Event Sales Coordinator
Event Sales Coordinator
We currently have an opportunity for an Event Sales Co-ordinator to join the Venue Hire team. This role will focus on supporting the sales team by following up venue hire enquiries and converting them into sales, while offering support to the operations team when needed by assisting in the delivery of private and corporate events.
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The role will sit within the sales team and will primarily involve responding to initial enquiries and conducting show-rounds of venues, delivering an excellent standard of customer service. It will require ensuring high standards of quality are maintained in all aspects of the sales process, as well as consistently meeting deadlines and sales targets. It will include some ad hoc duties, such as liaising with internal departments and assisting with our social media channel. The role will also support the operations team when needed, managing an allocation of small-scale events including Intimate weddings, ceremonies and corporate events.
Previous experience in an administrative role is essential for this role, as well as having exceptional attention to detail, organisational and communication skills. Some experience in delivering events is desirable.
We are looking for someone with a keen interest in the events industry, who is enthusiastic, has a lot of initiative and likes to get ‘stuck-in’, enjoys working in a team and has a great eye for detail. You will be required to work weekends and evenings on a regular basis.
This role is based at Kew Gardens with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.
Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.
The salary for this position is £29,159 per annum [Grade 3]
Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
No agencies please.