• Job Description

  Req#: 23011230

  Rixos Qetaifan Island North

  Opening in 2023, Rixos Qetaifan Island North will comprise a 345-key hotel, along with a souq encompassing 11,000sqm of leasing space, a beach club, a theme park, and a waterpark. The resort will boast panoramic views of the Arabian Gulf. Rixos plans to provide a platform for showcasing Qatar as a tourism destination. One of the country’s biggest draws will be Qetaifan Island North’s Waterpark attraction. The Icon Tower is the world’s highest tower of its kind, reaching 82 metres.

  Front Office Manager

  This position is responsible for the supervision and management of the overall Front Office operations by ensuring that all sections of Front Office’s service standards delivery are maintained in accordance to the Hotel’s strategic plan and standard.

  What’s in it for you:

  • Be part of a unique and complex resort in Qatar
  • Take advantage of opportunities to be recognized for your professional contributions
  • Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
  • Learning programs through our academies
  • Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world
  • Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities like Planet 21

  What you will be doing:

  • Participate in daily operations meetings to liaise and coordinate closely with support departments regarding general administration and operations issues
  • Check that all Front Office employees report to work punctually and are well groomed before each of their shift
  • Conduct daily briefings and ensure that all pertinent information is well received by team members
  • Communicate all log entries by Duty Managers to ensure that all issues and concerns raised are closed with thorough follow up actions
  • Ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Front Office and that departmental standards and procedures set out are strictly adhered to
  • Liaise with Reservations Department in a high house situation and recommend actions to be taken. Check on closed-out dates to ensure efforts are made to achieve 100% occupancy with the highest yield possible
  • Coordinate full house situations and makes all necessary arrangements to handle overbooking and pledge relocates
  • Liaise with Finance Department to ensure that credit procedures are properly carried out
  • Analyze market trend, review rooming list and motivate Front Office employees to up-sell rooms with the view of achieving higher yield and increasing revenue
  • Coordinate and monitor major group movements for meetings and conferences, and ensure that action plans cover all areas of operations handling
  • Makes courtesy calls to VIPS, long stay and corporate guest to obtain feedback and pro-act to handle any lapses in service standards
  • Handle all guest correspondences and ensure prompt follow-ups
  • Manage daily room inventory and coordinate with Housekeeping to ensure requested rooms are cleaned according to arrival times
  • Team Management
  • Interview, select and recruit Front Office employees
  • Identify and develop team members with potential
  • Conduct performance review with the team
  • Constantly monitor team members’ appearance, attitude and degree of professionalism
  • Prepare detailed induction programs for new employees
  • Develop, conduct maintain all staff training programs for team members, focusing on their development needs, providing them with new skills to meet the changing needs of the business
  • Prepare weekly staff schedules keeping in mind anticipated business, operating budgets and standards of service
  • Prepare payroll and gratuity reports
  • Conduct monthly departmental meetings to provide information to team members, obtain their feedback, rectify operation issues and provide a regular forum for department communication

  Other Responsibilities

  • Maintain complete knowledge of all food & beverage services, outlets and hotel services/features
  • Be well versed in hotel fire & life safety/emergency procedures
  • Attend all briefings, meetings and trainings as assigned by management
  • Report for duty on time wearing clean and complete uniform at all times
  • Maintain a high standard of personal appearance and hygiene at all times
  • Perform other reasonable duties assigned by the Management of the Hotel

  Your experience and skills include:

  • Diploma in Tourism & Hospitality Management
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a similar capacity
  • Excellent reading, writing and oral proficiency in English language
  • Ability to speak other languages and basic understanding of local languages will be an advantage
  • Good working knowledge of MS Excel, Word, & PowerPoint
  • Turkish nationality

  Your team & working environment:

  At Accor, we are Heartists!
  Are you ready to put your heart at the center of everything that you do? If so, then join our team of Heartists at Rixos Qetaifan Island, Every day, we look for opportunities to engage on a personal & meaningful way with our guests and each other. We deliver heartfelt hospitality in an environment that is engaging, enthusiastic and professionally rewarding!
  
  Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
  We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

  Why work for Accor?

  We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.
  By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor.

  Do what you love, care for the world, and dare to challenge the status quo! #BELIMITLESS

• About the company

  Accor SA is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties.

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