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About Blank Street At Blank Street, we're on a mission to become the defining food and beverage brand of our generation. From the very beginning, we've set out to add a spark to ordinary experiences through elevated products, attention-to-detail, and a commitment to making every moment memorable. We're motivated by the millions of customers we serve across cities, and know that our potential is unlimited. It all starts with our people and their commitment to make magic happen each and every day. Start Something Extraordinary... As a Shift Leader at Blank Street, you are a born player-coach who thrives when working alongside a team to deliver quality products. You are a proven people-person who takes pride in giving amazing service experiences and influencing your team to do the same. You thrive for opportunities to serve your community and make a big local impact. You are customer centric and believe in quality products through flawless execution, making every effort to give your customers exactly what they need, every day, in their way. You excel in fast paced environments and enjoy an inclusive, collaborative workplace, where your voice genuinely counts, and you can really make a difference. You will spearhead individual, team and location initiatives to drive sales and business performance. Along with supporting your General Manager to lead these important company initiatives, you will regularly meet with the Senior Leadership team to voice feedback, improvements and overall be hands on in the success of your store, your customers and your teams' best interests. You would be one of the first staff members to work in this location, which means you get the exciting opportunity to set the tone and create lasting connections in the neighbourhood. Who We're Looking For • Love for cafe culture and people, • Friendly, open and approachable person who is able to work well with others, • Strong knowledge of coffee and equipment is a must, • Strong decision-making and multi-tasking skills, • Strong interpersonal communication skills, • Passionate about delivering excellent customer connections to create a regular customer base, • Able to work at a fast pace in high-volume environments, • Be an exemplary ambassador of our brand to new neighbourhoods What You'll Own • Craft beautiful coffee products and serve all Blank Street customers with energy, warmth, and empathy, • Support your GM and our Training Team to help train new employees to succeed at Blank Street, including ensuring that new team members are following all recipes and training for menu items and processes and that they are in the correct uniform, are upbeat and vibes are positive, • Open and close the location safely and responsibly (Key holder) and ensure that cleaning duties for the store are followed at the beginning, during and end of the shift, • Positive and solution-focused handling of any minor customer issue, • At a store level, leads all initiatives with the operations and marketing teams to increase foot traffic, new customers, daily sales, and operational profitability and develop a loyal neighbourhood customer base for your store Requirements • Experience in the customer service or hospitality industry, • Availability that meets the needs of our cafes, • Full Time: 35 hours per week, 5 days of availability required and must be available to work 2 peak days (Peak days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday), • Availability to work between 6:30 am and 9:00 pm, • Weekend and holiday availability preferred, • You must be authorised to work in the UK

Job Ref: 13192 Branch: Head Office - Edinburgh Location: Head Office, Edinburgh Salary/Benefits: Competitive salary plus excellent company benefits & perks Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Hours per week: 40 Posted date: 05/06/2026 Closing date: 19/07/2026 Why Join Apex Hotels ? You will receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as a Group,Conference,and Events Manager in Edinburgh. We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness and Teamwork. It is these values that support you to be yourself here at Apex Hotels. By bringing your own personality, passion, and ideas to the role, you will add a new dynamic to our innovative and supportive Events and Group Team. We believe it is our personality, style and friendliness that makes Apex Hotels. Main Purpose of Job To lead and inspire a regional team of event planners, a pivotal role responsible for driving event sales performance, ensuring operational excellence, and delivering exceptional client experiences across all conference and event spaces. Specific Tasks Leadership & Team Management • Responsible for delivery of both personal and team KPI's, • Lead, coach, and develop a team of on-site conference and events planners across multiple hotel locations., • Foster a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement., • Ensuring the team deliver performance metrics, conversion rates, and pipeline activity to identify growth opportunities Sales & Revenue Management • Drive conference and event revenue across the region and wider group, working closely with Head of Groups, Conference & Events, other regional GCE Managers, proactive sales teams and revenue managers., • Analyse and pre-emption of GC&E revenue risk and gaps, working with regional Head of GC&E to develop and implement strategies to address revenue gaps, • Input to and support the development and execution of regional sales strategies and promotional campaigns. Client Relationship Management • Act as a senior point of contact for key clients and high-value events, ensuring exceptional service delivery., • Oversee the end-to-end planning and execution of complex and/or multi-site events., • Ensure consistent service standards and client satisfaction across all properties. Operational Excellence • Ensure team follow event planning processes and documentation across primary region, • Ensure compliance with brand standards, health & safety, and legal requirements., • Collaborate with key stake holders including hotel operational teams to ensure seamless event delivery. Reporting • Lead on regular performance reports and insights to senior leadership. Reporting Structure • Head of Groups Conference & Events Scotland, • This post has management responsibility for GCE Assistant Manager and GCE Executives, • Whilst this role will have accountability to a specific primary region, as business needs require, this will expand to cover all Apex Hotels and locations to the same standard and role responsibilities About you: You will be a true people person, dedicated to the development and growth of our people and our culture. Through your personal credibility you will naturally create, develop and sustain high trust relationships with all stakeholders. You will have a real passion for events, and you will have excellent attention to detail in order to provide consistent standards. You will be great at multi-tasking, you will be efficient at solving guest/client enquiries and all with a smile and infectious personality! Personal Characteristics and Competencies We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Apex family. We want to ensure you get the best experience from the role you begin your journey with us in. To excel within this role, you will have: • Proven experience in a senior conference and events role within the hospitality industry, ideally across multiple sites and/or large teams., • Strong leadership and team development skills., • Commercially astute with a track record of achieving revenue targets., • Excellent communication, negotiation, and client relationship skills., • Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities., • Proficient in event management systems (e.g., Infor, Delphi, Opera, or similar). You will work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 30 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date, • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family, • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We'll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big, there's a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We're an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey. Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If thisis you,Click Apply. We look forward to hearing from you.