Senior Events Executive

**JKS Head Office - Senior Events Executive**:
**Senior Events Executive - JKS Head Office**:

- Salary - up to £35,000 per annum_
- Schedule - Full Time_
- Experience - Previous experience as a Senior Events Executive_

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Events Executive looking for a role in an award-winning, critically acclaimed group.

**The Group**:
JKS Restaurants was founded by siblings Jyotin, Karam and Sunaina Sethi in November 2008. The group has received critical acclaim and industry recognition since its inception, including 6 Michelin stars, 4 Michelin Bib Gourmands and one restaurant ranked in the World’s 50 Best restaurants.

The JKS portfolio currently includes Michelin Starred restaurants Trishna, Gymkhana, Kitchen Table, Sabor and Lyle’s; as well as cult favourites Hoppers, BAO, Brigadiers, Berenjak, Plaza Khao Gaeng, Speedboat Bar and Bibi. Pubs include The Cadogan Arms and The George.

JKS Restaurants offers a unique chance to either pursue a career in fine dining or develop within casual trend focused cuisine, with opportunities across all disciplines for those looking to progress their careers within a people focused, collaborative hospitality group.

**The Position**:
The role of Senior Events Executive is to coordinate new business for our unique dining and events spaces. Providing an excellent customer journey throughout.

Duties include:

- Creating and maintaining strong relationships with corporate and social event bookers
- Daily enquiry and diary management, proposals, follow ups and function sheets.
- Work closely with the onsite operations team to ensure the smooth running of all events.
- Represent JKS and be responsible for reactive sales to large event enquiries at all JKS restaurants for off site events and client entertaining.
- Be the point of contact for the large events during the planning process
- Track and monitor sales activity and present to the Sales & Events Manager
- Contribute to and deliver sales initiatives to achieve key revenue and quality standard targets
- Take a pro-active approach to problem solving and challenges, be able to work in a fast paced environment.
- Occasional weekend work required
- Ensuring that all opportunities are maximised, and targets achieved.
- Achieve agreed KPIs including response timed, conversion and revenue, sales calls, sales meetings and presentations

**Benefits & Culture**:
Our team is the most important part of our business, translating our passion for genuine hospitality to our guests every day. We are proud to work with industry-leading talent and recognise the importance of offering our teams the tools, guidance and experience necessary to build confidence and grow.

We encourage you to bring your whole self to work and celebrate the skills and characteristics that make you unique. Your commitment to be kind and work hard comes with a range of benefits such as:
Treat Yourself
- Up to 50% off dining across JKS Restaurants
- Retail & Takeaway Discounts
- Code App Membership
- Cost price wine through our suppliers
- Perkbox - access to tons of retail discounts and our wellbeing hub

Look After Yourself
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Company Donations for your involvement with Charities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Access to Financial Advice
- Wedding Gift & New-born Care Package - Celebrating your big occasions

Progress Yourself
- Access to our fantastic L&D Calendar
- A personalised learning & development plan to develop your skills and knowledge
- Career progression with a fast-growing, critically acclaimed restaurant group.

Be Yourself
- Additional holiday for every year with us (rising to 33 days)
- Wagestream - stream your pay earlier
- Employee referral scheme - paying up to £600 per referral
- Staff parties & long service awards