The Benugo brand stretches from our own award-winning high street stores to cafes and restaurants within some of the world’s best loved public spaces and visitor attractions.
Find out more about us at benugo.com
Job DescriptionWe are looking for an Events Coordinator to join the Benugo team at the stunning Ashmolean Museum.
We are the proud caterers for the Ashmolean Museum, one of the oldest museums in the world, and the best location for events in Oxford.
As an Events Coordinator you will be responsible for the planning, design, production, promotion, overall co-ordination and profitability of events. You will manage and coordinate the team during events and will work closely with the sales team and client to deliver it seamlessly.
The Events Coordinator will be working as part of an exciting events operations team to deliver the food & beverage and event operations across a large selection of events spaces.
Job Type: Full Time
Rate: £15.00 per hour
Responsibilities:
- To ensure events are set up as required by the event sheets.
- Ensure events are delivered on time as required by the event sheets.
- Attend and have active input to daily and weekly event operations meetings.
- To liaise with the kitchen, event sales, operations and client teams to deliver successful events.
- Evaluates each piece of event business to ensure business can be properly serviced.
- Assembles creative and innovative event attractions based on internal capabilities or outsources to qualified vendors.
- Leads event team to build long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of sales objectives.
- Manage the events' catering email account
- Work evenings and weekends when required for events
- Minimum 1 year experience in event management
- Thorough understanding of the event and meeting management process – conception to completion
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to work well under pressure
- Meticulous organizational abilities; high attention to detail
- Concise and effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective
- Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
- Creative, positive energy, self-directed, amiable, and composed under pressure; helpful and humble
Benugo has built a culture of inclusivity & progression for all employees. Not only have we retained our family-feel culture, but we also offer a range of benefits including:
- Free lunch on shift
- Endless tea and coffee on shift
- 50% discount on food and soft drinks in all our locations, plus free tea & coffee on your days off too!
- Competitive rate
- Life Assurance
- Opportunity to develop and further your career within a fast growing an exciting company with a very prestigious list of clients
- Employee discounts at several retailers (via Perkbox app) & fitness providers
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme & our trained Mental Health First Aiders
If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!
Skills Required
- Minimum 1 year experience in event management
- Thorough understanding of the event and meeting management process - conception to completion
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to work well under pressure
- Meticulous organizational abilities; high attention to detail
- Concise and effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective
- Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
- Creative, positive energy, self-directed, amiable, and composed under pressure
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends when required for events
What We Do
WSH Group Ltd. offers contract catering services and operates food services for business and industrial locations throughout the United Kingdom, standing at the forefront of the hospitality sector.
