Set front-desk duties for welcoming guests, protecting booking information and resolving routine stay issues within clear authority.
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Job description
Clear role overview and key responsibilities.
Probation period
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Role-specific duties
Maintained responsibilities, records and authority boundaries for the selected role.
Working hours
Standard and flexible working arrangements.
Holiday entitlement
Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.
Confidentiality
Client and company confidentiality.
Disciplinary process
Clear process and employee rights.
Notice periods
Notice terms explained for both parties.
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When to use this contract
Produce accurate check-in and departure, secure keys and guest accounts, and deliver helpful enquiries and handovers.
Workplace context: Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering rotating shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering guest privacy. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering payment security. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering conflict and lone-working support. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering food safety.
Not a fit / obtain specialist advice
Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The receptionist may serve guests within system permissions; identity overrides, major refunds and disclosure of guest information need authorised review. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
What to prepare before you issue it
the reception hours and rota
the booking and payment systems
the refund and room-move limits
the identity and key-issue checks
the guest-data access rules
the escalation and handover process
Day-to-day operating brief
What Receptionist work looks like in practice
A hotel receptionist manages reservations, arrivals, keys, payments and guest enquiries at the main point of contact. The contract should address rotating shifts, privacy, card handling, room access, service recovery limits and safe handling of difficult behaviour.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Complete arrivals and departures accurately.
Manage bookings, messages and guest requests.
Process authorised payments and deposits.
Protect room, identity and payment information.
Coordinate requests with housekeeping and maintenance.
Handover incidents and unresolved commitments.
A realistic working scenario
A caller requests a duplicate room key but cannot satisfy identity checks. The receptionist declines and escalates to the duty manager without revealing occupancy information.
Outputs to agree
accurate check-in and departure
secure keys and guest accounts
helpful enquiries and handovers
Records and evidence
Reservation and registration.
Payment or deposit.
Key issue.
Complaint or security concern.
Booking records.
Payment records.
Reporting relationship
Typically reports to General Manager, Hotel Manager, Restaurant Manager or Front Office Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.
Authority and escalation
The receptionist may serve guests within system permissions; identity overrides, major refunds and disclosure of guest information need authorised review.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Tools and systems
Booking systems.
Payment systems.
Kitchen or housekeeping equipment where authorised.
Shift handover tools.
Guest communication systems.
Workplace context
Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.
Contract priorities
rotating shifts
guest privacy
payment security
conflict and lone-working support
Information the employer should prepare
the reception hours and rota
the booking and payment systems
the refund and room-move limits
the identity and key-issue checks
the guest-data access rules
the escalation and handover process
Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.
Maintained role evidence
The facts this Receptionist contract is built around
These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for accommodation & food work.
Work setting
Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.
Primary duties
Complete arrivals and departures accurately.
Manage bookings, messages and guest requests.
Process authorised payments and deposits.
Protect room, identity and payment information.
Tools and training to confirm
Booking systems.
Payment systems.
Kitchen or housekeeping equipment where authorised.
Shift handover tools.
Governance focus
Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering rotating shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering guest privacy. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering payment security.
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Receptionist clauses and builder inputs
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Role wording
Receptionist duties
Produce accurate check-in and departure, secure keys and guest accounts, and deliver helpful enquiries and handovers.
Complete arrivals and departures accurately. Manage bookings, messages and guest requests. Process authorised payments and deposits. Protect room, identity and payment information. Coordinate requests with housekeeping and maintenance.
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Specific clauses
What is added to the finished contract
The receptionist may serve guests within system permissions; identity overrides, major refunds and disclosure of guest information need authorised review.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering rotating shifts.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering guest privacy.
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