Guest Service Assistant

**Job Ref**:KGH9303

**Branch**:Holiday Inn Birmingham M6 J7

**Location**:Holiday Inn Birmingham M6 J7, Birmingham

**Salary/Benefits**:£11.55 per hour for all age groups, service charge and a wide range of company benefits included

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Hours**:Full Time

**Shift pattern**:Mixture of late, early and mid shifts including bank holidays and weekends. Sample shifts: 06:00 - 14:30 / 14:00 - 22:30 / 11:00 - 19:30

**Hours per week**:40

**Posted date**:10/09/2024

**Closing date**:26/09/2024

**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 Birmingham, B43

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

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 Business Excellence 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 Birmingham M6 J7 recently undergone a 1-Million-pound facelist to its public area and brand new meeting and events suite with its very own private terrace, private entrance as well as a private bar and refreshment area. Having 17 fantastic meeting rooms, all of which air conditioned with WiFi. We are surrounded by 7 acres of green belt land with 170 standard ensuite bedrooms and 20 executive bedrooms. Our new open lobby area incorporates a Startbucks lounge and dining areas in a modern and relaxed atmosphere. Our You Fit health and leisure centre offers a fully equipped gym, dance studio, 15 metre indoor swimming pool, steam room, sauna and whirlpool. Getting to us couldnt be easier as we are located just off the M6 motorway at junction 7 with convenient bus route and 250 car parking spaces should you drive.