Corporate Events Coordinator

Location Birmingham
Discipline: Business Support, Serviced Offices, Flexible Offices, Corporate Events & Meetings, Flexible Office - Operations
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £27,000 - £30,000
Contact name: Valentine Nwanze

Contact email: valentine@insideavenue.co.uk
Job ref: 1399608
Published: about 1 year ago

Corporate Events Coordinator
(Flexi Offices, Meeting Rooms & Events)

Base Salary: £27,000
Hybrid-Working: Birmingham office location
Hours: 9am - 6pm (Monday - Friday). 
Start Date: Immediate / After Notice Period
Two Stage Interview: 1st interview via Teams; final interview is office-based


  • Our client is a nationwide flexi-office / serviced office provider. They are currently seeking a Corporate Events Coordinator who is based in Birmingham (hybrid-working) for their nationwide portfolio of Flexi Offices, Meetings & Events space.


  • This company is a (commercial property) managed operator that is part of a larger group with multiple serviced / flexible office brands across approximately 50+ business centres throughout Scotland, England, and Wales.


  • Their services encompass office space leasing, business advisory services, commercial property finance and development.


BENEFITS INCLUDE:

  • Training Support Package - Ongoing professional development

  • Ongoing opportunities for career progression

  • Birthdays off

  • 33 days of annual leave (including all statutory bank holidays)

  • Company Pension Scheme

  • Discounted Private Medical Insurance Cover

  • Life Assurance

  • Income Protection Insurance

  • Payroll Giving

  • Cycle to Work Scheme

  • Annual Flu Jabs

  • Eye Tests

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • Annual Professional Membership Subscription

  • Volunteering Days off

  • Enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Paternity Pay



ROLE OVERVIEW:

  • Responsible for accurate inventory management, product delivery and customer experience to achieve revenue/contribution targets of all Events, Meetings, Coworking and new future products.


  • To be a part of a brand, new team that is building new products and revenue streams within a well-established leader in the world of coworking/flexible workspace/hybrid working.



KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Sales & Operations:

  • Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of co-working/ flexi office centres, availability, products, and services within the company's portfolio.

  • Onboard new locations to new channel partner, and event agent sites.

  • Ongoing management of broker partner listings to ensure product listings are current and an accurate representation. Update and refresh current listings/pricing/photos.

  • Work with flexi-office centres to assess inventory options in order to accept or reject bookings.

  • Allocate booking requests and reservations for all locations from the channel partners.

  • Work with nationwide flexi-office centres to provide seamless end-to-end customer experience.

  • Report and escalate service issues reported to the management.

  • Manage the billing and cash collection process.

  • Ensure all data is captured within system for consistent and accurate reporting.

  • Support with all administrative tasks related to Product & Services Development.

  • Ad hoc duties as and when required by the business. 



Health & Safety

  • To have an understanding and work to policies relating to statutory H&S obligations


  
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED:

  • Confident user of Microsoft office 365 (Word, Excel and Outlook) Strong and professional communication skills both written and verbal as well as presenting

  • Minimum Grade C in English and Maths (or equivalent)

  • Focused with an attention to detail

  • Be a self-starter working harmoniously both independently and as part of a team

  • Resilient and embraces change

  • Excellent communicator and telephone manner

  • Building Relationships

  • Ability to prioritise and manage own workload

  • Constantly reprioritising ever-evolving task list

  • Commercial Awareness

  • Have a proactive approach to learning and engaging.

  • Driven and team-orientated with a strong desire to compete and win

  • Results-driven with a positive attitude

  • Willingness to learn and adapt

  • Working effectively

  • Curious

  • Approachable