Night Manager

Hilton Belfast; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Worldwide employee discounts at Hilton

Hotel discounts – Go Hilton and staff

28 days holiday increasing to 33

Employee assistance line

Wagestream access

Yearly complimentary stayover after 1 

Referral bonus £250 per hire

Free meals on shift

Length of service awards

Job summary

Hilton Belfast is seeking a proactive Night Manager to lead overnight operations, coach and train the team, and ensure world-class service and safety throughout the night shift. Reporting to the Front Office Manager, you will manage guest experience, control costs, and work across departments to maintain the highest standards while seizing opportunities for continuous improvement.

The role offers a permanent, full-time contract with 40 hours per week and access to extensive benefits, discounts,

Qualifications

• Hospitality industry passion required.
• Experience as receptionist or reception supervisor required.
• Ability to understand guests' needs to create exceptional service.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and ability to motivate others to work to defined procedures and standards.
• Professional appearance.
• Independent worker with minimal supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage guest experience and ensure top service.
• Control departmental costs and scheduling to support operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve operations consistently.
• Address guest needs professionally and promptly.
• Perform night audits and safety checks to ensure security.
• Coordinate with all departments to maintain smooth operations.

Skills

Hospitality passion

Reception experience

Guest services

Leadership

Professional presentation

Independence

Communication skills

Team player

Job description

Night Manager

Hilton Belfast

Salary: Competitive salary
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Town: Belfast

Ideally positioned on the banks of the River Lagan, Hilton Belfast offers a central and vibrant location, just moments from the city's top cultural landmarks, thriving nightlife, and key business districts.

Are you a natural leader who comes alive when the city sleeps? Do you pride yourself on delivering world-class hospitality, ensuring absolute safety, and guiding teams through high-stakes situations?

We are looking for an exceptional, proactive Night Manager to take the helm of our overnight operations.

Reporting directly to the Front Office Manager, this is an exciting role for a talented individual who is looking for career growth and for the opportunity to lead a hardworking team.

What we offer

• Competitve
• Permanent, full-time contract (40hrs per week)

Benefits

• Worldwide employee discounts at Hilton Hotels through Go Hilton program;
• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
• Use of Wagestream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £250 per successful hire;
• Free meals while on shift;
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!

Your role

As a Night Manager, you will be running the hotel at night.

You will manage, coach and train the team to provide courteous and efficient service to all guests and maintain the levels of service to the highest standards at all times.

You will lead by example and greet guests in a warm, friendly manner and be a true ambassador for excellent service, dealing with all requests and queries in an efficient and professional manner, whether face to face or over the telephone.

You’ll work in a busy and hardworking team environment, where you’ll continually learn and develop.

Responsibilities of a Night Manager will include but are not limited to:

• Managing the guest experience, ensuring each and every guest receives great service, defined by our values and mission statement;
• Manage the departmental costs ensuring scheduling and resources are dispatched accordingly to support operational performance;
• Establishing opportunities for improving operations consistently;
• Address guests' service needs in a professional, positive, and timely manner;
• Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards;
• Regularly review our guest experience feedback, share results and comments and work to improve each facet of the business;
• To work with all other departments in a suitably respectful, courteous and helpful manner;
• To establish a courteous, helpful, and friendly attitude toward all guests at all times and to be confident in using guest names at every available opportunity;
• To be aware of complaints/problems and bring them to the attention of the Front Office and Duty Manager and to offer assistance using your integrity;
• Undertake night audits and hotel safety checks to make sure everyone in our hotel is safe and looked after;
• Continuously improve all operational processes and ensure these are clearly communicated to the relevant team members.

The ideal person for this role will be enthusiastic about change, focused on details and trusting.

The core skills and experience required to succeed

• Truly passionate about the Hospitality Industry;
• Previous experience as a receptionist or reception supervisor is required;
• Ability to understand our guests’ needs to create exceptional service experiences, that result in lasting memories;
• Outstanding customer service skills with the ability to anticipate guests needs;
• A strong leader capable of motivating and influencing others to work to defined procedures and standards;
• Excellent personal presentation;
• Ability to function independently with a minimum of supervision;
• Excellent communication skills, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing;
• To be an enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach.

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and the Hilton Belfast

Opportunities for all

At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels’ impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.

Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.