Meeting & Events Sales Coordinator - 12 Month Maternity Cover

Working with us provides great benefits, including: Access your pay as you earn it through our financial wellbeing platform Wagestream, a tool that lets you track your earnings in real-time, access a percentage of your pay as you earn it, learn easy tips for managing your money and save straight from your pay into pots for the future. Discounted Hotel Stays across our UK sites, and if you work for a branded venue, around the World! 50% off Food & Beverage at all our Hotels & F&B Venues Spa Discounts at our venues with a Spa Retail, Cinema & Leisure Discounts Development Opportunities via our Grow with us initiative, including Apprenticeship opportunities, our Development Programmes, and more! Monthly Star of the Month Awards Long-service Awards, that start after 1 year of service Recommend a Friend Incentive Be rewarded for referring someone you know! Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days per year. Pension Scheme Other incentive programmes that run throughout the year About the role You'll organise all client meetings and events, ensuring their experience is memorable from start to finish. You'll act as both a hotel and Cairn Group ambassador and trusted partner you'll connect internal teams to deliver a seamless experience for planners, hosts and meeting attendees. You'll also assist the department in developing and implementing selected marketing & sales tasks ensuring the highest level of customer service at all times You'll be passionate about people, have a personalised approach, and love our brand. Showing clients around the building and selling everything we have to offer. In addition you will undertake tasks to develop business through proactive activity. You'll help us deliver on revenue, profitability targets, and gain a competitive advantage for the venue. You should have a good knowledge of the local and national market and a great experience with the MICE market. About you Possess excellent communication skills. You'll need to be a good co-operator with a professional, warm, trusting and friendly approach, reacting to change in a positive way Well informed about the market and industry Ability to build and maintain long lasting relationships with existing and new clients Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to stay calm under pressure, adapting your approach to complete routine and non-routine tasks High attention to detail and accuracy great at managing one's own time Have a creative and innovative approach Great team working skills whilst being comfortable and able to work alone About us At Cairn Group we're ambitious. With a varied and extensive UK portfolio of hotels, bars and restaurants in our portfolio, we're focused on continual growth and are in it for the long haul. We are a family owned business with family values at our core, with a growing team and sites UK wide. The Doubletree by Hilton Edinburgh – Queensferry Crossing has been newly refurbished to the highest standards, with sleek, modern interiors throughout. The hotel offers stunning panoramic views over the Forth River with close proximity to Edinburgh. Benefits: Hilton Staff Rate & Friends and Family Scheme Free Parking Cairn Group Staff Discount Scheme Retail and travel discounts Recruit a friend Scheme Induction and training programme Star of the Month & Golden Ticket Award Pension scheme Cairn Academy' Training & Development Opportunities Meals on Duty Uniform Cycle 2 work scheme* (* Applies to positions above minimum wage) TPBN1_UKCT