Guest Service Agent

Hilton Garden Inn - Houston Hobby is hiring for Full & Part-time Guest Service Agents.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: Guest Service Agent

Reports to: General Manager

Summary: We are looking for the best of the best, true Hospitality Professionals!!! Previous Front Desk & Night Audit experience with Hilton, Marriott or IHG is a required! Must be available to work all days, including weekends and holidays, and any shift that the needs of the business require.

Represents the hotel to the guest throughout all stages of the guest’s stay by working with all hotel personnel to ensure every guest experience superior customer care. Responsibilities include registering guests, assigning rooms, accommodating special requests, and ensuring the guests have a pleasant stay and smooth checkout.

General:
Uniform attire is business: Slack/Khaki’s and a collared shirt or as required per brand standards.

Description:
Essential Job Functions

• Provide excellent Guest Service.
• Maintain an inventory of vacancies, reservations and room assignments.
• Possess a working knowledge of the reservations department, takes same day reservations and future reservations when necessary, knows cancellation procedures.
• Knowledgeable of room locations, types of rooms available, and room rates.
• Register arriving guests and assigns rooms.
• Coordinate room status updates with the housekeeping department by notifying housekeeping of all check-outs, late check-outs, early check-ins, special requests, and part-day rooms.
• Coordinate guest room maintenance work with the engineering and maintenance division.
• Uses persuasive selling techniques to sell rooms and to promote other services of the hotel.
• Know daily activities and meetings taking place in the hotel and surrounding areas.
• Report any unusual occurrences or requests to the manager or assistant manager.
• Manage and resolves all guest complaints in a professional and courteous manner.
• Process guest check-outs and handles monetary transactions.
• Maintain customers’ privacy.
• Maintain a high level of professional appearance and demeanor.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education/Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent. Previous hotel-related experience preferred. Knowledge of surrounding areas and local events. Ability to understand and adhere to proper credit, check cashing, and cash handling policies and procedures. Knowledge of how to properly secure guest information. Skilled in the use of front office equipment.

Language Skills:

Ability to communicate with public, hotel staff, and management in a professional manner. Knowledge of proper telephone etiquette. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintaining instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software; Internet software and Property Management software.
Other:
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to use close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $13.00 - $15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Every weekend
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• On call
• Overnight shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed
• Weekends only

Work setting:

• In-person

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Hotel Guest Service: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person