Overview
and Responsibilities
General Hotel Assistant – Aurora Foxes
Location: Minehead, Somerset
Salary: £9,. - £9,. (FTE £,. - £,.) depending on experience and qualifications.
Hours : Hours per week
Contract: Term time plus additional days and training ( weeks per year)
Welcome to Foxes Academy, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place.
We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.
The main purpose of the role:
As our General Hotel Assistant you will support reception, front of house and housekeeping to ensure the continuous smooth running of the hotel business.
Key duties:
1. To ensure the safety and well-being of the students while on duty by being aware of Company policies relating to Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Safety and COSHH.
2. Attend all appropriate meetings as and when required.
3. To absolutely ensure to always deliver a high standard of customer care.
4. Complete cleaning and preparation tasks to support business needs and requirements to be compliant.
5. Complete regular checks on the toilets, bedrooms, and laundry tasks and clean/complete as required.
6. To support with the clearing and cleaning of still room if no kitchen porter is on shift.
7. Complete the clearing and cleaning of all public areas as required ensuring high standards are maintained.
8. Take direction from the Hotel Manager and Senior Leadership Team as to the tasks which require completion to meet the daily business needs.
9. Cover reception duties in a professional manner including taking phone calls, taking bookings, checking in guests and completing payments.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
10. Hotel experience in all departments and be a positive team player.
11. City and Guilds Hospitality and Catering Level 2 or equivalent.
12. Reception experience.
13. Experience of working in a hotel or restaurant setting.
14. Housekeeping experience.
15. Experience of working in a team setting.
16. Food Hygiene certificate (desirable).
17. Allergen's course (desirable).
18. Working with young vulnerable adults or children (desirable)
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer?
19. Full training and continued support
20. Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
21. % off accommodation, hot drinks and food at Foxes Hotel
22. Life assurance and Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
23. Health cash back plan
24. Car lease scheme
25. Bike to work scheme
26. Perk box
27. Free parking
Apply/Enquiries
If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact /