Senior Hospitality and Events Manager

Eden Scott is delighted to be working with Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the lead public body responsible for investigating, caring for, and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.

HES has a range of responsibilities which include being the custodian of collections of national and international importance as well as managing over 300 properties in their care. Buildings and monuments of national significance include Edinburgh Castle – Scotland’s number one visitor attraction – Neolithic Orkney, Fort George, Melrose Abbey and numerous small local sites, attracting more than 3 million visitors a year.

Many of their venues are available for corporate events, weddings, community events and filming and include Edinburgh & Stirling Castle, Linlithgow Palace and Melrose, Arbroath & Dryburgh Abbey to name a few.

HES now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Hospitality and Events Manager to join the team in their Edinburgh Head Office on a 12 month contract.

This role is within the Marketing & Engagement Directorate, which has primary responsibility for income generation in the organisation. This is an exciting time to join the team with an organisational focus on commercial income.

In this temporary role of Senior Hospitality and Events Manager, you will help embed new processes and procedures within the team and develop a robust sales strategy. You will lead a team, developing skills and guiding them through a period of change.  You will also support and guide delivery of a new Events System. You will have one direct report, the Hospitality and Events Manager.  The team consists of 6 people in total and covers commercial events, and hospitality.

Skills and experience required:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Reactive Event Sales professional or similar with a background in a unique venue, visitor attraction, hotel or similar. A team player with significant leadership skills and commercial acumen.

Excellent salary is negotiable, £50,386 is on offer plus various generous company benefits including enhanced holidays and pension.

Full time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Eden Scott is dealing exclusively with HES on this vacancy.