital or systems / technology orientated role, previous Tradeshow involvement preferred but not essential

  • Strong track record of managing a large program of work

  • Ideally, previous event management experience

Skills / Knowledge

  • Excellent leadership and organisational skills with the ability to lead & manage teams.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex thoughts and ideas clearly to a variety of audiences

  • Proven interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills

  • Ability to empower the team members to share the responsibility of liaising with the other streams & also the speakers

  • Ability to work in a team environment