Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner

Find out more and apply for our Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship

£12,500 - £14,000

Liverpool, L1 5AA.

15 Months

Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner

Find out more and apply for our Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship

£12,500 - £14,000

Liverpool, L1 5AA.

15 months

Summary

Job Overview

Reporting to the Manager, the role of a Guest Host is to assist with the delivery of sales and reservations targets of Accommodation and packages, whilst supporting with the overall guest journey. 

As a Guest Host, you should anticipate guests’ needs wherever possible, prior to and during their stay, providing a warm welcome and promoting hospitality throughout their experience with EPIC.

Areas of Responsibility

  • Supporting with the delivery of sales targets for accommodation and packages
  • Assisting with overall reservations administration
  • Guest experience throughout the customer journey

Outbound Sales

  • Answering telephone and e-mail enquiries for potential guests and converting sales
  • Ensuring Hostaway inboxes and emails are monitored during your shift and responded to appropriately within target timeframes
  • Looking for opportunities to convert OTA bookings to direct business 
  • Upselling EPIC Extras and appropriate packages to our pre arrival guests 
  • Being aware of Sales Targets and Budgets, reaching the targets required 
  • Managing your own pipeline and being pro-active in chasing up leads 
  • Looking out for any opportunities to increase revenue and suggesting ideas at team meetings

Admin

  • Answering telephone and e-mail enquiries and providing quotes for potential guests
  • Processing bookings and payments, using our booking system and OTA extranets
  • Processing no-shows, checking all charges have been applied and completing a no-show tracker
  • Processing any cancellations, making any relevant charges
  • Chasing any unguaranteed bookings within 24 hours
  • Daily checks on any reservations made the previous day
  • Daily checks on any future reservations – 3 days prior to check in
  • Completing pre-arrival calls and emails, ensuring all guest profile is complete

Summary

Job Overview

Reporting to the Manager, the role of a Guest Host is to assist with the delivery of sales and reservations targets of Accommodation and packages, whilst supporting with the overall guest journey. 

As a Guest Host, you should anticipate guests’ needs wherever possible, prior to and during their stay, providing a warm welcome and promoting hospitality throughout their experience with EPIC. 

 

  • Answering telephone and e-mail enquiries and providing quotes for potential guests
  • Processing bookings and payments, using our booking system and OTA extranets
  • Processing no-shows, checking all charges have been applied and completing a no-show tracker
  • Processing any cancellations, making any relevant charges
  • Chasing any unguaranteed bookings within 24 hours
  • Daily checks on any reservations made the previous day
  • Daily checks on any future reservations – 3 days prior to check in
  • Completing pre-arrival calls and emails, ensuring all guest profile is complete
  • Supporting with the delivery of sales targets for accommodation and packages
  • Assisting with overall reservations administration
  • Guest experience throughout the customer journey
  • Supporting with the delivery of sales targets for accommodation and packages
  • Assisting with overall reservations administration
  • Guest experience throughout the customer journey

To apply you need:

Please send a CV and covering letter to express your interest in this vacancy.

To apply you need:

Please send a CV and covering letter to express your interest in this vacancy.

Skills and Experience Required

We expect all our team members to represent the EPIC brand by demonstrating our values in their day-to-day operations with a positive can-do attitude. We are a team working towards the same goal, to ultimately serve the guest and ensure an EPIC experience throughout their journey with us. 

 

As a guest interacting team member, the following skills and experience are essential in this role:

 

  • Great customer service skills
  • Hospitality focussed
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Motivational approach to day-to-day tasks
  • Good knowledge of Outlook and Microsoft packages
  • Previous customer service and hospitality experience preferred 

Skills and Experience Required

We expect all our team members to represent the EPIC brand by demonstrating our values in their day-to-day operations with a positive can-do attitude. We are a team working towards the same goal, to ultimately serve the guest and ensure an EPIC experience throughout their journey with us. 

 

As a guest interacting team member, the following skills and experience are essential in this role:

 

  • Great customer service skills
  • Hospitality focussed
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Motivational approach to day-to-day tasks
  • Good knowledge of Outlook and Microsoft packages
  • Previous customer service and hospitality experience preferred 

Other benefits we offer:

Other benefits we offer: