This position requires relocating to Groveland, CA just outside of Yosemite National Park
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The Group & Events Manager is the leader of the Lodge's on site events. The Group & Events Manager leads planning and coordination for group and wedding events throughout the year while working closely with our Group & Events Director. The lodge puts on 15-20 weddings each year for 75-200 guests, as well as a host of reunions and specialty events. The lodge seeks to expand its specialty, incentive & corporate group business, focused on events of 10-200 people.
The Group & Events Manager role is ideal for someone who is excited to work with groups from beginning to end, and who enjoys being involved not only in the planning but in realizing the event vision as well. The Events manager is supported in executing all events by the Lodges experienced operations team.
The right person for this role has event management experience and enjoys creating customized rather than cookie cutter events. With 20 acres in an old growth forest, our array of public facilities and dining areas and our guided recreation department, and with Yosemite at our doorstep, opportunities to create amazing events are endless. For the right creative, energized, nature loving person, this is a dream job.
The role is very self-directed and is ideal for a talented individual who enjoys direct outreach, guest contact and varied responsibilities, and who possesses strong communication and organizational skills. The position is right for someone who's excited to promote a unique mountain resort like ours to a targeted set of users who value the warm, down-home, yet professional experience of the lodge, as well as its combination of timeless feel with modern comforts and its special mix of recreation, relaxation and indulgence.
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Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Our ideal Group & Events Manager is creative, experienced, mature, self motivated and excited to help support a great staff environment in a professional yet down-home way and embraces working in a rustic environment in a relationship-oriented business.
Key Personality Traits
Guest service oriented and staff-focused
Self-motivated (takes initiative) with high standards
Mature, personable leader with a relaxed nature
Execution oriented; enjoys hands-on implementation
Leading a healthy, drug-free lifestyle
Dynamic, fun, and likes the outdoors
Independent thinker with great initiative, but comfortable working within a defined framework
Flexible with a “whatever it takes” attitude
Patience, patience, patience
Competencies/Required Skills and Abilities
Education: BA/BS preferred
High integrity and creativity
Extensive experience managing a busy, multi-faceted operation, including financial management
Strong interest in training/coaching and in supporting our youth mission
Disciplined regarding planning and managing schedules and meal/rest breaks
Wedding or similar high-end events experience
Hospitality or related experience
Independent thinker with great initiative, but comfortable working within a defined framework
Culture
Create a fun, friendly culture and a high service standard
Build an energized, well trained, technique driven team
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key responsibilities include:
EVENT PLANNING
Corporate group planning
Wedding planning, including rehearsal dinner, ceremony and reception
Specialty weekend planning
Coordinating room blocks, deposits, etc.
Coordinating rentals & vendors
Coordinating tastings and menu planning
Coordinating group recreation and other special needs
Managing & maintaining catering related inventories
Coordinating and planning for other seasonal Lodge-wide special events like Holidays
Out-reach, discovery and booking of bands for our Live Music program
DAY OF EVENT COORDINATION
For weddings and other groups
Working with department managers to ensure good pre-communication leading up to events
Being present to work with groups real-time to ensure their needs are met and to support any in-the-moment issues that arise
Ensuring accurate billing
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Supporting the creation of a fun, friendly culture and a high standard of hospitality among managers and staff
Interacting with guests in a manner that promotes the warmth and friendliness of the Lodge
Actively supporting our intern employment and development program
Supporting other lodge departments and managers as needed
Assisting in other areas as seasonality permits (e.g., marketing initiatives, wellness programs)
Support other Lodge departments and managers as needed
Create fair and consistent work environment based on respect and positivity
Create a staff mentality that is quality driven and guest-oriented
Inspire and model friendly, heartfelt hospitality among your team
Maintain strong safety standards
Complete tasks in a timely manner to ensure efficient service
Communicate professionally with all departments, including management, and be a role model of professionalism
Work safely to avoid injuries and accidents, including ensuring use of proper Personal Protective Equipment for all team members
When finding unsafe conditions and maintenance concerns, address them immediately
Work environment and Physical demands
The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions
Frequent walking, twisting, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, sitting, climbing stairs
Ability to stand and move continuously
Lifting up to 50 pounds maximum
Scrubbing and mopping floors
Working with required chemicals
Shifts of up to 8 hours per day, plus periodic additional overtime hours
Details
Full time hourly position plus a share in the Events Fees and Service Charges
The lodge is a remote location and housing options are available both onsite and offsite
Our local community is home to many key managers and their families as well
Compensation based on experience
Hours variable, including nights and weekends and all holidays, as well as situational/crisis availability; a regular schedule with specific, set days off will be established
Drug testing required in support of the healthy work and living environment we strive to create
Healthcare benefits available after 90 days
401K eligible with 3% company match after 1 year
Additional week of paid time off after 3 years
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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