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Events Coordinator
Opening in early 2025, The Standard, Brussels marks the hotel brand’s third outpost in Europe. Set in the city’s Northern Quarter, The Standard, Brussels brings the brand’s design, culture and activation-driven philosophy to Belgium.
With 180 guestrooms (plus 20 residences), the modern, new-build project features many stages for The Standard’s renowned day- and nightlife. A ground-floor greenhouse welcomes guests and locals into the lobby lounge, restaurant, and terrace. Upstairs, The Rooftop features its own restaurant, bar and garden—set to become a neighbourhood destination. Throughout the building, additional public and private event spaces are platforms for happenings.
The Standard, Brussels will welcome a new set of creative, dynamic guests into the brand ethos. In Brussels, The Standard’s signature mix of playful, sophisticated, unexpected hospitality finds roots and resonances in local culture. The simple premise behind The Standard is that it is anything but. Founded in 1999, the goals of every Standard are to up the aesthetic stakes and defy convention while attending to every detail, embracing our local communities, providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for our teams and, of course, delivering a smashing good time for our guests.
We are defined by our richness of personality, diversity of background and lifestyle and are now looking for an Events Coordinator who will embody our ‘Anything but Standard’ ethos as we commence our pre-opening period.
Type:
Sales and Marketing
Type de contrat:
Permanent
Langue(s):
English, Dutch, French
Compétences requises:
Your role
As an Events Coordinator, you will become part of our Event sales & planning team and provide administration and office support to our Event Managers. You’ll be one of our guests’ very first points of contact, and be responsible for handling and responding to a range of Event enquiries including bookings over the telephone, over email or our event booking partners to ensure we quote and convert leads and enquiries in the quickest time possible. You will also support the Event Managers with client show rounds of the event spaces when required.
You will have a natural affinity for our unique brand and hospitality and will be able to connect instantly with our guests and clients in order to understand and accurately capture our guests’ requests, providing detailed information on our event spaces, restaurants, menu options and set ups to convert enquires into future bookings.
In addition to managing our general enquires on behalf of our Event Managers you will also play an active role in the planning of our Events and preparing BEO’s (Function Sheets) detailing everything the operations team need to know and provide an important link between the sales team and F&B Managers. Event planning requires a strong eye for detail so you never miss a thing so you will need to be super organised to maintain close contact with guests to ensure you have received details of any special requests, dietary needs, event timings, AV and table plans (or most importantly any last-minute changes or requests you are notified of are escalated to the Event Manager and operations team).
As you develop in your role you will take on the event management of some of our smaller meetings and events, as well as any inhouse meetings and events. The role would suit someone keen progress and develop their experience within Events with future progression opportunities to develop into an Event Manager. On busy days or when we have a very large event taking place you will need to be prepared to jump in and support the operations team running an event.
This is not a ‘Standard’ Events Coordinator position so you will need to have miles and miles of personality and stamina, be highly social, upbeat, and friendly; confident and can handle pressure well; thrive in a high-volume, high-energy environment and able to work equally well both independently and as part of a team.
Do you have what it takes to be our Events Coordinator at The Standard, Brussels?
A minimum of 1+ years’ experience Event Coordinator or Restaurant Reservations Agent experience ideally gained within a similar Lifestyle Hotel or large 4- or 5-star Hotel and possibly combined with Groups experience in Brussels or the Benelux region is essential for this role; although we stress that we are not looking for a traditional Meeting organiser.
In addition to this you will also need….
In addition to those with Events experience we are actively seeking candidates with a diverse range of lifestyle skills and welcome applications from those in the arts, music and entertainment industries
Have a solid understanding and detailed knowledge of the Brussels Hotel & Events market along with current trends
Highly social, motivated and pro-active; acting with professionalism and positivity in all interactions
You will also need to be highly organised with great attention to detail, with a natural ability for sales
Strong administration skills
Prior experience using Opera / Opera Cloud PMS is advantageous
Fluency in French and/or Dutch in addition to English is essential for this role
You will need to have a flexible approach to working hours with the ability to work shifts, including occasional weekend cover.
During our preopening and opening period, you may need to have a flexible approach to working hours
We are defined by our richness of personality and diversity of background and lifestyle so if you think you have what it takes to be our Events Coordinator at The Standard, Brussels we’d love to hear from you.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the European Union. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates prior to commencing employment.
Benefits Include
• CDI - Contrat à Durée Indéterminée
• 20 Days Holiday + Public Holidays
• Meals on Duty (once hotel is open)
• Worldwide Travel Discounts via The Standard Advantage platform & Hyatt Hotels
• Employee & Family Rates across all Standard and Bunkhouse properties
• In-house Experience Programme
• F&B Discounts ranging from 25-50%
• Recruitment Referral scheme
• Local Transport benefit
• Eco-vouchers
• Social Committee with regular monthly social activities
