Events Manager (Maternity cover) with a competitive salary depending on candidate experience

Classic on the outside, contemporary British on the inside.

Traditional Georgian architecture, eclectic modern design, delicious, all-day dining. No.131 The Promenade is just a stone’s throw from the Montpellier district of Cheltenham, and has been named among the best hotels in the Cotswolds.

Benefits include,

• Share of Tronc
• 50% staff F&B discount
• Monthly team incentives
• Regular group-wide team events
• Contributory pension scheme
• Refer a friend reward scheme
• Continual training
• Uniform provided
• Duty meals
• Flexible Days/Rostered days off
• Additional holiday increase up to 5 extra days based on time employed
• Team events & incentives
• Supplier trips

No.131 The Promenade is offering a unique opportunity for someone with experience within the luxury hospitality sector to oversee and deliver events in our grade II listed property in the heart of Cheltenham.

The Events Manager will play a pivotal role in the planning, organisation and execution of all meetings, weddings, and events. This will include working seamlessly alongside kitchen and FOH teams to deliver exceptional weddings and events. We want someone who brings fresh ideas to the table and challenges us whilst delivering and supporting the overarching business strategy and goals.

To be successful within the role, you’ll need to take responsibility and ownership of our events, adopt a strong commercial mindset, build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, have excellent attention to detail and be able to work on multiple tasks within a fast-paced guest-focused working environment.

The Role:

• To operationally plan events of varying levels of complexity.
• Ensure effective and excellent communication between all other departments and stakeholders to deliver exceptional events.
• Coordinate an events calendar ensuring teams across the property are aware of events taking place.
• Organise and communicate with all third-party suppliers for events.
• Negotiate with suppliers and develop new suppliers as required ensuring the standard of suppliers is reflective of requirements of No.131 and purchasing policies are adhered to.
• Create a rapport with clients showing No.131 at its best.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders to develop promotional materials and marketing communications suited to our various marketing channels.

The Candidate:

• Pragmatic and self-sufficient, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal).
• Pro-active approach to working with the ability to multitask and prioritise tasks under pressure.
• Ability to drive revenue and business growth
• Hard working and self-motivated individual who is willing to take on a variety of tasks.
• Ability to work as a team member with a positive and friendly attitude.
• Must be proficient with IT, including core Microsoft packages and be comfortable using CRM systems in addition to maintaining databases.
• Highest level understanding of exceptional customer service and high-end hosting
• Strong background in functions and events
• Good leadership and communication skills
• Knowledge of the planning and operation of events
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously and meet deadlines
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• The ability to work unsupervised
• Confident, friendly, and personable manner effectively collaborate with internal teams, clients, and vendors

Salary will be dependant on the candidate’s experience.

This role will ideally be full-time (5-day week depending on events on the books) however we may be able to work with an amazing candidate with the right experience to tailor a different package. The candidate must have flexibility to work evenings/weekends as needed due to the nature of the role.