Party Host - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Places Leisure; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading leisure organization in England is looking for a Party Host to create fun and memorable experiences for children at events. The successful candidate will be responsible for organizing games, preparing food, and ensuring all guests enjoy themselves in a safe environment. Candidates should have an outgoing personality, with experience in customer service being a plus. Flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package are offered, including health memberships and discounts.

Benefits

Real Living Wage alignment

2% bonus scheme

Full Health & Fitness membership

Flexible working options

Opportunity to purchase additional leave

Ongoing personal development

Company Pension scheme

Cashback plan for healthcare

Discounts on activities and café

Additional discounts from various shops

Qualifications

• Outgoing personality with the ability to engage children during parties.
• Experience in a customer service role is advantageous.
• Must be willing to work flexibly and at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Run interactive parties for children, ensuring fun and safety.
• Organize games and activities, prepare food and drink.
• Meet guests' needs and ensure an enjoyable experience.

Skills

Experience with children

Customer service focus

Outgoing manner

Energy and enthusiasm

Flexibility

Job description

Party Host - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, It will be your responsibility to help run fun, interactive and memorable parties for children at our centres. Party Hosts will ensure all guests needs are met from organising games and activities, ensuring food and drink is ready and ensuring fun and safety are at the heart of what we offer.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

You will have an outgoing manner and it would be preferable to have experience of working with children however, experience in a previous role where customer service was your main focus would be extremely beneficial for this role. Party Hosts will need to have buckets of energy and enthusiasm but most importantly you will have need a flexible attitude to work due to the need to cover parties sometimes at short notice.

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler. We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• We align with the Real Living Wage foundation
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.