Meeting & Event Operations Manager

Village Hotels; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hotel and leisure brand in Portsmouth is seeking a Meetings and Events Operations Manager to ensure exceptional guest experiences. You'll work closely with the General Manager and Sales team, managing tasks and solving problems proactively. The role demands an energetic and outgoing personality, as well as strong team collaboration. You’ll also deliver seamless conference and meeting services in a vibrant, dynamic environment with exciting opportunities for growth and development.

Benefits

Complimentary Health and Wellness Membership

Discounted overnight stays

50% discount on food and drink

Excellent training and development programs

Flexible working hours

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Insurance

Company Pension scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits

Qualifications

• Bubbly and energetic personality needed.
• Ability to motivate and engage others.
• Proactive problem solver and team player.
• Detail-oriented and organized.

Responsibilities

• Ensure seamless conference & meeting experiences.
• Work alongside the General Manager and Sales team.
• Manage tasks for team to enhance guest experiences.

Skills

Outgoing personality

Motivation skills

Problem-solving skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Job description

Know how to party? Then this role could be perfect for you! Village Hotel Clubs are well known for hosting the best parties in town; from birthday bashes to Christmas parties and weddings to sell out tribute nights. Village Hotel Club is where it’s at. As Meetings and Events Operations Manager, you are responsible for working alongside the General Manager and Sales team to ensure that everything goes off without a hitch, checking that your team have completed their allocated tasks to enable our guests to have an outstanding time. This is a fast-paced role where you will need to think on your feet and solve problems before they happen so we need a proactive and confident individual. Not only that but delivering a seamless conference & meeting experience also needs to be in your make up.

Work, Grow, Play! Here at Village Hotel Club we are all about embracing personality, individualism and fun. Forget stuffy hotels built around formality, pomp and ceremony. We create lively, modern spaces for our guests to work, eat, relax, play and exercise. With hotels and leisure clubs Aberdeen to Bournemouth and more opening soon, we rely on you to deliver service that puts us head and shoulders above the competition.

Join us and we can offer you benefits* such as…

• Complimentary Health and Wellness Membership at your home Club for you and a family member/ friend worth £1,500 a year.
• Discount on all overnight stays at Village Hotels, meaning you can experience our hospitality from £35 with a friend and even grab an excellent breakfast.
• Friends and Family discounted stays from £49 including breakfast
• 50% discount on Food and Drink purchased on or off shift at any Village Hotel Pub & Grill
• 30% discount on and off shift in our Village Hotel Starbucks stores
• Excellent training and development including our Rising Stars and Talent Academy programmes
• A much more exciting way to train across several areas in the hotels, utilising our exciting Mobile Gaming training platform.
• Discounts and cashback offers on many High Street Brands and Supermarkets.
• A range of Well-being and Healthcare benefits and monthly well-being programmes for all employees to support your mental health
• Putting your Mental Wellbeing first with Mental Health first aiders and up to 2 mental health days to utilise annually.
• Financial wellbeing support and salary drawdown via Wagestream
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering support and counselling
• Flexible working hours
• A fun, supportive and inclusive work environment with regular team events
• Excellent Reward and Recognition Incentive schemes
• Anniversary rewards for key milestones of service
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Have your birthday off guaranteed
• Discounted Health Cash plan and Sick pay Insurance.
• A host of BIG People Days to celebrate, reward and recognise our wonderful employees and their local communities.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits and pay
• Company Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• T&C’s apply based on your contract

But what we need from you…

• A bubbly, outgoing and energetic personality
• Ability to motivate and engage others
• Proactive problem solver
• Team player and ability to partner with other departments
• A good eye for detail

Come and be part of something new & something special - Work, Grow & Play the Village Way!