Hospitality Coordinator

Hospitality Coordinator – Worth Abbey

We are looking to appoint a Hospitality Coordinator to join the Abbey team soonest. The successful applicant will assist the Hospitality Director for Worth Abbey to implement the strategy for letting out of the Worth Abbey site including St Bruno’s, Compass House, the Bermondsey Huts, Abbey Church venues and church events, in a manner consistent with our values, assisting in maximising the commercial potential of the retreat centre and associated buildings.  The postholder will be expected to be loyal to the aims and objectives of the Abbey and to have regard to the Benedictine ethos and the Roman Catholic character of the Abbey.

As a Hospitality Coordinator your responsibilities would include:

Strategy:

• Work with the Hospitality Manager and Hospitality Director to develop and implement a strategy that maximises the commercial potential of the Worth Abbey site in line with our Benedictine values.

Administration: 

• Provide administrative support to the Hospitality Director of Worth Abbey.

Guest Service: 

• Work with the Hospitality Manager to be the first point of contact for all guests whilst on site, including meet and greet, inductions and the delivery of outstanding hospitality to all our guests throughout their stay.

Operational Duties: 

• Work with the Hospitality Manager to ensure that the facilities being hired are prepared to the highest standard ahead of a guests stay.

Compliance 

• Be responsible for the safeguarding compliance of Worth Abbey Projects.

What we are looking for:

• A good standard of Education
• Evidence of continued professional and personal development
• Events Management or similar qualification (Desirable)
• Graduate calibre (Desirable)

(Please see the attached Job Pack for more details)

The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision and enhanced pension contribution. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 600 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form.

Applicants are required to apply online by using the Quick Apply button. Alternatively, an application form and job details are available from the HR Department.

Email: recruitment@worth.org.uk

Telephone: 01372 710215

Closing date for applications: 30 November 2024

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.