Hospitality Coordinator

Job Introduction

About the role

At Sodexo our team is second to none and we’re looking for a Hospitality Coordinator to join our dedicated and friendly team!

Being the first face many will see, you’ll be an important role model when it comes to what great customer service will look like. You’ll have polite and cheerful mannerisms, always creating a memorable experience for our clients and visitors!

You`ll be providing a professional hospitality and booking service, ensuring that company standards are maintained and that Client expectations are met within the agreed objectives!

Assisting with day to day running of the hospitality department, including supervising key events and ensure team are aware of details for events will be part of your daily duties. You`ll be also assisting with team meetings on a regular basis and work in conjunction with the Contract Manager to prepare budget, to achieve and maintain the food cost in accordance with the budget.

A few things about you  

As this is a customer facing role your excellent customer service and communication skills are key. Being a team player is also important, there’s no ‘I’ in team! 

If you have great attention to detail, a positive approachable attitude and love being part of a focused team then we would love to hear from you! 

Successful Hospitality background in catering and excellent management skills are essential for this role! We want you to bring your excellent organisation skills, ability to plan ahead and IT skills! 

Sodexo embeds a strong safety culture in everything we do. There will be company procedures to follow alongside our Health & Safety practises so it is vital that you will champion this.  

Package Description

• Monday - Friday
• 40 hours per week
• £30k per annum
• Opportunities for overtime
• Paid overtime
• Training provided
• Uniform provided
• Bicycle storage
• Showers on-site
• Career progression
• COSHH training provided

About the Company

Why choose Sodexo?

You don’t just join Sodexo, you belong.   

What do we mean when we say belong?  

It’s simple. You create a company where everyone is respected and feels that their ideas count. You take care of the quality of life of your people. You make your workplace inclusive, encouraging people to bring their whole self to work every day. That’s our philosophy in a nutshell.   

A career at Sodexo won’t tie you down, it actively encourages your progress. The diverse range of roles we offer is truly infinite. Whatever your skills, experience or passion, you’ll be encouraged and supported to have a fulfilling career.  

We are committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Working Parents, Sodexo Disability, So together, generations and origins.  We have also launched Be Heard which is an employee network designed to bring black colleagues together (virtually) to bring about positive change.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.   

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Our benefits:   

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life, health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs. In addition to the essentials like 20 days holidays (plus bank holidays) and pension contribution, we can help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo with benefits such as;    

• Sodexo Discounts - discounts from over 1,200 top retailers with you earning WOW Points (cashback) as you shop   
• Talk – a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family   
• Up to three paid days each year to volunteer
• Your Lucky Number Employee Lottery (this also supports the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation)

• Cycle to work    
• Life assurance