Assistant Manager of Meetings & Events

Are you ready to Work Your Way with the Accor group? Sofitel Brisbane Central has the opportunity for you!

We are ‘relentlessly guest obsessed’ at AccorHotels. Everything we do, we do to help our guests feel welcome and valued, ensuring they enjoy the best experience possible.

Live up to your passion for event management while you lead the team to perform the end-to-end coordination of hotel events. Your team will ensure memorable and unique guest experiences while maximising revenue for the hotel.  You are professional and knowledgeable about the hotel, the local area and the luxury experience, and you are well connected and can build strong relationships and bonds with your clients.

Your team and working environment:

The Sofitel Brisbane Central is centrally located within the heart of Brisbane City. The hotel’s 416 elegantly appointed rooms and suites are complemented by the finest personal luxuries to make this one of Brisbane’s best accommodation experiences. The hotel features a number of exquisite and extravagant food and beverage outlets, including the newly rebranded Suzette restaurant and Chou Chou boulangerie, two state-of-the-art fitness centres, a luxury Day Spa and impressive event spaces for up to 1100 delegates.

What’s in it for you:

• An employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor properties worldwide
• Close proximity to public transport and discounted parking in Brisbane CBD
• Learning programs through our Accor Academy
• Opportunities to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!
• The ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21

What you will be doing:

• Assist the Director of Sales with the overall function of the Meeting & Events team to maximise performance, drive RGI and profitability
• Responsible for the management of events from handover from Sales to handover to Banquets and post event requirements
• Represent a luxury product and communicate and liaise at all levels, ensuring guest expectations are exceeded
• Develop a guest focused and performance driving culture among the Meeting & Events team
• Be the face of Sofitel Brisbane Central, representing a five-star luxury brand.

Your experience and skills include:

• Relevant and recent events experience in a luxury brand
• Motivated and driven to succeed
• Able to work independently
• Guest focused and committed to providing exceptional service at all times
• Highly responsible and reliable, being able to achieve tasks efficiently, accurately and promptly
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Outstanding personal presentation and style

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.
By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit  https://careers.accor.com/

Do what you love, care for the world, dare to challenge the status quo! #BELIMITLESS

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.