JKS Restaurants are seeking a Sales and Events Assistant to join their Sales and Events team over the festive period from October/November to December.
The successful candidate will be friendly, personable and passionate about all things food and drink. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Events Coordinator looking for a role in an award winning, critically acclaimed group.
- Working hours variable between 8am and 10pm, 8 hours per day, 5 days a week, including some weekends.
The Restaurant
Inspired by the army mess bars of India, where military regiments go to eat, drink and socialise, Brigadiers accommodates 140 covers internally with a further 34 on an outdoor terrace. Encouraging socialising and camaraderie, live sport is shown on demand in selected rooms, whilst pool and classic card games is offered for those who wish to play while they eat and drink. The food offering focuses on different methods of Indian barbecue, utilising tandoors, charcoal grills, rotisseries, wood ovens and classic Indian smokers. The drinks offering marries together the food and social spirit of the restaurant with beer, whisky, cocktails on tap and large serves.
The Position
Reporting to the Senior Sales & Events Manager, the role of the Sales and Events Assistant is to provide an excellent customer journey to our guests, looking to enquire and book our unique private dining and events spaces.
Duties include:
- Sales coordination and event planning
- VIP reservation line support
- Large Reservation management
- Providing administrative assistance to the Sales & Events Team, assisting with contracts, BEO's, and office administration
- Co-ordinate the planning process, to gather final details and communicate these through function sheets.
- Assisting the team with emails and drafting proposals
- Convert opportunities into confirmed revenue
- Achieve agreed KPIs including response time, conversion and revenue
- Achieve agreed revenue targets
- Track and monitor sales activity
- Take a pro-active approach to problem solving and challenges and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ensuring that all opportunities are maximised, and targets achieved.
- Assist with other festive activations where necessary, such as corporate gifting.
- Ensuring all departments have correct information on function sheets.
- Preparing documents and reports for meetings
The Group
JKS Restaurants was founded by siblings Jyotin, Karam, and Sunaina Sethi in November 2008. Since its inception, the group has received critical acclaim and industry recognition, including 7 Michelin stars, 4 Michelin Bib Gourmands, a restaurant ranked among the World s 100 Best Restaurants, and a spot in the Sunday Times Best 100 Places to Work 2024.
The JKS portfolio currently features Michelin-starred restaurants such as Trishna, Gymkhana, Kitchen Table, Sabor, and Lyle s, along with cult favourites Hoppers, BAO, Brigadiers, Berenjak, Plaza Khao Gaeng, Speedboat Bar, Bibi, and Ambassadors Clubhouse. Pubs include The Cadogan Arms, The George and The Hound.
JKS Restaurants offers a unique opportunity to pursue a career in fine dining or to develop within trend-focused casual cuisine, with opportunities across all disciplines for those looking to advance their careers within a people-focused, collaborative hospitality group.