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Head of Business Tourism
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Ebrill 2025 |
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| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Ebrill 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | M15JW |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | The Growth Company |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 4562 |
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Marketing Manchester has an exciting new opportunity for a Head of Business Tourism to lead the Manchester Convention Bureau team in promoting and securing business for Greater Manchester as the UK’s leading conference destination.
Marketing Manchester promotes Greater Manchester nationally and internationally as a place to meet, visit, invest and study. Marketing Manchester is Greater Manchester’s destination marketing organisation and official Local Visitor Economy Partnership, incorporating the Manchester Convention Bureau and Sports Bidding Unit.
Key Responsibilities
Motivate and manage a team to achieve targets and support strategic objectives.
Oversee the promotion of Greater Manchester to the conference market.
Control the annual conference budget, ensuring income and expenditure targets are met.
Oversee the Venue Location and Accommodation Booking Services, exceeding delivery service expectations and meeting financial targets
Collaborate on business development and marketing activities to meet KPIs and revenue targets.
Lead 'Team Manchester' and work with stakeholders to maximize conference sector opportunities.
Develop and maintain partnerships with industry trade associations to enhance Manchester's profile.
Project manage special initiatives to support business events objectives.
About you
Passionate about business tourism with an energetic approach to securing new business for Greater Manchester.
Extensive experience in managing local or regional destinations, with a proven track record in team leadership, budget management, and successful tourism project delivery. Experience in city destinations and business tourism is advantageous.
In-depth understanding of national tourism issues and challenges, along with comprehensive knowledge of tourism structures, strategies, and policies.
Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability, and strong team collaboration skills.
Skills Required
Demonstrates excellent management, presentation, organisational, and communication abilities.
Capable of leading and motivating staff, while effectively collaborating within a senior management team.
Proficient in budget management and skilled at working under pressure to meet tight deadlines and ambitious targets
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.
We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.
If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careers@growthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447.
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.
Marketing Manchester promotes Greater Manchester nationally and internationally as a place to meet, visit, invest and study. Marketing Manchester is Greater Manchester’s destination marketing organisation and official Local Visitor Economy Partnership, incorporating the Manchester Convention Bureau and Sports Bidding Unit.
Key Responsibilities
Motivate and manage a team to achieve targets and support strategic objectives.
Oversee the promotion of Greater Manchester to the conference market.
Control the annual conference budget, ensuring income and expenditure targets are met.
Oversee the Venue Location and Accommodation Booking Services, exceeding delivery service expectations and meeting financial targets
Collaborate on business development and marketing activities to meet KPIs and revenue targets.
Lead 'Team Manchester' and work with stakeholders to maximize conference sector opportunities.
Develop and maintain partnerships with industry trade associations to enhance Manchester's profile.
Project manage special initiatives to support business events objectives.
About you
Passionate about business tourism with an energetic approach to securing new business for Greater Manchester.
Extensive experience in managing local or regional destinations, with a proven track record in team leadership, budget management, and successful tourism project delivery. Experience in city destinations and business tourism is advantageous.
In-depth understanding of national tourism issues and challenges, along with comprehensive knowledge of tourism structures, strategies, and policies.
Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability, and strong team collaboration skills.
Skills Required
Demonstrates excellent management, presentation, organisational, and communication abilities.
Capable of leading and motivating staff, while effectively collaborating within a senior management team.
Proficient in budget management and skilled at working under pressure to meet tight deadlines and ambitious targets
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.
We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.
If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careers@growthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447.
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.