Salary: 40,000 per annum
Shift hours: Full Time
Compass Group Plc is a 20 billion turnover, global organisation and the worlds leading provider of food and support services. With operations across seven key business areas (Foodservice; Support Services; Business & Industry; Healthcare & Seniors; Education; Sports & Leisure; and Defense, Offshore & Remote), Compass serves customers in offices and factories; schools and universities; hospitals and senior living communities; major sports and cultural venues; remote mining camps and even offshore platforms. We are looking for an experiencedEvent Operations Manager to join our team inLondon.
Location:London
Salary:40,000 per annum
Working Pattern:40 hours per week, 5 days out of 7
About the Role
We are looking for a hands-on Event Operations Manager to oversee and deliver our catering events across multiple venues. From small meetings for 10 guests to large-scale events for up to 2,000 guests, you will ensure every event is delivered smoothly, professionally and to the highest standards.
You will lead a team of supervisors and manage a flexible casual workforce, taking full ownership of operational delivery from planning through to live event execution.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and support supervisors and casual teams to deliver exceptional catering events
- Plan and manage event operations across multiple spaces and off-site locations
- Oversee events ranging from 10 to 2,000 covers
- Ensure high standards of service, presentation and health & safety
- Manage staffing levels and deployment in line with business needs
- Act as the key operational contact during live events, solving issues calmly and efficiently
- Build strong working relationships with venue teams and internal departments
What Were Looking For:
- Proven experience in event or catering operations management
- Experience delivering large-scale or high-volume events
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage supervisors and casual teams
- Background in hotels, banqueting or large venue environments would be ideal
- Flexible approach to working hours, including evenings and weekends
- Calm under pressure with excellent organisational skills
What'sin it for you?
Working with Compass Group has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.
- Personal Development and Training opportunities
- Life assurance scheme
- Pension scheme
- Holiday allowance
- Eye care
- A great wellbeing strategy including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
- Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
- Family friendly support
- A holiday purchase scheme
- Regular social events and communication with our leaders
- Volunteering days
- Recognition schemes and people awards
- Long service awards
- Access to some great high street discount vouchers
Reference: compass/TP/3339953/217793
Location: London