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Role Purpose

The purpose of the Destination Host is to create an incredible place for people to visit our client site Cabot Circus Shopping Destination. We expect the Destination Host to have a deep understanding of their occupiers, customers, and stakeholders and to build meaningful relationships. The Destination Host will work as part of the Occupier and Customer team to create a community environment for everyone working in the shopping centre and embed Cabot Circus in the Bristol community as the place to be.

This role is to support the shopping centre across all trading days and peak opening times.

Key Stakeholders

Occupiers

Customers

Hammerson (Client)

Destination Team

JLL

Local community (charities, schools, local authority, organisations, and non-retail competitive businesses)

Marketing team

JLL service partners

Core Responsibilities

Curate an inclusive community within the destination that is inviting and exciting for everyone working and visiting the shopping centre.

Liaising and working with the security, cleaning, and maintenance teams to ensure any issues are flagged, and follow through to resolution

To be mobile, highly visible, and building relationships with the occupier brands and business, as well as visitors

To obtain feedback from the occupiers and visitors for reporting purposes in improving the experience of all stakeholders

To build and share knowledge between occupiers, creating a community atmosphere

Be the main point of contact and support for occupants of the shopping destination

Be security conscious; be familiar with the shopping destination security processes and have confidence in raising when things do not look right

Be reliable, flexible, honest and a strong advocate for the destination and always ensure you provide a consistent service

Be accountable in daily interactions with stakeholders and responsibilities, with the ability to use initiative and be self-led

Support in overseeing events on the day, including problem-solving, welcoming guests

Communicating with the Occupier and Customer Manager and Marketing team to ensure effective communication for destination events and marketing activity

Support the Occupier and Customer Manager and Marketing team with identifying event opportunities and generating interest

Build relationships with local charity and community groups.

Provide general administrative support to the destination Management team

Collate data and ensure accuracy while working to deadlines

Focus on People

Actively and positively engage with colleagues, occupiers, and visitors to quickly build relationships and create a community feel

Anticipate the needs of visitors to the destination and follow up to ensure that all expectations are met and where possible exceeded

Take ownership and responsibility ensuring you are working effectively and developing close relationships and managing your own time

Effective Communication

Handle all queries efficiently but effectively and supply relevant information as required and appropriate

Proactively identify and troubleshoot issues before they become a problem

The Destination Host will collaborate closely with the management team, fostering open communication through regular meetings to address challenges and opportunities creating an operating rhythm and routine

Complete a handover with colleagues and other stakeholders as required when taking time out of the business and between shifts

Be aware of relevant legislation to include health & safety and be always security conscious

Create a sense of community and fun with all colleagues

Building proactive and effective two-way relationships with the occupiers at the Destination

Own occupier communications, working with all departments and clients to ensure effective communication

Meeting with a range of representatives from each retailer within the scheme from decision-makers to store managers, to gain a confident understanding of their business performance objectives, aspirations and needs and identify opportunities to help retailers achieve these

Collection of turnover and trade information from occupiers

Oversee occupier customer feedback programmes as appropriate and use the feedback to inform strategy

Provide reporting on customer and community feedback that can be used to evolve the customer service offer within the destination

Build proactive and effective two-way relationships with stakeholders within the destination. These stakeholders will include local retailers, leisure operators, public services (such as police), local authorities, schools/ colleges/ universities, charities and such like.

Required skills

A strong communicator and interpersonal skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Cold-outreach experience a plus

Exceptional organisation, time management and prioritisation skills

Demonstrate integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, self-awareness, work ethic and empathy

A real specialist in retail or hospitality, having a passion and understanding of a commercial or retail space.

Ideally have an understanding of well-being programmes

Experience an event environment would be beneficial

A passion for customer experience

Project management and business operations experience preferable

Innovative in thinking and take the initiative finding new ways of working

Work efficiently and ability to learn new systems and software

Be ambitious and commercially minded

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