Events Coordinator – Carols by Candlelight - Casual
Love organising events that bring people together?
Want to create magical moments while giving back to the community?
YMCA Geelong is seeking an enthusiastic Events Coordinator to lead the planning and delivery of Carols by Candlelight at Johnstone Park, one of Geelong’s most cherished Christmas events. This iconic evening celebrates community, Christmas spirit, and raises vital funds for youth programs run by YMCA Geelong This is your chance to add your personal flair and dynamic leadership to shape a truly memorable community event.
About the Role
As the Events Coordinator, you will plan, coordinate, and deliver a safe, engaging, and memorable Carols by Candlelight event. Working closely with the event committee, YMCA staff, City of Greater Geelong events team, artists, vendors, sponsors, and volunteers, you’ll oversee everything from concept to completion.
Your creativity, organisation, and leadership will ensure the event continues to evolve while maintaining its place as a much-loved Christmas tradition in central Geelong.
⭐ Role Highlights
What We’re Looking For
Leadership & Community Focus
Essential Requirements
Why Join Us?
About the Y
YMCA Geelong is a for purpose, not-for-profit community organisation celebrating 65
years servicing the community across recreation, camping, youth, and children’s services.
Benefits and perks
Child Safety and Wellbeing Requirements
At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and
be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. As such, we ensure that all of our candidates are appropriately screened (including police checks) to make sure that the right people are in the right roles. To learn more about our screening processes, click here to view our Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy and to learn more about YMCA – Empowering young people and
about our screening processes view Child Safety Resources: https://ymca.org.au/about-us/safeguarding-children-young-people/safeguardingresources/
YMCA Geelong Board and Management are committed to the safety and well-being of
children and young people in accordance with our Child Safety and Wellbeing framework. All applicants must undergo satisfactory screening prior to commencement, including but not limited to:
a national criminal history check;
an international criminal history checks where applicants have worked overseas;
holding or obtaining a valid Working with Children Card;
Three reference checks.
The successfully appointed applicant will be required to adhere to the Safeguarding
Children and Young People policies and practices, which include; Child Safety and Wellbeing induction, annual SCYP training programs & committing to upholding the safety and wellbeing of children and young people throughout terms of employment.
Ready to Create Christmas Magic?
If you’re an organised, creative, and community-minded events professional ready to make
a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
👉 Apply now and help deliver a magical Carols by Candlelight for Geelong.
Applications Close: 13th May 2026
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
