Join usas a Night Valet Attendant at The Dorchester Hotel recently recognised as oneof The Sunday Times Top 10 Best Places to Work for in 2024 and Hotel of theyear London at the 2024 AA Hospitality Awards. We continually strive tobuild and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is part of our DNA reflectedin our values of passion personality respect working together andcreativity. We believe that a variety of perspectives enriches our culture anddrives our success.
We careabout your career and are proud to have the absolute best people in theindustry.
When youjoin us as a Night Valet Attendant at The Dorchester Hotel you will have aunique opportunity to excel in your field. You will learn from your fellowLegends and our awardwinning learning academy to achieve the highest standardsin craft service and leadership.
What youll do
As a NightValet Attendant youll enjoy your work and take pride in delighting ourguests:
- You will beresponsible for collecting and processing the Guest Laundry Dry Cleaning Pressing and Employees Uniforms to ensure our guests and employees receive nothing but the best experience.
- Though skillfully trained they never lose sight oftheir ultimate reasonability to create lifelong memories for our guests.
- Our Night Valets provide shoeshine service to ourguests using high quality products
- Our Night Valets are responsible for seamlessservice attention to details packing and unpacking quality checking ofgarments room moves and being flexible during their shift. This will includewashing face clothes rags for Housekeeping and employee uniforms.
- Sometimes our guests have special requests; thisinvolves special setups for guest rooms Valet storage items to be deliveredor to be placed back after guest has left the hotel.
- Our Night Valets must communicate with otherdepartments and extended hotel team in order to ensure the alignment remains. OurNight Valet will directly report to the Night Duty Managers
- Youll also show flexibility and creativity indealing with guests special requests or any challenges that may arise duringthe night
- Our Night Valet will hand over to the morning shiftand will receive hand over from the evening shift also
- Our Night Valet to carry out specific Housekeepingrequests and task as and when required ( delivery of housekeeping itemscleaning rooms or public areas) during the night
The itemsshared are the essence of a night in the life of a Night Valet Attendant butwell make sure you are provided with specifics on how we care for our hotel.
Theoperational hours of work are shiftbased and may be subjected to change. Thesecurrently set as:
Monday toSunday: 23.00pm 07.30am
What youll bring
Essential Skills and Experience
- Attention to detail: You need to be careful whenhandling clothes to make sure everything is neat clean and in good condition.
- Teamwork: You will work with other staffmembers so its important to help each other and work well together.
- Time management: You need to keep track of timeand make sure tasks are completed on time.
- Organizational skills: You should be able to keepdifferent types of laundry items in the right place and return them to guestson time.
- Basic knowledge of laundryprocesses:Training will be provided but you should understand the basics of cleaningclothes (washing ironing and folding).
Preferred Skills
- Experiencein 5star luxury environment
What youll get
- Complimentary Stays: Enjoy complimentary stays withbreakfast at Dorchester Collection Hotels every year.
- Discounts: Get 50% off food and beveragesat selected bars and restaurants within the Dorchester Collection: EnjoyFriends & Family stay discounts out hotels Benefit from discounts atvarious high street and online shops
- Employee Perks: Enrol from day 1 into the AvivaPrivate Pension scheme (we contribute 8% towards your pension); Benefit fromSeasonal ticket loan Rental deposit scheme private financial advice and Eyecare vouchers.
- Training and Development: Advance in your career byaccessing various apprenticeships from Level 2 to Hospitality Degree Level partner with outstanding nationally recognised Apprenticeship providers.
- SocialEvents: Participate in vibrant social events including a summer party winterball pub quizzes and cultural and milestone recognition celebrations.
- Referral Bonus: Earn a 1000 bonus when yourecommend a friend.
- Wellbeing Support: Access immediate wellbeingadvice because we care about our employees.
We celebrate diversity and are committed tocreating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. If you needus to do anything to support you during the recruitment process (such asadjustments to how you applyalternative formats of information or adjustments to the assessment processitself) please do call People & Culture team onor email so that we can discuss how wecan support you through this process.