Events Assistant Apprentice

Job Title:

Events Assistant Apprentice

Location:

Buckfast Abbey

Contract Type:

Permanent full-time

Pay:

£10.10 per hour - that's £2.10 more than the apprentice minimum wage

Hours of Work:

A minimum of 32 hours per week, over 5 days, including some weekends and evenings.

To Apply.:

Please complete the form below

Ready to earn, learn and launch your career?

We’re looking for our next Awesome Addition to join our Conference Centre team at Buckfast Abbey.

If you’re friendly, enjoy working with people and want to build a career in hospitality, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

If you’re organised, confident, enjoy working with people and want a career where every day is different, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. As an Events Assistant Apprentice, you’ll gain hands-on experience whilst studying towards a nationally recognised Level 3 Events Assistant qualification. You’ll be part of the team that helps deliver conferences, meetings, training events, special occasions and site-wide events for thousands of delegates and visitors every year.

This is a fantastic opportunity to earn great pay while you learn and develop skills that can take you anywhere in the hospitality and events industry.

What you’ll be doing

As part of our friendly Food & Beverage team, you’ll help create memorable experiences for our guests by:

Answering telephone and email enquiries
Assisting with event bookings and administration
Keeping our booking systems accurate and up to date
Welcoming delegates and visitors
Supporting clients before, during and after events
Helping set up meeting rooms and event spaces
Assisting with audio-visual and IT equipment
Liaising with catering teams regarding refreshments and dietary requirements
Updating digital display screens and event information
Supporting food and beverage service during breaks and lunches
Ensuring conference suites are tidy, organised and ready for guests
Always providing excellent customer service

No two days are ever the same. One day you might be helping to prepare for a large conference, and the next you’ll be welcoming delegates and supporting a wide range of exciting events.

About Buckfast Abbey

Located on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, Buckfast Abbey welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.

From conference delegates and hotel guests to day visitors and retreatants, our hospitality teams play a vital role in creating exceptional experiences for everyone who visits.

You’ll join a supportive team within an organisation that values learning, development and delivering outstanding customer service.

Our staff are not required to share the religious beliefs of the Monastic Community, but those beliefs shape our ethos and working culture, so we require all staff to have empathy with and uphold our values: Respect, Integrity and Excellence.

Who we are looking for 🔎

You don’t need previous events experience. We’re looking for someone who:

Qualifications required: English and Maths GCSE minimum of Grade 4 and above are preferable. (These qualifications can be achieved during the course, so this isn’t essential)
Has a positive attitude and willingness to learn
Enjoys working with people
Has good communication skills
Is organised and reliable
Can stay calm when things get busy
Likes being part of a team
Is enthusiastic, proactive and ready to get stuck in
Flexibility: A minimum of 32 hours per week, over 5 days, including some weekends and evenings.

What you’ll gain

A nationally recognised Level 3 Events Assistant Apprenticeship
Earn £10.10 per hour – that’s £2.10 more than the apprentice minimum wage!
Real workplace experience from day one
Industry skills that employers value
Support and mentoring from experienced professionals
The opportunity to work on a wide variety of events
A chance to build confidence, develop professional skills and kick-start your career

Sound Like You?

If you’re enthusiastic, motivated and ready to learn, we’d love to hear from you. No previous hospitality experience? No problem! You bring your best and we’ll give you the training, support and opportunities to help you succeed.

Future Prospects

Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a permanent role within Conference & Events or opportunities across the wider organisation, including:

Hotel Operations
Visitor Welcome
Food & Beverage Services
Administration

This apprenticeship is more than just a qualification. It’s your chance to build a career, gain valuable experience and become part of a team that delivers memorable experiences every day.

Apply now and start your journey into the exciting world of hospitality!

For more information, or to request an informal discussion about the role, please contact us: recruitment@buckfast.org.uk

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Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

Buckfast Abbey is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We strive to recruit colleagues who share this commitment to safeguarding and therefore apply robust procedures to support this. All new employees are required to obtain a DBS check, at no cost to themselves.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, some convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

‘Protected’ refers to convictions and cautions that will not be included on a DBS Disclosure Certificate. Guidance and criterion for filtering cautions and convictions can be found at gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance

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Criminal Record

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Please note any criminal convictions except those 'spent', or otherwise ‘protected’, under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If none, please state.

Data Protection Statement

All the information collected in this form is necessary and relevant to the performance of the job applied for. We will use the information provided by you on this form for recruitment purposes only.

The Company will treat all personal information confidentially and in line with current data protection legislation. We rely on the lawful basis of the Data Protection Act 2018 (General Data Protection Regulation) to process the information provided by you in this form.

Should you be successful in your application, the information provided, and further information which will be gathered at the relevant time, will be subsequently used for the administration of your employment and in relation to any legal challenge which may be made regarding our recruitment practices.

If you require more information on how we use the information you have provided, please email recruitment@buckfast.org.uk to ask to see our privacy notice.

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I confirm that the above information is complete and correct and that any untrue or misleading information will give my employer the right to terminate any employment contract offered.
I understand that any offer of employment is subject to the organisation being satisfied with the results of series of relevant checks including references, eligibility to work in the UK, criminal convictions, probationary period, and a medical report (in line with the operation of the Equality Act 2010).
I agree that the organisation reserves the right to require me to undergo a medical examination. (Should we require further information and wish to contact your doctor with a view to obtaining a medical report, the law requires us to inform you of our intention and obtain your permission prior to contacting your doctor).

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