Guest Service Agent - Part Time
On-siteGreater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Register guests, assign rooms, and process check-outs while adhering to credit, cash-handling, and safety policies. Complete pre-registration and blocking for reservations, coordinate room status updates with housekeeping, and manage maintenance requests with engineering. Take reservations for in-house and call-in guests, post charges to ledgers, and utilize suggestive selling techniques to promote services. Maintain a tidy lobby environment, report unusual occurrences to management, and apply proper telephone etiquette. Work day, evening, and night shifts including weekends and holidays.
Required Qualifications
- High school graduate or equivalent
- Availability to work day, evening and night shifts any day of the week including weekends and holidays
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and administration skills
- Proficient or familiar with computerized systems
- Demonstrated knowledge of guest service and a genuine desire to exceed guest expectations
- Present a high degree of professional work ethic and image
- Know all safety and emergency procedures
- Adhere to all health and safety guidelines and standard
Desired Qualifications
- Use suggestive selling techniques to sell rooms and to promote other services of the hotel
- Possess a working knowledge of the reservations
- Take reservations for guests both in house and call in
- Understanding of the cancellation procedures
- Process guest check-outs
- Post and file all charges to guest, master, and city ledger accounts
- Coordinate room status updates with the housekeeping department
- Work closely with all hotel departments to improve service delivery and efficiency
- Use proper telephone etiquette
- Coordinate guestroom maintenance work with the engineering and maintenance division
- Report any unusual occurrences or requests to the manager or supervisor
- Ensure the work environment is tidy and well organized at all times (lobby)
- Register guests and assign rooms
- Accommodate special requests whenever possible
- Complete pre-registration and blocking of rooms for reservations/guest arrival
- Thoroughly understand and adhere to proper credit, check-cashing, and cash-handling policies and procedures
- Understand room status and room status tracking
- Know room locations, types of rooms available, and room rates
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