Job Description
We promote flexible and agile working opportunities; this role is either a part-time or full-time position (24-37.5 hours per week).
Henry Boot PLC is the parent company of the Sheffield-based Henry Boot Group of Companies. With over 136 years of proven expertise, Henry Boot PLC (the Group) is one of the country's leading property investment and development, strategic land development, construction, and plant hire organisations.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Engagement Host to be based at our modern, contemporary, state-of-the-art new head office, the Isaacs Building, located in Sheffield's 'Heart of the City'.
The role:
This is a crucial role that will provide support at a pivotal time for our business, as after 90 years we are relocating our Head Office to the city centre. (You can read the full press release here!)
The Community Engagement Host will act in the hospitality capacity as the primary contact for all internal and external stakeholders to provide an outstanding experience in our engagements and operations.
Key responsibilities:
Meet and greet internal and external stakeholders.
Handle enquiries into the business via phone, email and face-to-face interactions.
Plan, create and deliver a dynamic programme of events and employee engagement opportunities.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to coordinate events held at Isaacs Head Office and to actively promote employee engagement content.
Liaise with facilities management to report and manage any maintenance issues.
Create and seek opportunities for the business to collaborate and work in partnership with other local organisations to build and strengthen our relationships, e.g. offering our space for networking events etc.
Provide flexibility to alternative working hours, e.g. evenings and weekends, as some events may be held outside of standard business operating hours.
Follow and maintain high standards for office protocols throughout the Head Office building, providing day-to-day office coordination.
About you
You will have outstanding communication and customer service skills with the confidence to build collaborative relationships.
Previous experience in planning and delivering events and promoting the events via social media and PR channels.
Be creative with a keen eye for detail to help produce materials to promote events with internal and external stakeholders.
Previous experience providing a customer service experience within a hospitality/large office environment.
Industry-recognised qualification in Hospitality/Event/Marketing management or equivalent is desirable.
As this is a newly-created position, we’re looking for someone who has the passion and the drive to shape what ‘great’ looks like for Henry Boot, both in terms of creating a quality arrival experience for visitors and by working alongside people from right across the business to shape what a successful programme of employee engagement looks like.
You will need to be sociable, with a positive ‘can-do’ outlook. You will have great project and people management skills and be able to manage your own time efficiently, working closely with the internal comms and marketing teams, IT and HR teams.
We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our Learning and Development team, and we encourage you to consider your own training desires and make suggestions. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking training and education to achieve your goals and objectives.
Our Offer
We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.
We pay you a competitive salary – we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
We will provide you with access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
We will provide you with a car parking space or a travel allowance.
We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;
We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our AVIVA Digital GP app;
We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
We give you 24 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however, you become a parent;
We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
About Us
Henry Boot PLC is a unique Group of Companies that create sustainable value and long-term growth from land, property & development and construction. Inspired by our founding principles and the Henry Boot Way of working, we always operate in accordance with our stated Values, with the utmost care and professionalism. We add value to our business units by giving strategic support and guidance to help fulfil their operational needs.
As a Group, we’ve been unlocking value from our operations for over 135 years.
Equality and Diversity
Since 1886 our business has always put our people first, so we’re totally committed to offering an equal opportunity to every individual who joins us.
Due to GDPR we’re unable to accept applications from agencies who have not been instructed to act upon our behalf.
The Henry Boot Group of Companies reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.