Front Desk Agent - The Ridge Environmental Ed. Center

Guest Services • Haines City, FL

31d • $16 • Onsite

About The Position

The Front Desk Agent must have the ability to perform all desk attendant functions including checking guests and vendors in and out, reservations, and switchboard. Must have strong customer services skills. This role provides administrative, reception, and program support to management and staff. Responsibilities include managing phone activity, handling walk-in traffic, signing in customers, registering and assigning rooms to guests, providing quotes for room rates, and up-selling when possible. The agent will also assist in coordinating the Front Desk and Housekeeping Department, verify charges and credits on guest folios, collect payment, and ensure all cash and cash equivalents are accounted for and balanced. The role involves responding to guest inquiries and resolving complaints within the scope of authority, and maintaining awareness of safety issues.

Requirements

• Minimum of at least 16 years of age.
• Clerical skills including typing, filing, office machine operations, cash register operation, maintenance of records, and the ability to undertake multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Computer proficiency.
• Demonstrated talent for interacting with a wide variety of people; ability to effectively organize and coordinate multiple priorities; ability to learn and develop new skills; ability to problem solve.
• Ability to arrange and coordinate schedules for reservations.
• Excellent interpersonal, administrative, telephone and other communications skills.
• Ability to stand for the entire work day and to climb steps regularly.
• Ability to sit at a desk and monitor phones for extended amounts of time.
• Ability to withstand temperatures in indoor and outdoor environments.
• Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
• Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.
• Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in a fast-paced environment.
• Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties.

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative, reception and program support to management and staff.
• Manage phone activity including providing general knowledge to callers.
• Manage walk-in traffic.
• Sign in customers as needed.
• Smile and greet customers in a welcoming manner.
• Register and assign rooms to guests.
• Provide quotes for room rates and up-sell the guest when possible.
• Assist in coordinating the Front Desk and the Housekeeping Department.
• Verify that the correct charges and credits are posted to the corresponding guest folio.
• Collect payment for charges on the guest folio.
• Ensure all cash and cash equivalents are accounted for and balanced at the beginning and end of each work shift.
• Responds to guest inquiries.
• Resolves guest complaints within scope of authority, otherwise refer the matter to the management.
• Maintain awareness of safety issues, and report them immediately to your manager.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and promotion without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED