Head of Group & Event Planning

Contract Type : Permanent

Join us as a Head of Group & Event Planning at The Dorchester, recognised as one of 'The Sunday Times Top 10 Best Places to Work for' in 2024 & 2025 and 'Hotel of the year - London' at the 2024 AA Hospitality Awards. We continually strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is part of our DNA, reflected in our values of passion, personality, respect, working together, and creativity. We believe that a variety of perspectives enriches our culture and drives our success. We care about your career and are known for having the absolute best people in the industry. When you join us as Head of Group & Event Planning, you start a unique opportunity to become celebrated as the very best in your field. You'll learn not only from your fellow Legends, but also through our award-winning learning academy, so that you can achieve the highest standards of craft, service, and leadership and become a legend in your own story.

As a Head of Group & Event Planning, you'll love what you do and take pride in taking care of our guests: The Head of Group & Event Planning is responsible for leading the Events department at The Dorchester, ensuring the successful delivery of all group, corporate, social and special occasion events while driving commercial performance, exceptional guest experiences and team development. Working closely with the Director of Events, the role provides day-to-day leadership of the Events team, including Event Managers and Event Executives, ensuring the department consistently achieves revenue targets, delivers exceptional service standards and maintains operational excellence. The Head of Group & Event Planning will play a key role in developing proactive social sales strategies, growing market share within the luxury events sector and building strong relationships with key clients, planners and industry partners. This role combines strategic leadership, commercial accountability and operational expertise to position The Dorchester as a market-leading luxury events destination. The items shared are the essence of a day in the life of a Head of Group & Event Planning, but we will make sure you are provided with specifics on how we care for our hotel. The operational hours of work are shift-based and we would require flexibility

Location : 53 Park Lane, Mayfair W1K 1QA London