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Accor Hotels
Full time
Rixos Qetaifan Island North
Opening in 2023, Rixos Qetaifan Island North will comprise a 345-key hotel, along with a souq encompassing 11,000sqm of leasing space, a beach club, a theme park, and a waterpark. The resort will boast panoramic views of the Arabian Gulf. Rixos plans to provide a platform for showcasing Qatar as a tourism destination. One of the country’s biggest draws will be Qetaifan Island North’s Waterpark attraction. The Icon Tower is the world’s highest tower of its kind, reaching 82 metres.
Director of Entertainment
This position is responsible for the daily leadership of the Entertainment Department with overall responsibility for scheduling and delivery of the entertainment programs and management of the entire entertainment team, to optimize guest satisfaction as well as to ensure that all productivity and expense controls are followed and all revenue opportunities are capitalized upon.
What’s in it for you:
- Be part of a unique and complex resort in Qatar
- Take advantage of opportunities to be recognized for your professional contributions
- Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
- Learning programs through our academies
- Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world
- Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities like Planet 21
What you will be doing:
- Overall management of Entertainment department in line with the brand requirements and local laws and regulations.
- Development of annual budgets and short to long range strategic planning for the operation of the Entertainment Department
- Ensure that all entertainment activities operate cost effectively and efficiently, review expenditures to ensure that they are kept within operating budgets
- Quality Control & Monitoring – Checking/evaluating all activities, performances, events, and responses of guests
- Ensure good time keeping of performances and suitability of ambient lighting, sound levels and background music
- Arrange and lead meetings with Team Heads (i.e. Entertainment Manager, Performers, Senior Tech.)
- Schedule and chair weekly full team meetings. Review daily productivity and measure actual performance to budget
- Establish standard operating procedures and policies relating to safety and emergency functions in all entertainment related aspects
- Develop, conduct maintain all staff training programs for team members, focusing on their development needs, providing them with new skills to meet the changing needs of the business
- Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service
Your experience and skills include:
- Minimum 5 years of Events and Parks experience in leading and managing a world-class Entertainment function across various facets in a similar role level
- Experience in handling a Complex or Cluster role is an added advantage
- Good reading, writing and oral proficiency in English language
- Ability to speak other languages and basic understanding of local languages will be an advantage
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience in developing and executing creative Entertainment initiatives
- Strong team player with excellent leadership skills
- Must be self-motivated and able to make decisions while handling numerous projects at one time
Your team & working environment:
At Accor, we are Heartists
Are you ready to put your heart at the center of everything that you do? If so, then join our team of Heartists at Rixos Qetaifan Island, Every day, we look for opportunities to engage on a personal & meaningful way with our guests and each other. We deliver heartfelt hospitality in an environment that is engaging, enthusiastic and professionally rewarding
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.
Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.
By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow’s hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor.
Do what you love, care for the world, and dare to challenge the status quo #BELIMITLESS
