Night Desk Clerk

Night Desk Clerk

La Jolla Cove Hotel is searching for a Night Desk Clerk to join the team! The Night Desk Clerk will be responsible for assisting guests in all guest services related functions. The Night Desk Clerk will also be responsible for closing hotel books at night by running night audit final after insuring all revenues are in balance nightly. Located just steps from the beach, La Jolla Cove Hotel & Suites invites guests to experience the charm of La Jolla and the tranquil beauty of the Pacific Ocean. We're centrally located just steps from La Jolla Cove and a short walk to boutique shops, restaurants, and art galleries.

Essential functions and responsibilities of the job include but are not limited to:

• Maintain a friendly, cheerful and courteous demeanor at all times, while providing personalized service to hotel guests.
• Communicate effectively with guests and fellow team members.
• Greet arriving guests and complete established check-in procedures on a daily basis in order to ensure that guests are fully satisfied.
• Facilitate guest departures on a daily basis by following established procedures in order to close guest accounts and determine future room availability.
• Regularly calculate and/or post monies, receipts, guest accounts and other forms of credit using proper cash handling methods and established procedures in order to present the guest with accurate hotel charges upon check-out.
• Courteously answer inquiries and accept reservations, both in person and over the phone, by utilizing PHC's reservation guideline. Accurately and professionally communicate hotel rates and information, utilize suggestive selling techniques, demonstrate advantages and create value for our guests.
• Maintain good guest relations by keeping abreast of all in-house and area functions in order to answer questions and concerns with timely and knowledgeable responses in person and on the phone.
• Operate the PBX equipment by accepting incoming calls and assisting out-going calls, setting wake-up calls and communicating to guests to ensure timely and efficient service.
• Control and balance cash and credit transactions at the front desk and maintain complete responsibility for personal bank as specified by hotel policy.
• Run night audit final after ensuring all revenues are in balance nightly.
• Process all guest mail, messages and faxes by receiving, sorting, notifying and distributing to mailboxes and to guests in order to ensure the information is received by guests in a timely manner.
• Contribute to and maintain established information and communication sources such as department and front desk logbooks in order to enhance department communications and operations.
• Provide assistance to other team members and departments to contribute to the best overall performance of the department and hotel.
• Perform other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management

Pay Range: $20.00 - $20.50 per hour

Benefits, Travel Perks & More 401k, Vacation and Sick Leave are offered with this position along with a Team Member Travel Program, encouraging each team member to visit sister properties and enjoy exclusive team member rates for rest and relaxation. We also encourage quarterly team building and giving back to the communities in which we work through regular volunteering, and select charity promotions throughout the year.

Qualifications

Experience

Preferred: 1-2 years: Work Experience: Minimum of 2 years of hotel front desk experience preferred.

Professional Skills

Proficiency in MS Office Suite

Experience with hotel operations software sales programs

Skillful in project planning/ tasks and able to prioritize projects/ task

Personal Skills

Highly organized and efficient

Pro-active and results driven

Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility

Leads by example and with integrity

Excellent communicator and team motivator

Business-like, socially engaged, passionate, expressive demonstrating a positive attitude

Equal Opportunity Employer