Hotel Receptionist

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Hours:

Full time

Location:

The Washington
City:
Bristol

Do you love customer service? Do you thrive at sales? Want to hone your admin skills? Why not combine all these skills and apply for this exciting Receptionist position within our boutique hotels at Quarter.

We have an opening at the Washington within our boutique hotel group for a new Hotel Receptionist (full time). We're looking for a friendly, sales-driven and confident individual who takes pride in their work, always ensuring that each of our guests has the best experience possible!

This is a full time position (39 hours per week) and will be located at The Washington Guesthouse on St Paul's Road, BS8. The Washington is a busy, cosy boutique hotel popular with groups, business and leisure guests alike!

Salary:£24,843 per annum plus uncapped bonuses (on average around £80-£100 extra per month, however the uncapped nature of the bonus means that our top performers can expect to take home even more than this).

Hours:Full time, 39 hours per week worked to a rota that will include evening and weekend work. Our rotas cover a 3-week period, and the typical rota pattern will see you having 1 weekend off in 3

Shift times:5 shifts per week, comprising a combination of early shifts (approx. 7am - 3pm) and late shifts (approx. 2pm - 10pm).

Contract start date:We're looking to get our new receptionist started in the new year, in January 2026

The Washington is part of Quarter, an established, independent community of hospitality businesses that has been satisfying customers and guests for over 60 years! Whilst you will be working hard, you will also be working within a friendly and welcoming team. There is a lot for our receptionists to learn, but a lot to gain from the role as well!

• Great development and fantastic opportunities for progression - you will have the chance to be considered for Head Receptionist after 3 months and will have a pay review after 6 months
• Uncapped bonus scheme - on average you can expect to take home around £80-£100 per month in bonuses, but our top performers achieve even higher than this!
• Quarter Staff discount - this will give you a 20% discount in all our restaurants (plus a 50% discount at Racks between 5pm and 8pm on Fridays!) and will entitle you to fantastic friends and family rates within our hotels
• Employee Assistance Programme (run by Hospitality Action) - 24/7 support, national discounts and other wellbeing advice
• 10% off your bus tickets to work via First Bus Commuter Travel Club
• Competitive Gym membership at Anytime Fitness on Queen's Road in Clifton and other local discounts including hairdressers, Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Hospitality Rewards scheme and a very handy B&Q + Tradepoint discount
• 50% off How The Light Gets In  festival tickets for you, your friends and family
• Pension contribution
• Cycle to work scheme + secure bike storage
• Regular company socials - Quarter holds regular parties for our staff to say thank you (with free food and a few free drinks!)
• Free meal on shift - fuel for service!
• Uniform provided

Reporting to the Hotel Assistant Manager, you will be involved in:

• Delivering excellent customer service for our guests – no day is the same!
• Making room sales and meeting sales targets
• Checking guests in and out – taking payments and processing correctly
• Handling guest enquiries and helping our guests have the best stay possible
• This is not a role that can be worked remotely, so successful applicants need to be able to work within the chosen hotel.

You are friendly, confident and passionate about providing fantastic customer service to our guests. You’ll be a team player – willing and able to help out where needed and support your colleagues. You are motivated by meeting targets and are sales driven. You’ll also enjoy the more administrative side of the role and will have fantastic…