Guest Service Assistant

**Job Ref**:KGH10204

**Branch**:Holiday Inn Leeds Garforth

**Location**:Holiday Inn Leeds Garforth, Leeds

**Salary/Benefits**:£12.21 per hour

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Hours**:Part Time

**Shift pattern**:06:00 - 02:00

**Hours per week**:16

**Posted date**:30/05/2025

**Closing date**:02/07/2025

**The role**

Our **Guest Service Assistants** are responsible for ensuring every guest receives a safe, outstanding experience. This role reports directly to the Guest Service Manager and is part of a team based from our attractive hotel in Holiday Inn Leeds Garforth, LS25 1JH.

Front Desk based Guest Service Assistant duties include:

- supporting your hotel in achieving all brand and company metrics and objectives
- building and developing relationships with guests, assessing their needs and flexing style and approach appropriately
- ensuring all repeat guests, priority members and VIP’s receive recognition and appreciation
- following SOPs to ensure consistent hospitality for all guests
- maintaining a high level of product and service knowledge about all IHG hotels in your region and promote the hotel, products and services and IHG to all guests
- being the first and last person the guest sees
- ensuring all of their specific requirements are met

Beyond that, you'll represent our company values and culture, ensuring that service excellence remains our top priority.

Other businesses may call this role Front Office Assistant or Food and Beverage Assistant, Guest Experience Assistant, Hotel Services Assistant.

**Benefits**

Our rewards package includes:

- Annual Conference Event and Awards
- Apprenticeships
- Robust career development opportunities and support for personal growth
- Attractive discounts across many major retailers, restaurants, and events
- Complementary Employee, Family and Friends discounts in hotels across the Kew Green Hotels portfolio and at partner hotels worldwide
- 50% off food and beverage while you stay in our hotels
- 24/7, 365 days Employee Assistance Line for mental health and wellbeing support, financial and legal advice
- FREE and UNLIMITED access to our Leisure Clubs (gym, pool, steam rooms)

**What you’ll bring to the team**

Ideally, you will have some previous experience in a fast-paced, customer facing role and passion for outstanding Customer Service. Due to the nature of the role the ability to anticipate guests needs is highly desirable. You will also be comfortable using a range of technology, including MS Office.

**Next steps**

A member of the hotel team will be in touch to book a 15-minute chat so we can get to know you better. We will explain the role in detail, and you can highlight your skills to us. If successful at this stage, you will meet Hotel Manager / Guest Service Manager.

**Who are Kew Green Hotels?**

Kew Green Hotels is a rapidly expanding global company, with a diverse portfolio across leading hotel chains, including IHG Hotels Resorts, Marriott International, Wyndham Hotels Resorts and Hilton, what unites us all is our values. Please view our website for more details.

Join our Kew-Team today

The Holiday Inn Leeds Garforth hotel is ocated on the outskirts of the city, the hotel is in an excellent position from which to explore the many attractions Leeds and Yorkshire have to offer such as, Harewood House, Lotherton Hall and Bird Garden, Royal Armouries, Temple Newsam, Yorkshire Dales and the City of York, making it the perfect family destination. Within easy reach of the M1 and M62 motorways as well as Leeds Bradford International and Manchester International Airports only an hour from the hotel, Holiday Inn Leeds Garforth is a highly accessible venue to hold important business meetings and events. What's more, with our in-house fitness suite including swimming pool, a fully equipped gym.