Job Description

Join us at Farmhouse Inns, where we’re big on quality as we are with our portions, which is why our carveries slow-roast our meats for 14-hours, freshly prepare our veg, create fluffy, handmade Yorkies, ruffle-up our perfectly crispy roast potatoes, and bake and hand-decorate our giant cakes in our kitchen every day.

The primary role of a Hotel & Events Executive Manager is to organise events within your property, including weddings, celebrations, meetings, conferences & wakes to maximise revenue across this segment. You will handle the booking process from start to finish, including taking the initial enquiry, quotations, negotiations, contracts & finances, before communicating the clients’ requirements to your operational team to deliver on the day. You may also be involved on the event day itself.

Qualifications

Your role as...

• Handling event enquiries through a variety of media, including telephone, website, email, social media and third-party websites
• Meeting with guests to understand their requirements, and demonstrating how your venue can meet those requirements
• Co-ordinating event services, such as rooms, requirements, food choices
• Communicating event details to your operational colleagues, enabling them to deliver the event on the day, often being present for the event to welcome the guests
• Ensure venue listings on all online portals including Hitched, Venue Directory etc are accurate and regularly updated
• Accurate input to an event system to ensure tracking and forecasting of event revenue
• Booking and promoting internal events such as comedy nights, party nights
• Advertising/promotional material for events & distributing it to the target audience for your site either through social media or face to face

What you’ll bring…

• Be approachable, flexible and commercially minded
• Ability to develop relationships with all venue colleagues who are part of the event process
• Believes in customer first and is able to demonstrate this personally and through a team
• Understands the meetings and events process
• Ability to use meetings and events software

Additional Information

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…