Hotel Manager

Atlas Hotels; Inverness; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hotel chain in Inverness is hiring a Hotel Manager. The role involves leading a team, ensuring guest satisfaction, and managing hotel operations effectively. The ideal candidate will have experience in a customer-facing environment and possess strong leadership and engagement skills. Benefits include discounted hotel stays, employee bonuses, and a supportive work culture. If you're ready to lead with passion and drive results, apply now for an exciting opportunity!

Benefits

Hotel rooms at £25 per night

Worldwide employee discounts

Bonus cash payment

Friends & Family Discount

Cash rewards

Health Plan

Access to wellness support

Pension scheme

Employee referral programme

Quarterly recognition programmes

Fair work-life balance

Free/discounted food on shift

Performance-related bonus

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team to success in a fast paced customer-facing service environment.
• Experience managing costs within your control for your property.
• Experience of working in an environment with clear frameworks.
• Experience coaching Team Members to reach their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for performance, development, and retention of the hotel team.
• Ensure every guest has a great experience and would recommend the hotel.
• Manage people and have tough conversations when needed.

Skills

Leadership skills

Employee engagement skills

Excellent customer service skills

Organised and systematic

Good level of emotional intelligence

Drive Continuous Improvement

Communicative skills

Job description

Hours: 40 hours across 5 days per week

Salary: From £44,857 per annum

Atlas Hotels is hiring a Hotel Manager right now at the Holiday Inn Express - Inverness

Have you got previous experience of leading a team in a Hotel Operations environment? Great! - Our Hotel Managers are the driving force behind the success of our hotels; responsible for creating a rewarding place to work for our people and ensuring our guests have a great experience. Great Hotel Managers focus on employee engagement and delighting guests, all whilst being accountable for running a profitable, safe and well‑maintained hotel.

In return you will receive great benefits including:

• Hotel rooms across our 59 hotels (Holiday Inn Express, Hampton by Hilton and Holiday Inn) at only £25 per night, with 50% off food and drink
• Worldwide substantial employee discount at 6,600+ IHG Hotels across the globe
• A bonus cash payment every year from 2 year’s of service as a 'thank you' for staying with Atlas Hotels
• Atlas Friends & Family Discount, offering up to a 45% discount for Friends & Family of Atlas employees
• Monthly cash rewards through our reward and recognition platform
• HSF Health Plan free for every employee, giving you money off dental/optical appointments and other health costs for you and your family
• Access to HSF Perkbox which provides deals and discounts from the biggest brands
• Online GP service, access to free counselling and wellness support with a 24 hour helpline
• Auto‑enrolment pension scheme through The People's Pension
• Employee referral programme paying out £250 for every great person you refer to us that passes their probation
• Employee of the Quarter programmes in every site and a prestigious annual awards ceremony
• A rota for the next 4 weeks, meaning you can work in hospitality but still have a life outside of work
• Free/discounted food when on shift
• Performance‑related bonus of up to 20%

So what does a Hotel Manager do?

Your Team:

• Responsible for performance, development and retention of the hotel team, an understanding of what makes your team tick and how to best lead, engage with, motivate and recognise them
• Understand and role model the Atlas values, regularly spending time with the team to communicate the purpose, strategic priorities and hotel targets
• Nurture a learning culture within your hotel, prioritising learning, feedback, growth and skill development of your team to retain talent and create future leaders
• Responsible for the recruitment and onboarding of new Team Members, ensuring they receive a thorough 'Atlas Hero' Induction and positive probationary experience
• Responsible for rewarding great performance consistently, fairly and regularly, to create and maintain a culture of recognition where employees feel appreciated
• Ability to manage people and take on tough conversations where necessary to manage performance or behaviours that fall behind the Atlas standards
• Respect employees home lives and cultivate a work life balance, providing 4 weeks worth of rotas, taking a fair approach to rostering
• Ensuring Team Members understand and follow Atlas Standing Operating Procedures at all times

Your Guests and Your Hotel:

• Responsible for ensuring every guest has a great experience, would stay again and would recommend the hotel to others
• Role model excellent guest interactions on a daily basis, supporting with service recovery, ensuring every guest leaves happy
• An understanding of guest feedback, interpreting trends and creating action plans to increase areas of dissatisfaction/ low score drivers and engaging with stakeholders outside of your hotel (Divisional Manager and Central Support)
• Responsible for ensuring the hotel passes all evaluations and audits with flying colours

What Experience do I need?

• Experience leading a team to success in a fast paced customer facing service environment
• Experience managing costs within your control for your property, in line with personal objectives and KPI's
• Experience of working in an environment with clear frameworks and standard operating procedures
• Leading an operational team with various skills and specialisms
• Experience coaching Team Members to reach their full potential as well as taking on the tough conversations when required

What Skills do I need?

• Leadership skills
• Engaging style, able to motivate others towards a shared goal
• Employee engagement skills; understanding of motivational and engagement practises
• Good level of emotional intelligence; understands own and others emotions, ability to unite teams behind a goal and inspire action
• Communicative, able to communicate effectively at all levels
• Organised and systematic
• Excellent customer service skills
• Drive Continuous Improvement in self and others

Applicants will be invited to take a psychometric test online as part of our hiring process. This is an opportunity to showcase your skills and abilities in a fair way. After you complete the assessments, you will receive a copy of your Workplace Insights in your email. Your unique profile identifies your strengths and potential challenges, heightening your self‑awareness and helping you understand how to relate better to others in the workplace.

So why not? Click ‘apply’ now to become our Hotel Manager and enter into a World of Opportunity!