Closing date: Friday 29 August 2025
Full-Time Permanent Position (45 Hours Per Week)
Salary: £28,828.80 Per Annum, Plus Service Charge and Desirable benefits
Are you wild about creating memorable experiences?
Do you want to work in a place where you can hear the roar of a pride of lions?
At Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, our Orangery and Pergola, along with the Mansion Hotel function rooms, are exquisite and unique events spaces, set in the grounds of a wild animal park. Our venues offer truly unique settings for weddings, conferences, and private events.
As a Wedding & Events Supervisor, you’ll play a key role in creating unforgettable experiences for our guests. You’ll work during booked events to ensure everything runs seamlessly, from start to finish. When events aren’t taking place, you’ll take on a supervisory role in our beautiful Garden Room Restaurant and also support the delivery of our Afternoon Teas in the Mansion.
Who we are looking for:
We’re seeking an experienced supervisor with a passion for weddings, events, and hospitality. The ideal candidate will have a background in both events and restaurant settings, with a genuine drive to deliver outstanding customer service and the ability to inspire a team. Working closely with our Events Operations Manager, you’ll take the lead in running events and ensuring every detail is delivered to the highest standard. When no events are scheduled, you’ll step into a supervisory role within our Garden Room Restaurant and Afternoon Tea service in the Mansion - so experience in these areas will be a real advantage.
You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, be an excellent communicator, and know how to bring out the best in your team to create memorable experiences for every guest.
Contract details:
This is a full-time permanent position working 45 hours a week, five days out of seven. TRONC (Service Charge) is received in addition to monthly salary. Working hours may include day shifts, evenings, weekends, holidays, and unsociable hours. A reliable form of transport would be essential due to the remote location of Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
The location:
Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve is a world-renowned wild animal park set within 600 acres of Kentish savannah. The Reserve is home to some of the world’s most rare and endangered animals and offers luxury short breaks accommodation, free roaming animal safaris, once-in-a-lifetime animal encounters and exquisite dining experiences. Most importantly, every one of our employees is part of real conservation in action and their efforts have contributed to animals such as black rhino and western lowland gorillas being returned to their natural habitats in collaboration with our partners at The Aspinall Foundation.
Why you should join us:
We’re on a mission to create memorable experiences that matter, and our Core Values ‘One Team’, Customer’ and ‘Pride’ are what drive us each day to become part of something extraordinary. As well as walking to work surrounded by the calls of Howler monkeys and the roars from our pride of Lions, you will join a supportive team who are passionate about their place of work.
Be part of the Port Lympne and Howletts family and join our pride.
You can also expect a host of other roarsome benefits including:
- TRONC (Service Charge)
- 28 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, rising with length of service (Pro-rata to start date)
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including workshops and e-learning.
- Enhanced Sickness, Maternity and Paternity Policies.
- Unlimited free entry for you and a person of your choice into both of our parks as well as friends and family tickets.
- Exceptional discounts on food, retail and accommodation at our parks.
- Numerous retail discounts and access to a 24-hour counselling line through our Healthy Extras Scheme.
- Company Pension
- And many more length or service-related rewards and Benefits.
Your adventure awaits
#joinourpride
Closing date: Friday 29 August 2025
To apply: If you want to work in an exciting and unique environment where no two days are the same, email your C.V. and covering letter to samanthah@portlympne.com
