Events Coordinator

Description

The Franciscan Renewal Center (aka the Casa) is a Catholic retreat center with 86 guest rooms and 24,000 square feet of meeting space located in the heart of Paradise Valley, AZ. The retreat center is seeking a dedicated hospitality professional. The Meetings & Conferences Coordinator books non-profit and religious group retreats and ensures seamless meetings for our guests.

The Coordinator plays a pivotal role in creating peaceful and rejuvenating experiences that leave a lasting impact on our visitors. Attention to detail, impeccable organizational skills, and strong communication and interpersonal skills along with warm hospitality, contribute to the exceptional service we provide. Join us in creating moments of tranquility and connection for all who step through our doors.

Responsibilities

This full-time position reports to the Director of Meetings & Conferences and handles all aspects of a group's retreat, from screening phone calls, negotiating contracts, conducting site inspections, entering all meeting room set-up details and rooming lists in our system, to invoicing clients. Additional duties include taking individual private retreat reservations and entering in-house meetings in the Retreat Manager program.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Convention Services Manager or similar role

• Excellent communication and customer service skills

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Problem-solving skills to ensure the successful execution of a meeting or event

• Flexibility to work weekends or evenings as needed due to business levels

Interested individuals should include a cover letter and current resume by April 14th. Please, no phone calls. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Benefits:

• 3 levels of medical insurance to choose from (FRC pays about 80% of this coverage)

• GAP insurance on the 2 better packages which covers deductibles on ambulance (if admitted to the hospital) and hospital bills, as well as CT scans, MRIs ETC.

• No co-pay tele-doctor visits.

• Fully paid basic dental, or a buy up plan.

• Fully paid vision.

• Fully paid short and long term disability

• $25,000 in paid life insurance, which can be increased at the employees discretion for a small deduction per paycheck depending on how much.

• Optional accident and cancer insurance (works like Aflac)

• 403b plan with a 10% match and years of service bonuses. ($500, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500) depending on tenure.

• 15 days PTO, increases to 20 days at the start of the 4th year and 25 days at the start of the 9th year of service.

• 9 paid holidays.

• Up to 5 days of "Retreat Leave"

• 88 hours of paid sick leave.

We also provide at least one staff lunch per month, we have an annual staff day where we all get off property and do something fun together, a staff Christmas Party, and many other pop-up feel good events to show appreciation to the staff.