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🟢 Actively Hiring · Posted 25d ago ⏳ Closes in 66 days UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 Subsidiary or Business Segment

Guest Service Assistant

Salary Range
£20,751 - £25,939
£1,729 - £2,162 / mo

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Location Base
Portsmouth, South East England, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Job Ref: KGH6791 Branch: Holiday Inn Express Portsmouth Location: Holiday Inn Express Portsmouth Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary Contract type: Permanent Hours: Part Time Hours per week: 16 Posted date: 20/02/2023 Closing date: 08/03/2023


This role? It’s ALL about the guest and delivering an outstanding service for them.

Outstanding being safe, hospitable and positively memorable experience. You’ll be playing a key role in supporting your hotel in achieving its performance metrics and objectives – and you’ll care about doing so, along with an incredible team in Guest Services.

What you’ll be doing as a Guest Service Assistant

  • Ensuring that all guests experience an outstanding level of service throughout their stay
  • Ensuring that every guest experiences a safe visit, exceeding all expectations surrounding cleanliness
  • Engage, build and develop relationships with guests, assessing their needs and flexing style and approach appropriately
  • Ensuring all repeat guests, priority members and VIP’s receive recognition and appreciation
  • Being attentive to all guests and looking for opportunities to up-sell and make recommendations to enhance their experience
  • Responding promptly to guest complaints and finding ways to turnaround any negative feedback
  • Keeping up to date with hotel facilities, promotions and the local market area, so as to be able to effectively assist guests
  • Process and receive telephone or walk-in reservations accurately
  • Looking for ways to deliver continuous improvements to the guest experience.

What’ll make you a great fit

  • It doesn’t matter where you’ve gained your experience, as long as you are driven and have incredible customer service abilities and confidence to anticipate and deliver on guests needs
  • You’ll enjoy using tech – we have lots of it to make your life easier and our guests experience more seamless
  • You’ll love people – and as a result, have great interpersonal and communication skills
  • Details? You love them! You’ll be incredibly attentive with guests as a result
  • Flexible and able to remain focused on results under pressure and to challenging deadlines
  • Self-motivated and confident
  • Hard-working but FUN!

The benefits

  • Discounts across retail, restaurants, events etc (because we know life isn’t just about work)
  • Family and Friends discounts in hotels across the Kew Green Hotels estate
  • International Travel at Employee Rate for other branded hotels within our brand family
  • Progression and room to grow, with opportunities across the UK and internationally
  • Flexible attitude and working hours.

Located at the heart of the hustle and bustle of Gunwharf Quays, the Holiday Inn Express is a great hotel within walking distance from a great array of bars, restaurants and plenty of shops.

Just a short walk from Spinnaker Tower and Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard, our hotel location offers guests a great base to not only visit Portsmouth's Attractions but also a stimulating environment to hold meetings and presentations.

With 24 hour Parking, free WiFi and a great Continental Breakfast available for our guests, Holiday Inn Express Gunwharf Quays is the place to be.

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Corridor Intelligence

Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

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Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Guest Service Assistant roles across Holiday Inn Express Portsmouth's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Hotels & Resorts.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £20,751 - £25,939 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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