Front Desk Assistant Shift Manager

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-one medical coverage

401(k) matching

Annual performance bonus

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading entertainment company in Indiana, PA is looking for a qualified individual to manage shift operations and supervise staff. You will focus on maintaining high customer service standards, assisting with budgets, and ensuring compliance. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree, strong team management skills, and proficiency in Microsoft applications. A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret business documents.
• Effective presentation of information to groups.
• Flexible to work all shifts including holidays.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff and manage daily operations.
• Create schedules to maintain labor costs.
• Resolve customer service issues on shift.
• Ensure compliance with hotel policies.

Skills

Customer service skills

Conflict resolution

Effective communication

Team management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college

Tools

Hotel systems software

Job description

Overview

We’re always looking for talent that believes in having fun. At PENN Entertainment, you’ll get to be a part of an exciting industry, where the days and nights are fast paced. You’ll work with an incredibly diverse set of coworkers driven by their enthusiasm for helping people find and have more fun. You’ll also get to work at a company that cares about your career growth and will help you get the support you need to expand your possibilities.

Initial placement within the salary range is based on an individual's relevant knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is just one component of our competitive Total Rewards package, which includes wellness programs designed to support our team members' financial, physical, and mental well-being. Specific benefits—such as day‑one medical coverage, 401(k) matching, and annual performance bonus—may vary by position. Paid time off is earned according to the local policy and increases with the length of employment.

Click HERE to discover how we empower team members to grow, thrive, and advance in their careers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supervising staff and the overall daily management of a designated shift. Supports, administers, and manages operational goals and monitors achievements of performance and profit objectives.
• Assists in creating effective and efficient schedules, while maintaining labor costs, meeting staffing objectives and achieving guest satisfaction.
• Responsible for assisting in the budget process for the department and providing recommendations; ensuring compliance with departmental budget initiatives; reporting budget concerns to manager.
• Enthusiastically supports, actively promotes, and demonstrates superior customer service in accordance with department and company standards and programs. Ensures customer service standards are followed by all team members and addresses issues as they arise.
• Answers inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolve occupants’ complaints while supporting all customer service programs on assigned shift.
• Assists with management of daily arrivals and departures in reservation system on assigned shift.
• Provides direction for Hotel supervisory staff on assigned shift.
• Assists with posting charges, and settling of folios for individuals and groups, if applicable, on assigned shift.
• Addresses and manages complaints, grievances or concerns from team members on assigned shift.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all regulatory compliance within area of responsibility and reporting potential issues to management.
• Maintains strict confidentiality in all departmental and company matters. Acts as manager on duty in the absence of the Hotel Manager, to ensure the very best guest service is delivered by the team.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for staff development and training programs.
• Responsible for rewards and recognition program to maximize employee engagement.
• Evaluates team members within department and delivers constructive feedback to employees regarding performance.
• Determines recommendation for staffing (including interviewing and hiring) and scheduling (planning, assigning and directing work) to meet business needs.
• Determines work procedures and expedites workflow.
• Responsible for employee performance (disciplining, coaching, counseling).
• Responsible for developing and implementing a quality control program to ensure the very best guest service and guest room products are delivered to each and every customer.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four‑year college or university; or two years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Must have the ability to interact with guests, staff and colleagues and resolve problems and conflicts in a diplomatic and tactful manner.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Flexible to work all shifts including holidays, nights, weekends, and overtime as business needs dictate.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, and Outlook).
• Knowledge of hotel systems software.
• Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred, but not required.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and interpret documents in English, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to read and communicate verbally in English. Written communication skills in English may also be required.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Must possess a valid driver’s license and have acceptable driving history as determined by Penn National Gaming’s auto insurance carrier.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and must have the ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel and balance when performing job duties in varying work areas such as confined spaces.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Employee could be exposed to an environment containing unrestricted secondhand tobacco smoke.