Catering Coordinator

AUT Events offers a comprehensive catering and event management service at AUT University's City, South and North Shore Campuses as well as a range of external venues in and around Auckland.

We are now requiring a catering co-ordinator who will be responsible for all aspects of catering bookings, assessing client requirements, and co-ordinating catering requirements for AUT and external clients. This role includes the administration and delivery of the AUT Online Catering Service.

Having attributes such as confidence, being methodical, logical & proactive, being a good listener & having strong attention to detail are all extremely advantageous to securing this position.

This role will also offer support to the event operations team once administrative duties for catering orders are complete.

Sound like you?? Come and join our dynamic team and fun working environment.

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:

• An understanding of event management systems such as Ungerboeck
• Previous hands-on experience in catering and events, or another relevant hospitality environment of at least 2 years
• Preferably a hospitality diploma/degree
• Accuracy and attention to detail with work practices
• A high standard of word processing, database and excel skills
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Innovative and forward-thinking ability
• Flexible work attitude
• Exceptional communication skills
• A full, clean driver's license

This position is available now. Note that you must be currently eligible to work in New Zealand and be able to undertake some heavy lifting at times.

To learn more about working in Hospitality Services and the Estates Group at AUT, please click HERE .

Salary Range: $56,135-$61,318 (Dependent on experiences and qualifications)

Ref: 84491

Closing Date: 31 May 2023, at 11:55pm

*Full-time denotes 37.5 hours per week

Please note that from the University's preliminary assessment, the work carried out by this position is within the scope of a current pay equity claim. For more information on pay equity, please refer to the Equal Pay Act 1972.