Hotel Reception Manager
Royal National Hotel
40 hours Fully Flexible 5 out of 7 days weekly rota
£28,194.00 + benefits
Imperial London Hotels has been running hotels in Central London for over 180 years, currently operating seven 3 & 4-star hotels in the heart of Bloomsbury. Independent and family-owned, ILH has a unique heritage and culture that remains its foundation as it evolves and modernises. The portfolio includes The Royal National Hotel which remains UK largest hotel with over 1,600 rooms, The Bedford Hotel, The President Hotel, The Tavistock Hotel, The Morton Hotel and our newly acquired IHG Branded Holiday Inn Bloomsbury. Following a major refurbishment, The Imperial Hotel will open as ILH flagship 4 Deluxe Hotel in 2024.
We are now recruiting a Reception Manager at our Royal National 1630-bedroom Hotel.
Putting our guests at the heart of everything you do, you make it your mission to ensure that you and your team deliver an exceptional guest journey from check in to check out. Working as part of a large Reception team with 2 other Reception Managers, you will be a role model for the team, leading by example to create a memorable guest experience for each guest, and address any shortfalls in service quality and operating standards.
Key Duties will include the following:
- Support the Front Office Management team in delivering quality of service and delivery for all services and facilities within Front Office departments holding regularly team meetings to agree areas of operational focus on service quality, KPI and other targets.
- Confidently handle any guest complaints in a timely manner and ensure that suitable solutions are reached to satisfaction of our guests.
- Establish guest satisfaction data and develops improvement plans to address service shortfalls in service quality and /or delivery standards
- Ensure that the front desk team provides a professional and friendly service for customers and manage any guest complaints that arise.
- Ensure that there is adequate cover across the reception through scheduling staff rotas and providing cover as needed.
- Responsible for recruiting, onboarding all Reception and other front of house team members you will create a culture of continuous professional development empowering them to deliver and be the best
What we d like from you
- Previous experience as a Reception Supervisor or Front of House supervisor in a similar operation
- A Passion for hospitality you are all about creating memorable experiences for others no matter what time of day.
- Commercially focused with an understanding of how to maximise profits through revenue management. Experience of budgets, P&L and forecasting would be advantageous.
- Personable and engaging with the ability to build rapport easily, with great communication skills with both internal departments and guests alike
- A multi-tasker with your excellent organisation skills, you can prioritise workload and also adapt to changing priorities where needed.
- You will be a natural leader with the ability to motivate and develop a team to reach their full potential both personally and professionally.
- A positive can-do attitude, you are calm under pressure, able to work both independently and as part of a team.
- A good working knowledge of Microsoft and knowledge of Reservation Systems (Opera)
What you ll get in return
- Holidays 28 (inc. of bank holidays) increasing with length of service up to 33 days.
- Reward and recognition schemes including discounts across a number of high street brands
- 50% discount to friends and family at our hotels (excluding Morton Hotel)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace pension scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan (after probation)
- Training and development through our ILH Group Academy to support your career development and growth.
- Employee recognition awards, Christmas Party and other social events.
- Free Meals on site
- Local discounts at Gym, Dry Cleaners, Restaurant outlets