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Job title:                    Night Porter

Department:              Nights Purpose of job:          Under the general guidelines of the

Assistant Manager, to provide a warm, friendly and efficient food and beverage service to our guests, ensuring exceptional service standards are delivered and maintained at all times in line with our guest expectations.

Reports to:                Night Manager/Assistant Manager (Rooms) 

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Customer care:

  • To ensure all guests receive a genuine, warm, friendly, courteous welcome on arrival and during their stay
  • To anticipate guests needs whenever possible to enhance quality service and in turn enhance guest satisfaction
  • To assist guests at all times
  • To become fully aware of 100% guest satisfaction and to implement agreed practices at all times
  • To ensure all guest queries are handled promptly and efficiently
  • To use initiative in relation to the speedy resolution of guests queries or problems
  • To report on all guest feedback to a Manager

Quality:      

  • To reflect and enhance the hotel’s mission statement and objectives in all activities
  • To ensure all departmental checklists are completed and checked by supervisor before going of duty
  • To assist in improving results of customer services indices where necessary

Standards: 

  • To carry out departmental standards in accordance with the SOP manual
  • To ensure hotel standards are achieved at all times
  • To assist in ensuring that standards are maintained
  • To wear agreed uniform and to maintain uniform according to the agreed standard
  • To ensure that the highest possible standard of personal hygiene, dress, appearance, body language and conduct is maintained at all times

Training:    

  • To deliver departmental service promise, service recovery and to carry out agreed practices to ensure guests receive 100% satisfaction
  • To attend all statutory training
  • To attend other training sessions as per the departmental training plan or as when required by management
  • To assist as much as reasonable in the coaching and training of new staff

Flexibility: 

  • To accept flexible work schedule necessary for uninterrupted service to hotel guest.  
  • To provide support where necessary in other areas of the hotel
  • To give full cooperation to any colleague or guest requiring assistance in a prompt caring, helpful manner and to be flexible in assisting around the hotel in response to business and client needs

Health & Safety responsibilities:

  • To ensure all accident, incidents and suspicious occurrences are reported to the relevant people and to assist in providing all relevant backup
  • To maintain own working area tidy and in good shape. To report defective materials and equipment to appropriate individual
  • To be familiar with and adhere to all rules and regulations of the hotel with specific regard to:
    • Hygiene
    • Fire procedures
    • Health and safety at work
    • Security regulations

Morale and motivation:

  • To work with the management team to ensure good morale is maintained within the team at all times
  • To assist the Departmental Manager in identifying any problem areas and to assist in the resolutions of same

Communication:

  • To maintain good liaisons and communications with management and all other departments
  • To regularly attend monthly departmental meetings
  • To attend any other meeting as necessary

Sales and costs:  

  • To assist in positively promoting sales within the department and maximize every sales opportunity.
  • To assist in controlling departmental costs within the standards set by the departmental manager.
  • To assist in stock control measures implemented, in order to achieve budgeted profit margins
  • To ensure security of cash, stock and equipment and to carry out all agreed departmental/Hotel procedures
  • To be aware of Hotel promotions or special activities going on in the Hotel/area

Other:

  • To carry out any other reasonable tasks as requested by management

Key Responsibilities:

  • To carry out all night duties to the standards as laid down in the standard of performance manuals
  • To assist in achieving goals in relation to mystery audits and all customer feedback platforms
  • Ensure that all guests’ requests and queries are responded to promptly and effectively and an exceptional service is delivered to guests at all times
  • The service of drinks when the night bar is closed
  • To make and prepare any food if required
  • To vacuum and clean all public areas e.g. reception, lobby, food and beverage areas
  • To thoroughly clean all toilets
  • To vacuum all front of house areas and corridors
  • To assist with the checking in/out of guests
  • To answer any queries from guests
  • To carry guests luggage to and from bedrooms
  • To assist guests group and tour luggage
  • To promote and sell hotel facilities at all times
  • To make all early morning calls
  • To ensure all guests food and drink is charged for
  • To supply additional items to guest bedrooms eg. Cots, irons etc.
  • To man the reception desk in the absence of the night manager and to answer guest queries and telephone calls
  • To ensure compliance with ISP policy when handling guest information
  • To carry out security check rounds during the night and ensure a high level of security
  • To carry out fire walks using  FireCloud
  • To ensure that fire exits, stairs and corridors are at all times kept free from obstructions
  • To ensure all areas are locked up in the evening
  • To be fully conversant with the fire procedures for the whole hotel, assist in the fire evacuation as directed by the Night Manager
  • To be vigilant with regard to suspicious guests on the premises
  • To report any suspicious happenings to management
  • To clean the front doors each night
  • To clean the exterior areas of the building
  • To carry out weekly, monthly and yearly cleaning as directed by the night manager or head porter
  • To attend weekly/monthly team meetings as requested
  • To assist in the training of new team members
  • To control the amount of cleaning materials/guest supplies used in your area.
  • To carry out cleaning duties as requested by the night manager/management
  • To be aware of the hotel procedures with regard tom fire safety, health & safety and GDPR.
  • To give a full comprehensive passover to the person taking over from you
  • To assist in other areas of the hotel as requested by management
  • To assist in the successful preopening/opening of the hotel
  • To carry out any other reasonable request by Management
Functiebeschrijving
Work experience:
Work experience is not required
Salaris van/tot:
Not provided
Date of expiry:

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