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Cerebral Palsy Alliance

Remarkable Events Manager

Sydney, NSW, Australia Full time

Location

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Remarkable is the startup venture arm of one of Australia's most respected disability providers — Cerebral Palsy Alliance. By accelerating tech startups, investment and partnerships, we create a world of opportunity, access and possibility for people with disability.

At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we value diversity, foster an inclusive culture and champion equitable opportunities. We strongly encourage applications from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences, including people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

About the role

The Events Manager plays a key role in driving Remarkable’s operational excellence, ensuring our team remains focused, organised, and aligned to our mission. You’ll lead the planning and delivery of Remarkable’s flagship events — such as the Disability Tech Summit, Startup Showcases, and ecosystem gatherings — while also supporting the wider team to stay strategically coordinated and high-performing.

This role blends event leadership, stakeholder engagement, and organisational coordination — ideal for someone who thrives in dynamic environments, loves creating meaningful experiences, and brings structure and rhythm to ambitious teams.

Based in Sydney CBD with hybrid work options.

Key Responsibilities (not limited to):

  • Partner closely with the Founder to manage priorities, meetings, and strategic planning
  • Lead the design, logistics, and delivery of inclusive, high-impact events aligned with Remarkable’s brand and purpose
  • Oversee stakeholder relationships, including speakers, sponsors, partners, and suppliers
  • Track event performance and impact, applying learnings to future planning
  • Coordinate cross-team planning and reporting rhythms — such as leadership meetings, quarterly reviews, and board updates
  • Track progress on key initiatives, ensuring alignment across programs, partnerships, and strategic goals
  • Foster a connected, high-performing team culture through clear communication, collaboration, and leadership support

About you:

  • Proven experience in event management or program coordination
  • Confident communicator who can build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups
  • Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery — from event planning to execution
  • Proactive, adaptable, and solutions-focused — able to anticipate needs and remove barriers
  • Effective organisational, administration and time management skills
  • Use initiative and manage daily workloads to ensure smooth operations within the Remarkable team
  • Prior experience in startups, innovation, or the disability sector desirable
  • Lived experience of disability is highly regarded

Working for CPA offers you exceptional remuneration & benefits:

  • Access to a tax-free meal, entertainment & venue benefit card valued at $2,650 per year
  • Flexible ways of working - compressed hours, working from home options, flexibility surrounding hours
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave
  • 3 additional leave days each year (conditions apply)
  • $100 per year well-being allowance that you can use to enhance your wellbeing (eg: purchase sports equipment, have a massage, take a meditation class, the choice is yours)
  • Discounted gym membership for you and your family, using Fitness Passport
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Employee Referral Bonus Program, where you can be generously rewarded for referring a friend that joins CPA.

Important information:  

At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a low level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. For more information on what that may mean for this role please click here.

Please let us know if you have any pre-existing injuries or illnesses which you are currently seeking, or have sought, medical treatment for which you think may impact your ability to fulfil the inherent requirements of this role. CPA is committed to supporting an inclusive work environment and engaging workers with diverse lived experience. We will happily consider and accommodate reasonable adjustments that may be required to support candidates throughout the recruitment process, and to be successful and safe employees of CPA. 

 

Cerebral Palsy Alliance is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our clients and staff. As such we encourage all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the  rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct. 

 

CPA is a smoke free workplace including in, on and around CPA sites and vehicles. 

How to Apply 

Please click 'Apply' to complete your application.