AddressAre you someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment, managing people, and supporting clients?
We are recruiting a Head of Events to join the Rapport team at one of our client sites in the heart of the City of London. The client company is a Fortune Global 500 company, where excellence and creativity are the norm every single day.
This is a great opportunity to join our energetic team and play a key role in leading, inspiring, mentoring and coaching the UK Events team of 12 Rapport ambassadors to provide a first-class, professional service to our clients.
We are offering a full-time, permanent contract (40 hours per week).
Main Responsibilities
- Managing the daily operations of the UK events team, based in London and regions
- Supporting event coordinators with the planning and production of all key events
- Working with the on-site team to prepare and manage events from start to finish, including troubleshooting, equipment problems, and solving technical issues
- Liaising with all other service providers to develop and deliver events successfully
- Creating and updating SOPs to ensure the events department is running as smoothly as possible
- Writing event reports for senior client management, noting attendance, times, and significant issues/feedback
- Ensuring health and safety documentation and obligations are adhered to and in place
- Taking ownership of your working hours to cover key events – any overtime being communicated to Account Manager
- Encouraging and praising the team for provision of outstanding service through reward programs (e.g., WOW Awards, Be a Star, and Excellence Awards)
The ideal candidate will:
- Share our Rapport values: Create Rapport, Be Brilliant, Innovative Spirit, Walk Tall and Stronger Together
- Have at least three years of Events experience, and a minimum of two years of Management experience in a luxury hotel, premium airline, retail, or a corporate environment
- Have the passion and drive to deliver the very highest levels of customer service
- Have an outgoing personality, understanding the professional etiquette, and be able to easily build rapport with key stakeholders (internal, external and VIPs)
- Have great interpersonal skills, an outgoing and vibrant personality
- Demonstrate ability to adapt and flex your working style and behaviour to adapt to the environment of the site you are working at
- Demonstrate an excellent command of the English language, both in verbal and written communication
- Be creative, proactive, organised, detail-oriented, process-driven, quick learner and resourceful with a can-do attitude
- Have the ability to work well under pressure and act both proactively and intuitively
Some of our benefits include:
- Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
- Save money on your groceries with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and other major brands
- A wide range of offers dedicated to improving your personal finances for a more secure future, including life assurance cover
- Regular emails filled with the best discounts and savings available
- Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
- Financial rewards - for recommending your friends and family and/or even when you bring new business to us (legitimate qualified sales leads)
- Contributory pension scheme
- Access to wellness programs to promote the mental health and well-being of our Ambassadors
- Employee Assistance Program to guide and support our team members
- Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
- Learning & development opportunities to support your personal and professional development and growth
- WOW Awards to celebrate our brilliant Ambassadors nominated for their exceptional service by our guests and clients
- One Paid Day for Charity Work
Why Rapport?
Our people come first, and we are committed to developing you and offering a number of fantastic professional and personal development opportunities. We have a suite of over 50 training workshops and a number of Leadership programmes to support you with your development and career progression within Rapport.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and inclusion within the workplace, and we celebrate everyone’s differences and diverse backgrounds. We have created a number of Employee Networks as part of our “Be Yourself at Rapport” programme, to create a safe space for our Ambassadors to connect and collaborate, ensuring we champion diversity and inclusion in all that we do.
Our Ambassadors’ mental and physical wellbeing is very important to us, and we continue to have a real focus on providing the varied support and initiatives for our teams to get involved in.
Rapport is also a Disability Confident Employer, and we have a number of partnerships with external organisations providing job opportunities within the company for people with special educational needs and disabilities.
About the Company
Rapport is an award winning, specialist company that provides corporate organisations with a range of fully managed front and back of house guest services. Our tailored services are provided to clients in all major cities in the UK and Ireland and in key locations in the US and Hong Kong.
We are very proud to count some of the UK’s most forward-thinking, blue-chip companies as our clients, from small boutique firms to large multi-site international corporations, all with a common goal to provide excellent Customer Service.
Our most prestigious awards include:
- In the 2021 ‘Best Companies to work for’ awards, Rapport was recognised as being the Best Company to Work for in the U.K. Business Services Sector, Rapport was recognised as the second Best (Large) Company to Work for in the UK and third Best Company to Work for in London (all categories and company sizes).
- We were awarded three stars from ‘Best Companies’, their ultimate accolade, in 2021 signifying a ‘World Class’ company.
- Top 30 Best Places to Work in Hospitality in 2021 winner.
- Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion at HR in Hospitality Awards 2019
Rapport is a part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, a FTSE 100 company. Please visit our website, www.rapportservice.com, for further information and before applying to learn more about Rapport and our clients.
We will contact applicants within 5-7 workings days. Rapport job adverts always gain a high response rate, but we do review all applications. Please check your inbox and your junk/spam folder for our response to your application. Due to high application volumes, we recommend that you do not apply for more than one role at any time. Please ensure you apply for the role that best matches your experience.
