Front Desk Clerk (UH)

Navy Region Northwest Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR); Everett (WA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Region Northwest Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR) seeks a customer-focused lodging assistant to support Unaccompanied Housing operations at Naval Station Everett. You will handle front desk duties, verify eligibility, process check-ins/outs, and safeguard resident information.

The role requires teamwork, basic computer skills, and flexibility for weekends and holidays. This federal position offers civil service benefits and the opportunity to help service members, their families, and

Qualifications

• One-year practical work experience with direct customer service preferred.
• Knowledge of hospitality operations concepts and standards.
• Proven ability to provide excellent customer service through experience and training.
• Strong basic arithmetic skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate daily lodging processes and maintain records.

Responsibilities

• Answer and direct inquiries to housing facilities and local resources.
• Provide professional customer service to internal and external customers.
• Maintain security and privacy of residents and information.
• Process check-in/check-out transactions and recordkeeping in the housing system.
• Assist with room assignments and inventory management for UH housing.
• Escalate issues to supervisor when needed.

Skills

Customer service

Hospitality operations

Microsoft Office

Phone etiquette

Data entry

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Summary

Support the Military's Quality of Life programs! The Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) department of Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) provides fitness, recreation, lodging and food and beverage programs for service members, their families, retired military and civilian employees. Open to current employees of Naval Station Everett N9 7/31/26 - 8/4/26. Open Continuous to public 8/5/26 - 9/30/26.

Duties

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Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Answers questions regarding housing facilities; and provides information to service members regarding local resources, on-base facilities and activities.
• Provides quality customer service for all internal and external customers, presenting neat, clean and professional appearance at all times.
• Ensures security of all guests is maintained at all times
• Ensures guest privacy is maintained at all times.
• Handles customer complaints, referring to manager or higher authority as necessary.
• Professionally answers phones and transfers calls to appropriate individuals.
• Verifies eligibility and ensures unit or room assignments are made following guidance in Unaccompanied Housing Operations Manual and local policy.
• Properly executes and documents room transfers.
• Assigns residents to ensure "best and highest use" of UH inventory.
• Ensures check-in and check-out transactions are accurately recorded in the automated military housing system (e.g. Enterprise Military Housing or similar) and prepare reports from the system when required.
• Safeguards residents' personally identifiable information.
• Creates new and replacement key cards per local policy and guidance.
• Maintains inventory of all keys/keycards and any other supplies maintained at the front desk.
• Provides new residents with linen sets (i.e. bed in the bag).
• Provides new residents with welcome aboard information, instructions and resources.
• Facilitates the new resident orientation brief.
• Receives and follows up on resident trouble calls, ensuring the appropriate department is contacted for resolution.
• Reports any resident complaint or concern to the front desk supervisor. If the issue is an emergency (e.g. personal assault, fire), immediately follows local emergency procedures.
• Enforces UH guest and visitor policies and ensures the building resident, UH staff member, or responsible RA escorts non-residents at all times.
• Keeps the front desk and lobby area clean and neat.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

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• This position involves work on workdays and may involve weekends, and holidays, as well as rotating shifts, often consisting of other than normal duty hours.
• Incumbent may be recalled to duty and/or required to work overtime, including on an emergency basis.
• This position may be designated as essential personnel for inclement weather or in the interest of national security and may be required to report for work when other employees are excused.
• May be required to possess a valid state drivers’ license for travel between sites.

Qualifications

• Must have one-year practical work experience including direct customer service, preferably in the hospitality field.
• Knowledge of the goals, basic principles, concepts, standards, and regulations related to hospitality operations.
• Skill in the use of Microsoft Office Programs (e.g., Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) and others.
• Skill in providing excellent customer service obtained through prior experience and training.
• Skill in basic arithmetic.
• Ability to competently and independently carry out day to day lodging operations.
• Ability to maintain records, compile and organize data for reports.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Education

There is no minimum education requirement for this position.

Additional information

Internal to current Naval Station Everett N9 employees for the first 5 calendar days (7/31/26 - 8/4/26).

Will extend to the public after 8/4/26 should a selection not be made internally.

Selectee may be required to complete a one (1) year probationary period.

Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required. We utilize E-Verify to confirm selectee's eligibility to work in the United States.

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 60 days of issuance of selection certificate. For positions requiring travel more than twice per year, selectee may be required to obtain and maintain in good standing a Government-issued Travel Card for official government travel purposes.

Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order, all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander, Navy Region Northwest Command is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated, and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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