Be Yourself - Be a Bold Team Player – Be Leonardo
As a Meetings and Events (M&E) Team Member you’ll be a face of the hotel, so we want you to bring your warm and friendly personality to work with you every day. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! This is a hands-on position within the M&E department; with great attention to detail you’ll be setting up, refreshing and clearing rooms to the high Leonardo standard! You’ll work as part of a vibrant team to ensure all guests have a first-class experience with us.
Some of the perks our colleagues enjoy include:
1. Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
2. Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
3. Meals on duty
4. Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
5. We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
6. The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
7. Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression
If you’re our ideal M&E Team Member, you will:
8. Be yourself!
9. Think on your feet to meet clients’ needs- a great can-do attitude is spot on!
10. Have great communication skills: you’ll be greeting organisers, ensuring guests’ needs are met and working with others to achieve the department’s KPIs
11. Be self-motivated and comfortable working alone at times
12. Work well in a team during large events
13. Be AV savvy to support organisers with the set-up of their event (desirable)
14. Be able to work in our Bar & Grill Restaurant during quiet period
Why come join us?
We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community. In our business, your hard work and pace is valued so it’s our role to keep you at the top of your game as a Hospitality professional! Our “GROWonline” learning portal ensures you develop the knowledge and skills you need, along with regular coaching and training from your manager. Our regular Learning Bites, “Come Join Us Guest Care” training and Wellness webinars all help your progress with us. With support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality!
Our Story
Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to come join us!