As our Events Business continues to grow and we look to a busy year ahead, we are looking for an experienced an Events professional with a fabulous and engaging personality to join our highly successful and award winning team as an Events Manager.
Our Events business is renowned… we’re just one of only 31 AIM Gold accredited meetings venues in the UK. And that, paired with an onsite team who have decades of experience in running large scale events for global clients, makes The Grand Brighton the place to surprise, delight and entertain.
Forming part of the Event Operations Management team, the primary focus of your role as an Event Manager is to lead and manage the Events team ensuring they are delivering fantastic experiences at all times for the large range of different events that take place in the hotel.
Some of the perks you could enjoy include:
* Quarterly bonus scheme: based on our business and your personal performances
* Enhanced pension plan
* Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
* Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
* Meals whilst on duty
* Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
* 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
* The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
* Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression
If you’re our ideal Events Manager, you will:
* Have a customer facing presence, a rapport builder, a host
* Ba calm and assured under pressure
* Have a passion for standards and service
* Lead from the front and delegate effectively
* Be a Coach and hands on trainer
* Be well organised and structured in approach
* Have confidence to demand high standards from others
Our story
Set perfectly amidst the city, the iconic Brighton seafront, and the stunning backdrop of the South Downs, The Grand Brighton was officially opened on 21st July 1864 to great fanfare and celebrated as the original ‘Palace By The Sea’. The Grand is part of the Leonardo Hotels Limited Edition collection. Leonardo Hotels operates over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, with plans for major expansion over the years; there’s never been a more exciting time to join us!
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, hard work earns you genuine opportunities for development and progression. In order to thrive here, you need to enjoy working at pace. With support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality.
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