Events Manager The Midland

The Midland Hotel; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent hotel in Manchester is seeking an M&E Operations Manager to enhance the meetings and events experience for guests. This role requires exceptional customer service and leadership skills while managing a dedicated team. Responsibilities include overseeing operations, maintaining high standards for facilities, and ensuring adequate staffing for events. Join a company that values its people, offering continuous training and growth opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Head of Department bonus scheme

Enhanced pension plan

Special rates on hotel rooms

Company recognition scheme

Meals on duty

Talent referral scheme

Celebratory events

Access to wellbeing support

Ongoing training programmes

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a management role within a hospitality environment.
• Ability to lead a team while maintaining high standards.
• Strong organisational skills to manage events and staffing levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage M&E operations to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Lead your team to deliver exceptional service.
• Establish relationships with event organisers and hotel departments.
• Maintain hotel facilities and ensure they are well-equipped.
• Oversee staffing levels for upcoming events.

Skills

Customer service excellence

Strong leadership

Effective communication

Multi-tasking

Job description

Be Yourself – Be an Inspiration to Your Team – Be Leonardo

As a Meetings and Events (M&E) Operations Manager and Head of Department, you’ll be keeping the M&E operation running like clockwork and leading your team to ensure our guests have an incredible experience with us. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! We set high standards for ourselves to surprise and delight our guests, so you’ll need to manage the M&E operation with a passion to deliver excellent customer care.

Benefits

• Head of Department bonus scheme : based on our financial 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 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

Responsibilities

• Be yourself!
• Be a vibrant host for customers and an expert in recognising their needs- customer retention is a crucial part of this role!
• Be hands on and visible in the operation with the ability to lead and multi-task
• Keep the details in mind- you’ll take ownership for ensuring the hotel facilities and equipment are well-maintained
• Have great communication skills- it’s important to establish relationships with organisers, and other departments within the hotel!
• Ensure that staffing levels are adequate for upcoming events

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 and it’s our role to keep you at the top of your game as a Head of Department (HOD)! Our HODs hold key team leadership roles, so we support your management skills with our “People Programme” and “Passion 4 People Leonardo Culture” workshops.

To develop vital business and people skills we offer an 8-month “Fast Forward Programme”, or if the time is right our longer-term “Accelerate Programme” will prepare you for your first DGM or Operations Manager role! “Accelerate” develops your abilities and expertise at Leonardo Hotels, along with an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) certificate and membership of the Institute of Hospitality (IoH). With our support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality.

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to come join us!