Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum dependent on experience
Location: Mill Farm Sports Village, Wesham (near Preston)
Contract: Full-time, on-site
Lead a unique hotel, events and sports destination
Are you an experienced hospitality leader who thrives in a fast-paced, event-driven environment? At Mill Farm Sports Village, you’ll take the helm of our boutique 19 bedroom hotel, busy conference and banqueting operation, and major matchday and non-matchday events. All within a vibrant, modern sports stadium setting.
This is a hands on role where you’ll have real ownership, visible impact and the chance to shape the next stage of our guest experience and commercial performance.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Hotel: Leading the team to deliver a 5-star experience for corporate, leisure and matchday guests, with standards that reflect our high end, pitch view bedrooms and facilities.
- Conference & banqueting: Managing conferences, dinners, celebrations and corporate events from enquiry to execution, ensuring flawless delivery and repeat business.
- Major sporting events: Planning and overseeing hospitality for key fixtures and events at Mill Farm, coordinating closely with stadium, F&B and operations teams to deliver exceptional matchday experiences.
- People & leadership: Recruiting, coaching and motivating your team, setting clear standards and leading from the front on shift.
- Commercial performance: Owning budgets, forecasting and cost control, maximising bedroom, conference and event revenue while protecting margins.
- Guest experience: Being the face of the hotel and events operation. You will be visible, approachable and proactively resolving issues before they become complaints.
The chance to lead a distinctive hotel and events operation in a modern sports village environment. You will have real autonomy to shape standards, service and commercial results.
What You’ll Bring
- Strong background in hotel or venue management, ideally with conference, events or stadium experience.
- Proven track record of leading operational teams in a customer facing hospitality environment.
- Confident in managing budgets, forecasting, rota planning and stock control.
- A calm, organised approach under pressure, especially on event and match days.
- A genuine passion for hospitality, service excellence and developing people.
If you’ve managed a small hotel, large bar/restaurant with events, or a similar multi-outlet site, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
- Salary of up to £60,000 per annum, depending on experience.
- Employee discount of 30%
- Employee pension contribution starting at 3%
- Private healthcare and dental (After 1 year)
- Onsite parking
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