Hotel Porter

John Lewis plc; Cookham Rise; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

John Lewis plc is seeking a Hotels Porter to join the night team at Odney Club, Cookham. You will help maintain cleanliness, support guest experience, and ensure a safe environment across the hotel while on night shift.

The role includes a night premium, varied hours across seven days, and duties in housekeeping, conference room set ups, and assisting maintenance as needed. Applicants must be 18+, hold a full UK driving license, and stay calm under pressure.

Qualifications

• Essential: Full UK Driving Licence.
• Basic computer literacy for hotel operations and guest requests.
• Ability to remain calm and professional in busy situations.

Responsibilities

• Flexibility to work in the housekeeping team, cleaning guest rooms, public and private areas and Airbnb's.
• Be a brand ambassador by delivering outstanding customer experience.
• Resolve customer queries or complaints at first point of contact.
• Clean and maintain all areas across the estate.
• Support laundry runs across the estate.
• Driver's licence is essential.
• Assist Events Coordinator with room setups.
• Set up Conference Centre for following days trade.
• Take on Night Porter role when needed.
• Support Maintenance to maintain cleanliness.

Skills

Full UK Driving Licence

Basic PC skills

Ability to remain calm under pressure

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Hotels Porter, you will work as part of the Hotel team to deliver and maintain the required standard of cleanliness, hygiene and presentation across all areas of the Hotel both guest-facing and back of house. Deliver a first-rate customer experience, leading customer service and provision of a secure and safe environment for guests, members and staff during the night. To add value to the efficient and profitable running of the Hotel in order to achieve our business and personal objectives, along with those of your team and the Hotel.

In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £3.75 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements. Due to the nature of this role, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply.

Key responsibilities

• Flexibility to work in the housekeeping team, cleaning guest rooms, public and private areas and Airbnb's.
• To be a brand ambassador by being a warm and friendly Partner who provides a consistently outstanding customer experience that is unrivalled in the marketplace.
• To resolve customer queries or complaints at the first point of contact.
• Cleaning and maintaining all areas across the Estate
• Laundry runs across the Estate
• A driver's licence is essential for this role .
• Work with Events Coordinator's to plan and deliver room set ups.
• Setting up of the Conference Centre for following days trade.
• Take on the Night Porter role, hours and duties in the absence of the Night Porter.
• Supporting the Maintenance team to maintain external and internal cleanliness throughout.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Basic PC skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Knowledge or experience of working in a hotel environment
• First aid trained

Closing Date: September 19, 2026

Pay: £13.00 (£13.25 After 90 days)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours of Work: Varied hours of full time work (37.5 hours a week) across seven days to include early starts, late finishes, evenings and weekends between the hours of 07:00 - 21:00.

Job Level: Partnership Level 10

Where You'll Be Working: Odney Club, Odney Lane, Cookham, Berkshire, SL6 9SR

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose. As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles. We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants. We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. At the John Lewis Partnership we’re not just employees; we’re co-owners, and that’s why we’re called Partners. Being a Partner means not only do we all collectively share the responsibilities of being the UK’s largest employee-owned business, but we also share in its rewards and successes. It’s this ownership model that makes the Partnership a very unique place to work.