Duty Manager

- 2-year degree from an accredited university in Hotel and Restaurant Management, Hospitality, Business Administration, or related major; no work experience required. • *CORE WORK ACTIVITIES** • *Supporting Management of Front Desk Team** - Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example. - Encourages and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. - Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors. - Supports all day-to-day operations. - Understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence. - Coaches, counsels and encourages employees. - Handles employee questions and concerns. - Supports all areas of the Front Office in the absence of the Front Office or Front Desk Manager. - Guides daily Front Desk shift operations. - Communicates performance expectations to employees in accordance with job descriptions for each position. • *Monitoring and Supporting Progress Toward Guest Services and Front Desk Goals** - Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis. - Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. - Handles complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. - Participates in department meetings and continually communicates a clear and consistent message regarding the Front Desk goals to produce desired results. - Strives to improve service performance. - Supervises staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met. - Trains staff on adherence to all credit policies and procedures to reduce bad debts and rebates. - Supervises same day selling procedures to maximize room revenue and property occupancy. - Understands the impact of Front Desk operations on the overall property financial goals and objectives. • *Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service** - Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention. - Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed. - Sets a positive example for guest relations. - Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service within guidelines. - Handles guest problems and complaints seeking assistance from supervisor as necessary. - Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels. • *Managing Projects and Policies** - Implementing the customer recognition/service program, communicating and ensuring the process. - Assists in the review of comment cards and guest satisfaction results with employees. - Ensures employees have the proper supplies and uniforms. - Assists in the use of a guest information tracking system to ensure that a successful repeat guest recognition program is in use to recognize guest preferences and aid in problem resolution. • *Supporting Handling of Human Resource Activities** - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.