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Meeting & Events Sales Coordinator

Employer
Tamworth Borough Council
Location
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Salary
£23,836 - £26,317
Closing date
7 Oct 2019

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TAMWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL

Tamworth Assembly Rooms

Meeting & Events Sales Coordinator

£23,836 - £26,317 per annum

37 hours per week

based on a 5-day rota including weekends and evenings subject to theatre programming & events

Permanent contract

The Assembly Rooms in Tamworth have undergone a multi-million-pound project to totally transform the 130-year-old building. The refurbishment will give Tamworth a new modern theatre as well as a new kitchen with state-of-the-art equipment, café and event space for community/corporate hire. We are looking for an experienced Meeting & Events Sales Coordinator, with a proven track record in a similar position.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop a new product and revenue stream for the Assembly Rooms, creating standards and operating systems.  The successful candidate will have a background within hotels with meetings, conference or reservations experience. You will have first class communication skills and present yourself in a smart courteous manner.

Key responsibilities include:

  • To manage the Assembly Rooms events diary, ensuring venue space is optimised and room hire revenue is maximised 
  • Ensure that our conference and events enquiries and bookings by phone, email or walk in are dealt with promptly, courteously and efficiently
  • Prepare and send written quotations as required
  • Produce accurate function sheets for all our conference and events in a timely manner and distribute to the team
  • Ensure all orders, invoices and billing processes relating to the conference & events team are processed as per our processes and in a timely manner
  • Proactively sell The Assembly Rooms and other Council venues such as Tamworth Castle to potential new clients, this will include conducting venue show rounds, following up leads and converting sales
  • To liaise with the marketing department to ensure venue hire social media content is updated and relevant
  • Act as conference & events host as and when required

The successful candidate will have:

  • A minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Meetings & Events Sales Coordinator
  • Commercial social media competency, demonstrated through LinkedIn & Instagram
  • The ability to cope under pressure, in a calm and efficient manner, to set deadlines
  • Experience of hotel or venue meetings & events space
  • Good interpersonal skills with both kitchen, front of house staff and management
  • A positive approach to planning and development of the venue hire service
  • Word, Excel and Outlook IT skills to high level
  • The ability to spot commercial opportunities and show how they can be achieved
  • The confidence to develop and manage relationships with internal and external customers

If this sounds like you, then please send your CV to hradmin@tamworth.gov.uk, or to HR Admin, Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, B79 7BZ. All applications will be forwarded to Andy Cleary at Tang Foods for consideration in the first instance.

For an informal discussion about the role please email your contact number to andy@tangfood.co.uk.

For further information please visit our website www.tamworth.gov.uk.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

The authority offers an excellent employment package with flexible working, a non-contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. 

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, nationality check, and medical clearance.

Closing date: 7th October 2019 at 12pm

Interviews week commencing 14th October 2019

Late applications will not be accepted.  Agencies need not apply. We welcome applications from all sectors of the community. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks required for relevant posts.

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