Overnight Bellperson | Part Time

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel seeks a friendly and proactive guest services associate to welcome and assist guests throughout their stay. You will engage with guests in the lobby, greet them warmly, and help meet dining, transportation, and activity requests to exceed expectations.

The role requires strong customer service, clear communication, and the ability to work varied shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance.
• Must be able to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Prior customer service experience required, preferably in hotels.

Responsibilities

• Engage with guests in a friendly, courteous manner from arrival through check-out.
• Greet guests by name when possible and assist with needs to exceed expectations.
• Assist with reservations for restaurants, transportation, and tickets as needed.
• Ensure timely handling of luggage, parcels, and guest requests.
• Maintain clean public areas and assist in coordinating VIP arrivals.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Problem-solving

Professional appearance

Shift flexibility

Job description

Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel

The Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel has over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide assistance and services for all guests, beginning in the lobby and carrying throughout the hotel stay, in order to ensure pleasurable accommodations and efficient handling of all guest needs.

Essential Job Functions

• Use friendly and appropriate expressions when engaging guests; engage in conversation with as many guests as possible.
• Be pleasant, smile and greet all guests, using surnames when obtained.
• Be actively engaged with our guests. Identify the needs of our guests and meet these needs, aiming to exceed expectations at every opportunity.
• Ensure that all arriving and departing guests are treated with maximum courtesy and are served expeditiously.
• Store luggage according to hotel policies and procedures; assist, retrieve and load luggage and guests items.
• Be familiar with parking validation procedures.
• Assist in making reservations for restaurants and limousines for our guests; assist in airline ticket requests and taxi/shuttle scheduling as needed.
• Ensure the delivery of parcels, mail, laundry and special deliveries to guestrooms, executive offices, or meeting rooms.
• Ensure that the public areas, bell closet are maintained, clean and tidy.
• Follow-up with guest complaints to ensure that any problems are resolved by adhering to the service recovery process.
• Arrange special requests for guests including and not limited to flowers, rental cars, forwarding luggage, sight-seeing tours and advising of different quality local shopping areas.
• Utilize bell carts effectively and with caution.
• Ensure the floor is covered 100% of the time, including the Front Desk.
• Direct guests to the Front Desk or meeting rooms & aid guests in locating other areas of the hotel (walk them to destination if possible).
• Notify the Front Desk and Guest Services of VIP arrivals whenever possible.
• Be familiar with local attractions and businesses. Be sure to recommend on-site venues first.
• Be familiar with all hotel amenities (to include Wireless Internet, Select Guest Program, GHA, Laundry Services, and Omni Kids Program).
• Be familiar with all hotel facilities (F&B Outlets, Business Center, Fitness Center, Outdoor Pool, Meeting Space & Parking Garage).
• Be familiar with the inter-relationship between the different departments (to include Ideal Services, Guest Services, Housekeeping, F&B Outlets, Banquets, Sales, Engineering and Purchasing).
• Follow all company policies and procedures; ensure clean uniform and professional personal appearance; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
• Perform other duties & special projects as assigned by the management team.
• Follow all company safety and security policies and procedures; report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions; complete safety training and certifications.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance
• Must be able to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Prior customer service experience required, preferably in hotels.

Environment & Position Analysis

• Lift, carry, and place objects weighing up to 50 lbs without assistance.
• Move, push, and pull objects weighing up to 100 lbs without assistance.
• Stand, walk or sit for an extended period or for an entire work shift.
• Requires constant motion, including bending, pushing, and pulling.

Tools & Equipment

• Desktop computer (Opera, Alice, SALTO, Synergy, Microsoft Office), printer, telephone, copier, fax machine, two-way radio dispatch, bell cart

Omni Hotels & Resorts Is An Equal Opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran Employer. The EEO Is The Law Poster Is Available Using The Following Link

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Omni Hotels & Resorts does not discriminate on the basis of any protected category with respect to the payment of wages.