Job Ref: 11739
Branch: Apex Grassmarket Hotel
Location: Apex Grassmarket Hotel, Edinburgh
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary plus excellent benefits and perks
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 16/01/2025
Closing date: 17/02/2025
Why Join Apex Hotels?
You will receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as an Assistant Conference and Events Manager. We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness, and Teamwork. It is these values that support you to be yourself here at Apex Hotels.
Role Overview:
This is a great time to join our team as Assistant Conference and Events Manager. You will display confidence, strong business acumen, and the ability to forecast sales and achieve budgets. You will have the talent to build, develop, and motivate a team in order to deliver excellent levels of customer care.
You will be friendly and approachable; you will go the extra mile for our guests; you will provide highly consistent good service and lead by example.
Main Responsibilities:
* Assisting the Food and Beverage Manager with the smooth running of all conference areas within the hotel.
* Ensure meeting rooms and events areas are set up correctly for guests to ensure they receive an excellent experience.
* Ensure staff are preparing tea/coffee breaks and stations with appropriate food and beverages and at the correct time as stated in Event function sheet.
* Answer and solve guest requests and aim to fulfil any special requirements during the event.
* Maximising sales and profit while ensuring customer satisfaction at all times.
* Assisting the manager with the coaching, training, and supporting of all conference and banqueting staff to provide consistently high standards, while continually looking to improve.
* Respond to audits that are completed by the company to ensure continual improvement is achieved within the team.
* Assisting the manager with controlling the conference budget, in relation to occupancy, departmental expenses, and staff rota's.
About You:
We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Apex family. To excel within this role, you will have:
* Excellent standards delivery
* Self-awareness and ability to evaluate your own work
* A customer service attitude
* Ability to multi-task and provide excellent attention to detail
* Previous supervisor or managerial experience within a similar role
* Experience of working in a 4 or 5-star hotel
You will work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course, you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:
* 29 days holiday
* Training and development from day one
* Employee events and celebrations
* In-house company interactive employee communication APP
* Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools
* Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working
* Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
* Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date
* £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team
Following your first successful 3 months, you’ll also receive:
* Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform “Treat Yourself Here”, unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family
* Involvement in our employee of the quarter and annual recognition schemes
* Long service recognition
* Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
* 50% discount in our restaurants
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
* Spa treatments and product discounts
* Critical Illness Life Assurance cover
We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We’ll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big; there’s a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We’re an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey.
If this is you, then click apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
About Apex Grassmarket Hotel
Located in the heart of Old Town Edinburgh, this contemporary hotel is surrounded by culture. With fantastic views of Edinburgh Castle from the hotel, it is a few minutes walk from the Royal Mile and the National Museum of Scotland.
The Apex Grassmarket Hotel has 169 bedrooms and has Deluxe Rooms which feature castle views and outdoor balconies. With seasonally rotating menus, the restaurant attracts locals and guests alike. Open for lunch and dinner in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, the restaurant's menu riffs on Scottish classics with creative twists.
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