Commercial Venue Executive - London, United Kingdom - Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Commercial Venue Executive
London, SW1

About Us

With over 115,000 members in 140 countries, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has been at the heart of the mechanical engineering profession since 1847.

We strive to improve the world through engineering by developing engineers, promoting engineering, informing opinion and encouraging innovation.

Our home in London is One Birdcage Walk, a unique and versatile historical venue with 18 spaces that host over 1,000 events for up to 210 people each year.

We are now looking for a Commercial Venue Executive to join our well-motivated and friendly team of four on a permanent, full-time basis at One Birdcage Walk, one of London's most beautiful Victorian buildings and the home of IMechE.

The Role
As a Commercial Venue Executive, you will be responsible for:

Optimising the profitability and revenue for the Institution whilst providing a quality service for both external and internal clients
Contributing to the development of an efficient room booking service for both internal and external venue hire as a commercial business unit
Maintaining a high level of customer service and delivery to ensure One Birdcage Walk remains a quality and respected venue
Showcasing the Institution's facilities to potential external clients and advise on the availability and suitability of rooms

Helping develop the room booking service for events, you will contribute to venue marketing activities, manage the website and match customers' requirements to specific rooms.

Additionally, you will:

Liaise with the Catering and Facilities departments
Book Audio Visual (AV) equipment
Ensure event and room booking details are kept up to date
Conduct proactive sales calls and activities to prospective clients
In discussions with the Commercial Venue Manager and or Line Manager, suggest innovative ideas for improving the business from both service and revenue points of view

As part of your role, you will be required to work outside of normal office hours on occasion.

About You
To be considered as a Commercial Venue Executive, you will need:

Proven experience of working in a venue arena and within a customer-oriented

administrative environment

Experience of providing a highquality customer service
Good organisational skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise to tight deadlines
Good interpersonal and negotiation skills, tactful and diplomatic
Good communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to produce

correspondence to a high standard

Accurate numeracy skills and an ability to generate quotes and financial figures
Ability to work independently and within a team environment
Motivated and focused on working hard to achieve results
Experience of using a CRM system, room booking and event software

The Benefits:

Circa £28,000 pa plus bonus
26 days' holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
An extra day off for your birthday
Benefits including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance and private health cover
Continuous training and career development
A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy worklife balance

We are Investor in People accredited Gold, which reflects our organisation's commitment to our people.

We champion excellence and promote progression in all that we do and, with Investors in People Gold accreditation, you can be certain that your professionalgrowth and success as well as employee wellbeing will be a priority for us.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual from a venue hire background to join our thriving organisation.

Working in one of London's most iconic buildings, you will have the chance to grow and develop your skills handling the arrangements for a huge array of events.

From lectures to parties, you'll be the lynchpin of our venue hire operation and, with no two daysever being the same, will undertake a highly engaging and varied role.

So, if this sounds like the role you have been looking for, we would like to hear from you today
Other organisations may call this role Venue Hire Executive, Events Executive, Event Co-ordinator, Venue Hire Co-ordinator, or Venue Co-ordinator.

Webrecruit and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

Equal opportunities are theonly acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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