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Front Desk Manager

Marriott New York JFK Airport

135-25 142nd St.
Jamaica, NY 11436

360 Room Hotel
Managed By Chartwell Hospitality
Compensation: 62,400.00, Full-Time, Three PM shifts, two overnight shifts

You’re the business manager for the Front Desk. You ensure that well-trained, highly motivated staff handle guests with the utmost care. Sound experience tells when to let the team fly and when to surface and guide. Under your careful watch, operations run smooth and well within budget. You have what it takes? Then we may have just the opportunity you need, as Front Desk Manager.

As Front Desk Manager, you will

  • Oversee and manage the Front Office to ensure efficient operations and impeccable guest care, helping to achieve profit goals. Attend to guest and group special needs and solve tricky problems with confident graciousness.
  • Keep a pulse on daily revenue and expenses to minimize loss, manage expense and maximize profit.
  • Skillfully manage the Front Desk staff by creating an environment where motivated people want to join, learn, do their best, and advance. Lead a diverse team by modeling the way, by empowering, and coaching throughout the employment lifecycle.    
  • Act as Manager on Duty, when duty calls.

Fundamentals

A four-year college degree or equivalent education or experience is required, with two to three years’ in a related hotel company position. Discipline-specific hospitality industry and general hotel department knowledge and supervisory experience is expected. Excellent verbal and written English communication skills are required, with a second language helpful.  You must be able to handle cash or credit transactions and have Microsoft Office and Excel proficiency. General office equipment and cash register operation knowledge is expected.

Benefits

  • Hotel and other Travel discounts
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Supplemental Insurance
  • Long/Short Term Disability
  • 401-K
  • Professional Development Opportunities
  • Competitive Compensation plus incentives! 
Posted July 2, 2024

Marriott New York JFK Airport

Travel to New Heights of Luxury at our JFK Airport Hotel

Opening this winter, the highly-anticipated Marriott New York JFK Airport will feature 360 stylish guestrooms, M-Club concierge lounge with views overlooking the airport runways, an oversized fitness center, excellent dining options, and 6,000 square feet of elegant, naturally-lit function space on the Lobby level. The event space is ideal for upscale weddings, social events, and meetings that require state-of-the-art AV equipment. The hotel caters to the modern traveler who needs a high level of service and amenities like room service, the option for Double Queen rooms, reliable shuttle service to and from the John F. Kennedy International Airport, and a quick commute to Manhattan or Long Island. The hotel also offers easy access to the Belt Parkway, Van Wyck Expressway, Federal Circle Station, and nearby Resorts World Casino, Belmont Park, Queens Botanical Garden, UBS Arena, St. John’s University, Arthur Ashe Stadium - home to the US Tennis Open. Experience the JFK area like never before.

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