Assistant Front Office Manager

Chelsea, New York
Renaissance Manhattan Chelsea
REPORTS TO: Front Office Manager

SUPERVISES DIRECTLY: All front office personnel including guest reception, concierge, reservations, PBX and bell staffs.

Benefits/Perks of Working With Us:

Upon joining Real Hospitality Group, associates are offered competitive compensation, career growth opportunities, flexible access to wages, holiday, sick and vacation pay, health, dental and vision insurance, employer paid life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, an employee assistance program, a 401k, and many associate discount options.

Purpose for the Position: The Assistant Front Office Manager will assume full responsibility for the management of the day-to-day and long-term hotel guest reception, reservations and telephone service operations, while maintaining established revenue, expense and quality standards. To work with the General Manager to ensure an efficient operation that provides levels of service that consistently exceeds visitor, guest and ownership expectations.

The Assistant Front Office Manager Essential Responsibilities:

-To ensure that guests are greeted, checked in and allocated rooms promptly and courteously.
-To ensure that check-in procedures are strictly adhered to and that the correct address and charge out details are obtained from each guest.
-To be readily available at all times to deal with problems or complaints.
-To ensure that rooms have been serviced and maintained to the standards established by the Company.
-To ensure maximum room occupancy within agreed overbooking policy.
-To ensure effective liaison between reservations and front office staff with other departments (e.g. housekeeping).
-To ensure that all charges are correctly entered on the guest’s bill and that this is up to date at all times.
-To ensure that credit control procedures are strictly adhered to, that no bills exceed the stipulated limit without prior approval and that written confirmation, purchase orders, or order numbers are on file.
-To ensure that accounts are balanced daily.
-To ensure effective and speedy check-out procedures.
-To ensure that luggage is delivered to and collected from rooms speedily.
-To ensure that inquiries, messages, theatre bookings are dealt with courteously and efficiently.
-To ensure that all Front of House staff are correctly dressed at all times.
-To ensure that all Front of House areas are clean and orderly at all times.
-To ensure that newspapers and parcels are delivered to rooms without delay.
-To ensure that incoming and outgoing telephone calls are handled promptly and courteously.
-To ensure maximum security of all items left in safety deposit boxes.
-To ensure that the Hotel Entrance is easily accessible to cars and taxis at all times.
-To hold regular performance appraisals with all staff, identifying areas for development and training needs and ensuring that this training is affected.
-To carry out or ensure that regular On-the-Job training is taking place to agreed standards.
-To ensure that the most suitably qualified person is appointed in the event of a vacancy – wherever possible this should be an internal promotion.
-To ensure maximum security in all areas under your control.
-To act as Duty Manager when required.
-To attend Management Meetings as required.
-To ensure accurate and timeliness submission of all reports and administrative work.
-To monitor trends within the industry and make suggestions how these could be implemented.
-To be familiar with all local Civil Defense measures.
-To ensure that staff under your control are trained in Civil Defense measures.
-Takes responsibility of supervising the F&B outlets in the absence of the F&B Supervisor.