Breakfast Assistant

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hotel brand in Edinburgh is seeking a Breakfast Assistant to deliver an exceptional experience to guests. Responsibilities include greeting guests, taking orders, and maintaining service standards. Ideal candidates should have waiter/waitress experience, strong attention to detail, and a passion for luxury service. This role offers competitive pay, generous benefits, and opportunities for career growth within a global brand.

Benefits

Complimentary stay upon completion of probation

Generous discounts at outlets

Extensive training and career progression

Wagestream financial wellbeing app

Meals while on duty

28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days

Enhanced Family Leave

Mental Health First Aiders access

Taxi subsidy for late shifts

Company sick pay and life insurance

Hotel and restaurant discounts worldwide

Discounts from over 15,000 stores

Qualifications

• Experience as a waiter/waitress or server ideally in a 4 or 5-star hotel.
• An eye for detail to uphold breakfast service standards.
• Ability to provide personalized guest experiences.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests warmly and seat them for breakfast.
• Explain breakfast concepts and take hot drink orders.
• Keep the breakfast station clean and organized.

Skills

Waiter/waitress experience

Attention to detail

Passion for luxury service

Teamwork

Job description

Hotel: Edinburgh The George (EDIGS), 19 - 21 George Street, EH2 2PB

You will earn £12.60 per hour, equal to £7,862.40 salary, plus service charge

InterContinental® Edinburgh The George Hotel is full of culture and has been serving guests since 1881, so we know what it takes to provide an alluring guest experience and a personal and attentive service. We provide an exciting mix of a luxury InterContinental® experience combined with our unique character and charming building, home to Scotland’s first Le Petit Beefbar Restaurant.

As the largest luxury hotel brand in the world, we provide our guests with a brilliantly cosmopolitan stay of discreet luxury and culinary expertise.

So, what does our Breakfast Assistant get in return for bringing the InterContinental life to our guests?

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities.
• Complimentary stay for you+1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George, plus Spa & Gym discounts at our Kimpton property.
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Meals whilst on duty
• 28 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated)
• Enhanced Family Leave (you can ask more details at the interview).
• Mental Health First Aiders on Duty and access to Employee Assistance Programs.
• Taxi subsidy for shifts starting/ending between 23:00-06:00.
• We provide every employee company sick pay and life insurance
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema
• Don’t forget, bring your friends and take part in our generous ‘Refer a Friend’ programme!

As a Breakfast Team Member, your main duties and responsibilities will be greeting our guests with a friendly and warm welcome, seating them for breakfast, explaining our breakfast concept to them and taking hot drink orders. You will also make sure that our breakfast station is kept clean and organised at all times, working closely with the kitchen team to provide an excellent breakfast service to our guests and consistently improving our breakfast scores.

To succeed as a Breakfast Assistant, you will need…

• Experience as a waiter/waitress or server ideally in a 4 or 5* Hotel
• An eye for detail - you will make sure our breakfast service is up to InterContinental standards
• Passion for providing luxury experiences, not shy to go above and beyond to personalise our Guests stay and provide your local wisdom to enhance their experience
• Ability to work together in the team with guests as our centre focus!

If you are someone who likes to bring your wisdom and local-know-how to a provide a truly personal and luxurious experience for our guests, apply to join us as our new Breakfast Assistanttoday!

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Who we are

As the world’s first and most global luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s, we are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in truly impressive surroundings. We all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental®️ brand and to be part of the brand you will have a thirst for travel, passion for culture and appreciation for diversity. We create inspiring experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

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