Wedding and Events Assistant - St. Andrews, United Kingdom - Kinkell Byre Limited

Description

Company description
Kinkell Byre is the original barn venue, based just outside St Andrews with gorgeous views of the sea.

We are a busy, family-owned weddings and events venue that have been hosting events for 20 years this year Annually we have around 85 events, mainly weddings, but we also have student events and corporate dinners.

Our mission is to make people happy and deliver their perfect day.

Excellent Customer Service is at the heart of everything we do and our team is here to ensure everything runs smoothly throughout each event.

We are a farm diversification business and are always looking to grow and develop into new areas.

Our latest big project was building 10 self catering Cabins onsite which were opened at the end of summer last year.

We are also Rewilding Kinkell where amongst many other things, we are planting thousands of trees to enhance the sustainability of the farm.

New potential ideas for the future include renewable power generation, a cafe, some more accommodation and more We have a student storage business for St Andrews university, which keeps us very busy over the start and end of summer.

We believe that this is a great first rung on the career ladder in the wedding and events industry.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, fun-loving individual with excellent interpersonal skills and a broad range of other skills to bring to the table.

This is a relaxed, but hard working environment made up of a close-knit team - so we're looking for someone likeminded to come and work with us


Job description

Job Title:
Wedding and Events Venue Assistant

• Kinkell is looking for a new "
  Byre Assistant" to help run our busy wedding and events venue. The job role ranges from showing prospective couples around the venue to working with couples through the day of their wedding and ensuring we maintain the
  highest levels of customer service at all times.

:

-
Experience in the events and/or hospitality sector would be a plus, but is not essential.

• Most importantly of all, we are looking for someone who is
  fun,
  creative,
  organised,
  full of ideas and prepared to
  muck in
• This is currently a
  parttime and seasonal position, but the role is likely to develop with the business. Shifts will vary each week so we need someone flexible to work weekdays and weekends. Summer is very busy here at Kinkell so we need someone who can
  commit to having good availability throughout the summer months.
• Shifts planned well in advance

-
Compensation will start at the
Real Living Wage

:

• You will
  need a car to get to and from work as public transport isn't easily accessible to the venue at required shift times

Reports to:
Byre Manager


Responsible for:
-
Operations - the Byre Assistant is front of house for the set up day and the day or night of events, ensuring the couple or clients are happy. Also supporting with planning logistics in advance and delivery of events in the lead up. The role will involve some late night shifts
-
Sales - support the entire sales process, helping to generate and handle new enquiries, conduct viewings, answer questions, carry out closing of bookings and following up after the event
-
Marketing - support work to understand the marketplace and trends, work with Byre Coordinator to take photos and post for our Social Media
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Admin - support office and admin tasks as directed
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Cabins - front of house, completing opening and closing checklists, supporting sales, marketing, bookings and other admin
-
Organisation - help optimise business processes, analysis and efficiency


Experience & Characteristics

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong work ethic and happy to muck in when needed
• Proven high standards, strong organisational skills and professionalism
• The following experience would be great but is not essential: customer services, sales, marketing, events, weddings and hospitality

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type

:

Part-time

Part-time hours: 16 per week


Salary

:

From £10.90 per hour


Benefits

:

• Free parking
• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
We are operating in line with government restrictions and minimising time onsite.


Ability to commute/relocate:

• St

Andrews, KY16 8PN:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)


Application question(s):

• What are your minimum and maximum hours per week?

Experience

:

• Wedding and Events: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Shift availability:

• Day shift

(preferred)

• Night shift

(preferred)

• Overnight shift (preferred)

Work Location:
In person


Reference ID:
Byre Assistant