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Highgate

Hospitality and travel-focused venture capital

Assistant Front Office Manager

Hotel Guest ServicesUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeBoston, MA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 1 year of related experience is required.
  • Supervisory experience is required.
  • Must be proficient in Windows, company-approved spreadsheets, and word processing.
  • Must be able to work long hours when required and stand for the entire shift.
  • Must communicate verbally and in writing with employees and guests at all levels in an attentive, friendly, courteous, and service-oriented manner.
  • Must maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming.
  • Must comply with hotel standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations.
  • Must be effective in handling problems, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving them.
  • Must be able to understand and evaluate complex information and data from various sources to meet appropriate objectives.
  • Must maintain confidentiality of information.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Front Office Manager in ensuring attentive, friendly, efficient, and courteous Front Office operations, delivering quality guest service throughout guests’ stays while maximizing room revenue and occupancy.
  • Communicate and collaborate with Sales, Housekeeping, Reservations, and Accounting to ensure smooth operations.
  • Ensure consistency in guest pre-arrival and post-stay processes.
  • Respond attentively, courteously, and efficiently to guest requests, problems, complaints, and accidents received at the Front Desk or through reservations, comment cards, letters, or phone calls, and follow up to ensure guest satisfaction.
  • Motivate, coach, train, and, when necessary, counsel Front Office and Guest Experience staff in accordance with hotel standard operating procedures.
  • Ensure compliance with hotel standards, including Standard of the Day/Week training and effective training procedures.
  • Coordinate and maintain VIP amenities, recognition programs, and special requests, including reinspecting VIP rooms before arrival.
  • Foster employee morale and continuous development of Guest Services and Guest Experience teams.
  • Maximize room revenue and occupancy by reviewing status reports, rate variances, credit reports, house counts, and selling status daily.
  • Ensure no-show revenue is accurately captured through correct billing.
  • Handle purchase orders, invoices, and checkbook accounting in accordance with hotel standard operating procedures.
  • Operate and monitor Front Office computer systems, report functions, and software maintenance.
  • Ensure guest messages, packages, and mail are logged and delivered promptly.
  • Use the Alice application to report Housekeeping and Maintenance issues and monitor them through resolution.
  • Support implementation of the company’s service philosophy and departmental procedures.
  • Ensure accurate cash handling and enforce hotel credit policies.
  • Manage Lost and Found procedures and maintain the key control system.
  • Maintain appropriate inventory levels of Front Office supplies.
  • Review Front Office reports, Night Audit documentation, logs, and guest request reports daily.
  • Stay informed about corporate programs, including airline mileage and VIP loyalty programs.
  • Maintain organized filing systems for purchases, schedules, forecasts, reports, and logs.
  • Ensure departmental opening and closing procedures are followed consistently.
  • Manage vendor contracts.
  • Protect guest privacy and security by following company procedures.
  • Conduct pre-shift meetings or provide pass-along communications.
  • Balance and clear room status nightly and resolve discrepancies with Housekeeping.
  • Manage and organize large turn days, including long-term guest transitions.
  • Understand and monitor out-of-order, out-of-service, discrepant, and show rooms.
  • Record and reconcile charges for amenities and services.
  • Ensure overall guest satisfaction.
  • Identify productivity or problem areas and assist in implementing solutions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with labor and OPERA is preferred.

About the Company

Highgate

Hospitality and travel-focused venture capital

HTV is the venture capital arm of Highgate, funding early-stage and growth-stage technology companies that serve the hospitality and travel industries, with a focus on Seed and Series A rounds in North America and Europe. It backs startups in areas like revenue management, B2B marketplaces, business intelligence, alternative accommodations, and restaurant tech, providing capital and strategic support to help them scale. HTV stands out by combining hospitality domain expertise with venture funding, leveraging Highgate’s asset base of over 500 owned or managed hotels, 84,000+ rooms, and more than $20 billion in assets under management to accelerate portfolio growth. Its goal is to grow tech-enabled hospitality and travel ecosystems by aligning portfolio company success with Highgate’s network, resources, and strategic interests.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
Not listed

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