Events Assistant

3 weeks ago


Kingston, Canada Kingston 1000 Islands Cruises Full time

**Season**:This is a spring-summer-fall seasonal position. The Kingston 1000 Islands Cruises operating season begins in late April, and ends in late October.

**Qualifications**:

- Positive attitude and professional approach to customer service.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, guest-focused environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Competency with MS Office (with a focus on excel and power point).
- Completed or currently pursuing a post-secondary program.
- Past event planning experience is an asset.
- Past hospitality and food service experience is an asset.
- Demanding physical work is occasionally required.

**Responsibilities**:

- Monitor client satisfaction.
- Assist with clients vision and needs for a successful event.
- Maintain wide-ranging knowledge of exclusive events.
- Enter bookings for events and build contracts.
- Tracking accounts receivable for exclusive clients.
- Support Event Sales Coordinator with exclusive sales.
- Assist in boat set up on event dates.
- Assist with daily office tasks as needed.

**About Kingston Destination Group**:
Kingston Destination Group is committed to hospitality excellence as the portal to inspired visitor experience in the Kingston 1000 Islands destination. We create, sell and operate cruises, tours and experiences through our experiential brands, including Kingston 1000 Islands Cruises, Kingston Trolley Tours, Waterfront Gifts & Apparel, Kingston Walks, and K-Pass.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Seasonal
Contract length: 7 months

**Salary**: $18.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 2023-04-15



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