Hotel Receptionist

Amberley Castle - Reception; Amberley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Service charge

Staff accommodation

25% off F&B

Staff rate £25 B&B

Employee Assistance Programme

Meals on duty

Development pathways

Internal promotions

Milestone awards

Job summary

Amberley Castle invites a receptionist to join our luxury team in the West Sussex countryside. You will welcome guests, manage check-in/out, assist with dining bookings, and share local insights to enhance guest experiences.

The role rewards hospitality with service charge alongside base pay and offers potential staff accommodation in our on-site houses. We value teamwork, flexibility, and a welcoming demeanor, with opportunities for career progression and a supportive benefits package including

Qualifications

• Experience in guest-facing reception or similar role.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible with shifts and able to work weekends/bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Greet and assist guests from check-in to check-out.
• Assist with restaurant bookings and local recommendations.
• Build friendly relationships across teams to ensure a memorable stay.

Skills

Guest service experience

Communication skills

Flexibility

Job description

Location :Located in the picturesque village of Amberley in the beautiful West Sussex countryside, Amberley Castle is a unique luxury hotel steeped in over 900 years of history. With 4 AA red stars, 3 AA rosettes, and a member of Relais & Châteaux, Amberley Castle gives our team the chance to work in a castle with quality and style.
SERVICE CHARGE-We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel-every penny received is paid out to the team.
Service charge can be in the region of £300 a month (close to £3,600 per year) over and above base pay, for a full time employee.
The hotel may also be able to offer off-site staff accommodation in our 2 staff houses (within walking distance to the hotel) in order to help the newest members of the team to re-locate, so they can settle into life at the hotel and local area in comfort.

Come and join our team as a Receptionist and let your passion and personality shine

Our culture is really important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

This role would suit someone with experience working in a similar role.

Being host to our guests, means you'll pay a large part in making sure they make memories to last a lifetime.

Check out some of the key points about the role:

• Hosting our guests from check-in to check-out, which could include booking tables, advising on local hot spots, or just having a chat.
• You spend a lot of your life at work, meaning often your colleagues’ become friends, and we encourage that. We want our employees to build close relationships across all teams.
• Ensuring all our guests have a memorable experience.
• We are one team, so we will all muck in from time to time, helping each other across departments.

Work/life, or as it should be called life/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you can be flexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.

To say thank you, we have many perks:

• Competitive pay - We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive a rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels - you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it's OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up - we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station - to see the whole group, take a look herewww.brownswordhotels.co.uk

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