Meeting & Events Coordinator in Bath

Location: The Bath Priory (part of the Brownsword family of hotels) has a great location in Bath, just a short walk from the city centre, with a bus stop right outside. The hotel is stunning, a Georgian house with 33 bedrooms built in honey-coloured Bath stone and is surrounded by four acres of multi-award-winning gardens. We are proud to have won awards at 5-star level for over ten years and we are seeking sparkling new personalities to join our family.

SERVICE CHARGE - We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel - every penny received is paid out to the team. Service charge can be in the region of £160 a month (close to £2000 per year) over and above base pay, for a full-time employee.

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests. As a Reservations and Events Coordinator, you will work closely with both the front of house and back of house team, to ensure our guests not only have a wonderful time, but also make memories to last a lifetime. We welcome applications from candidates with no experience, as this role is all about personality and attitude; we can teach you the rest.

Role Highlights

• We never want to miss out on potential bookings, so it’s important you reply to emails and calls as quickly as possible.
• Everyone needs to know what’s going on when we have events taking place, so you’ll need to make sure our teams receive detailed function sheets.
• We get a lot of returning guests, so you’ll build great relationships with them.
• You’ll be one of the main points of contact for both the client and hotel team on the day of weddings and ensuring the smooth running on the big day.
• Many of our guests are here for special occasions, from weddings to corporate events; we want to ensure every single one leaves wanting to return.
• You will attend weekly operations meetings.
• We are one team, so we will all muck in from time to time, helping each other across departments.
• Work/life balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you can be flexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.

Benefits

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We sustain you physically too; meals when you are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels: We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable. Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award-winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station.