Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:08:56 +0000

  

Assistant Operations Manager Vacancy

Our site is currently looking to recruit a new Assistant Operations Manager. This role will be in our Operations team for the Good Eating Company at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

The Business Design Centre (BDC) is an integrated conference and exhibition complex, which also houses 120 tenant showrooms and offices year-round. Annually, the BDC hosts over 70 major trade and consumer exhibitions and 250 conferences, no two of which are ever exactly the same. In total these shows attract over 500 thousand visitors a year.

As the 'in-house’ caterer at the BDC, the Good Eating Company has exclusive provision rights for all catering in this varied and challenging contract. The Operations team is responsible for ensuring all events are catered for to the highest possible standard, maintaining an excellent professional relationship with our clients, whilst keeping within defined budgetary restrictions.

The successful applicant will be keen to develop existing skills working on a wide variety of events. We hope to recruit a motivated individual looking for a hands-on floor role in conference and exhibition catering.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN OFFICE-BASED EVENTS POSITION.

The ideal candidate will:

-have a professional and mature approach to their work, capable of thinking on their feet and maintaining our company's high performance standards under pressure.

- have strong written and spoken English, as it will be vitally important to be able to communicate quickly and concisely with staff, management and clients. You will also need to come across as approachable, confident and friendly for one-on-one discussions with event organisers.

- be physically fit. The job regularly involves lifting and shifting of crockery, furniture, trollies and catering deliveries.

- be flexible on shift times. This role will require weekend and evening work. We are, on average, operational 26 out of 52 weekends of the year, and regularly have gala evenings or functions that run into late evening. The correct candidate must also be able to start work at 6am occasionally (regardless of your living or transport arrangements) as there can be conferences that require the team to be on site preparing at this time.

- be able to supervise and manage a team of staff.

-Please note a previous supervisory experience in a catering role is ESSENTIAL for this position, due to the regular need to brief, control and manage staff.

- be well presented at all times to appear professional to staff and clients.

Please do not apply for the position unless you meet all of the criteria listed above. Valid references and CV will be required from all applicants, as well as any relevant work permits. Salary package for this role will be dependent on previous experience

For further information about our company or the Business Design Centre,

please see the websites

www.goodeatingcompany.com or

www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk

Please DO NOT send any applications to persons at either of these addresses.

All correspondence to

paul@goodeatingcompany.com

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