Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly Catering and Conferencing departments working within our back of house teams to deliver a smooth and efficient booking process for all events.

To be successful in this role you will enjoy engaging with clients, working on events and be able to deliver the office-based requirements to support this. As a Catering, Conference and Hospitality you will play a key role liaising between the Catering and Conference teams on bookings, menus and new system initiatives. You will have excellent organisational skills and a strong customer focus. Experience in running events and working within a catering environment as well as with the systems that support these areas, would be ideal. This will be an office based position primarily with some opportunities to work on events.

A degree, HND or BTEC qualified (or equivalent standard) would be welcome but not essential. We would instead expect a demonstrable experience and skill level in hospitality, events and an office-based environment. You must be able to demonstrate good customer care skills, knowledge of Microsoft office, ability to manage workload and excellent verbal and written communication skills. A background in learning and using computer systems is an essential requirement.

Desirable requirements would be experience of working in HE and experience of dealing with accommodation bookings.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible. This role is Essential Campus Specialist - These roles are typically wholly campus based due to their specialist nature or the need to provide in person services.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 1st of October 2024
Closing date for applications: 11th of October 2024
Interviews are to be held: 21st of October 2024

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Felicity Wren, 01227 923468, felicity.wren@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05338.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.

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Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.