Assistant Front Office Manager - EVEN Hotel Midtown East

InterContinental Hotels Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hotel brand is seeking an Assistant Front Office Manager for their Midtown East location in New York City. This role involves managing staff, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, and maintaining operational standards. Suitable candidates will have hotel management experience and a focus on team development and guest satisfaction.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Qualifications

• Two years of guest service/hotel experience.
• At least one year in a supervisory capacity.
• Must speak fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Manage everyday activities and staffing.
• Ensure guest satisfaction and service recovery.
• Oversee hotel operations and team performance.

Skills

Guest Service

Team Management

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Assistant Front Office Manager - EVEN Hotel Midtown East

Hotel Brand: EVEN Hotels
Location: United States, New York, New York

Hotel: New York - Midtown East (NYCEV), 221 East 44th Street, 10017

As an Assistant Front Office Manager, you’ll keep our hotel running smoothly and make sure everything is working well and all our guests are safe and comfortable. You’ll maximize financial returns, driving development of people, creating and maintaining a unique guest experience, executing brand standards, and building awareness of hotel and brand in the local community.

Key Accountabilities

People

• Manage everyday activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers.
• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognize good performance.
• Train colleagues to make sure they deliver with compliance and to the standards we expect and have the tools they need to work efficiently.
• Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed.
• Drive a great working environment for teams to thrive – connect departments to create sense of one team.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations and assignments of the hotel staff. Communicate and enforce policies and procedures.
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other shifts and departmental management.
• Help the Front Office Manager in the development, implementation and monitoring of financial and operational plans for the hotel. Provide regular direction and manage hotel operations for all departments.
• Monitor and report variances against budget and control labour costs and other expenses.
• Make recommendations for capital improvements to enhance the assets of the hotel and/or company and brand loyalty.
• Foster positive owner relationships if applicable and assist in providing ongoing information and status reports.

Guest Experience

• Establish and implement appropriate service recovery guidelines in order to ensure complete guest satisfaction. Respond to guest complaints or concerns in a prompt and professional manner.
• Review guest feedback and implement strategies for continuous improvement.
• Communicate to appropriate departments all pertinent information requirements and special needs for arriving VIP’s, large groups, and other key guests.
• Lead marketing efforts to up sell guests on hotel services, offerings, and amenities.

Responsible Business

• Ensure a safe and secure environment for guests, team members and hotel assets in compliance with the hotel’s or owner’s policies and procedures and regulatory requirements. Maintain relations with outside contacts.
• Comply with federal, state and local laws regarding health, safety and alcohol services.
• Maintain a focus and commitment to operating a “green” hotel.
• Perform other duties as assigned. May also serve as manager on duty.

Key Skills & Experiences

• Two years of guest service/hotel experience with at least one year in a supervisory capacity, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Previous extended stay experience or experience in a hotel of similar size and complexity preferred.
• Must speak fluent English.

The salary range for this role is $60,000 to $68,000. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k, and many other benefits to eligible employees.

Who we are

EVEN Hotels is where hospitality meets wellness.

At Even Hotels, wellness is built in. We strive to help guests stay well and happy when they're away from home. Each hotel has an elite team of guest focused and wellness-savvy staff, who are ready to be an advocate of the brand and bring a personal touch. Energetic and friendly? You'll thrive at EVEN.

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.

• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
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