Wedding and Event Specialist

With over 57 years of dedicated hospitality excellence, our all-season resort provides a truly extraordinary wedding experience, offering a variety of stunning settings to host every aspect of your wedding celebrations from engagement parties, bridal showers, bachelor parties and anniversary celebrations.

Job Summary / Purpose:The Event Specialist coordinates weddings & events and supports the catering, convention services, banquet and restaurant departments with day-to-day administrative responsibilities, as well as acting as a liaison between Meeting Professionals/Catering Customers and all operating departments to ensure a high standard of organization, execution and guest service throughout all convention, catering, restaurants and banquet events/functions.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• To be visible and accessible with professional floor presence in order to anticipate, understand and act upon all client and associate related needs.
• Site inspections, coordinate all details of accommodation/food & beverage on weekly basis, execute group events turned over by the Catering & Convention Services Department.
• Monitor and finalize contractual agreements pertaining to meeting space, food and beverage and special occasions
• Effectively communicate to all hotel departments the information necessary to successfully execute the group’s needs while maintaining a good client relationship.
• Act as an extension of designated Manager by meeting and greeting visitors, answering and forwarding telephone calls and providing administrative support where required.
• Responsible for augmenting hotel and departmental recognition and reputation by providing exceptional customer service for guests, visitors and callers.
• Any other duties as assigned by Manager.

Requirements/Specialized Skills

A fast paced, busy convention hotel setting will demand forward planning capabilities, excellent communication, interpersonal & organizational skills, with a high level of customer focus for co-ordinating weddings, conference & banquet events.

Education & Certification

• At least 5 years relevant hotel & resort experience, strong computer skills and excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and forward planning skills.
• Attention to detail is imperative.
• Post secondary education in related field or equivalent work experience in the hospitality industry. Tourism or Hospitality diploma are an asset.
• Hours will be days, evenings and weekends as you will be meeting with group contacts.

Nottawasaga Resort welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of our selection process.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.00-$24.51 per hour