Hospitality ​/ Hotel ​/ Catering Co-ordinator, Event Management & Planning

People Co-ordinator
- Five Star Hotel
- Mayfair - £34000 plus benefits and growth opportunities
- Full-time, on-site.

The Athenaeum is an independent, family-owned luxury hoteland residences, offering a refreshingly natural approach to five-star hospitality. Privately owned and proudly individual, the hotel delivers an experience that feels personal, warm and authentic, where genuine care takes precedence over formality.

Hospitality at The Athenaeum is defined by a warm welcome and a can't-do-enough-for-you attitude. Our teams take pride in delivering moments of surprise and delight, creating stays that feel thoughtful, generous and genuinely memorable. This is luxury that feels human, confident, intuitive and unforced.

At the heart of the hotel are our people. With an Original Local spirit and a subtle members' club feel, The Athenaeum fosters aclose-knit, welcoming culture where colleagues are known, individuality is celebrated and pride is taken in creating exceptional experiences together.

As part of Sir Richard Sutton Ltd, a family-owned hospitality business, The Athenaeum offers the opportunity to grow within an organisation that values independence, craftsmanship and people, while shaping the future of one of London's most distinctive luxury hotels.

Here are just some of the benefits you can enjoy when youjoin us:

• Free and discounted hotel breaks
  - From thefirst day of service, you can benefit from a free break of one or two days inany Sutton Hotel Collection hotel, in a 12-month period. Additionally, you,your family and your friends are also entitled to discounted stays across allof our hotels including dining in our restaurants.
• Heka benefits platform - your access to Hekabegins from day one and is pre-loaded with a balance of £150 to use against awide range of wellness focussed products, experiences and schemes including health cash plans and gym memberships.
• Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle towork, tech and electric vehicles (T&Cs apply)
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave (26 weeksat 90% for expectant mothers, four weeks leave at 90% for fathers)
• Annual social and celebration events.
• Learning and Development
  - An extensive range of training opportunities are available to facilitate your personal development including our in-house Catalyst Aspire and Inspire programmes and external study sponsorship.
• Wisdom Wellbeing - A confidential, 24/365service offering CBT, therapy, up-to-date information, support and advice on abroad range of subjects.
• We also provide you with all the basic benefits such as free nutritious and tasty meals on duty, complimentary on-site parking (where available), and bespoke uniforms for uniformed positions.

At the Athenaeum we put our talent square and centre of allthat we do - our people are our biggest asset after all!

The purpose and contribution of our People Co-ordinator will, therefore, be critical to the success of ourteam and ultimately the service we deliver to our treasured guests. You will be expected to get out amongst the action and so this role is particularly handson. If you prefer to be stuck in the office, this position is not for you. Itmay sound obvious, but you must be a people person, highly emotionally intelligent, with a genuine interest in others.

Experience and qualifications definitely make a difference but this is a role where getting stuck in is the priority - no two days lookthe same - supporting the People Manager and wider team with all things "People".

As a guide, the role will encompass:

• Engagement and retention
• Supporting with recruitment and onboarding
• Yes, there's definitely some admin involved!
• Supporting with employee relations issues

The successful candidate will have:

• An excellent level of computer literacy.
• Experience of working within an HR team withinthe hospitality industry
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Is respectful. Values others people's views and opinions.
• Is open and honest when expressing opinion and thoughts.
• Is trustworthy. Follows through on requests asked and commitments made.
• Shows understanding. Is genuine, shows real empathy, cares for others.
• Is forward-thinking and shows ambition. Actively embraces change.
• Is creative. Shares ideas. Problem solves effectively.