Set accountable vehicle-receipt and parking duties with secure key custody, condition records and strict driving boundaries.
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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
Secure and courteous vehicle handling, coordinate controlled keys and parking locations, and produce timely luggage or arrival assistance.
Workplace context: Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering driving eligibility. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering guest vehicles and keys. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering outdoor shift work. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering tips and damage evidence. 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 valet may drive only authorised vehicles within the approved route; unsafe vehicles, road journeys and liability admissions require management direction. 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 driving licence and checking requirements
the parking sites and permitted routes
the shift and weather arrangements
the key and ticket system
the insurance and incident procedure
the tips and guest-property rules
Day-to-day operating brief
What Valet work looks like in practice
A hotel valet parks or retrieves vehicles and may handle luggage or guest property. The contract should define driving-licence requirements, vehicle checks, key custody, tips, damage reporting, insurance boundaries and work outdoors across irregular arrival peaks.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Receive and return vehicles through the approved handover.
Record condition and guest instructions.
Secure keys and parking locations.
Drive only authorised vehicles and routes.
Report collision, damage or defect immediately.
Assist guests without making unauthorised liability promises.
A realistic working scenario
A vehicle arrives with visible wheel damage and a warning light. The valet notes it with the guest under the hotel process before moving the car, or declines if unsafe.
Outputs to agree
secure and courteous vehicle handling
controlled keys and parking locations
timely luggage or arrival assistance
Records and evidence
Vehicle receipt and condition.
Key and bay location.
Licence or authorisation check.
Damage or incident.
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 valet may drive only authorised vehicles within the approved route; unsafe vehicles, road journeys and liability admissions require management direction.
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
driving eligibility
guest vehicles and keys
outdoor shift work
tips and damage evidence
Information the employer should prepare
the driving licence and checking requirements
the parking sites and permitted routes
the shift and weather arrangements
the key and ticket system
the insurance and incident procedure
the tips and guest-property rules
Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.
Maintained role evidence
The facts this Valet 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
Receive and return vehicles through the approved handover.
Record condition and guest instructions.
Secure keys and parking locations.
Drive only authorised vehicles and routes.
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 driving eligibility. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering guest vehicles and keys. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering outdoor shift work.
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Valet clauses and builder inputs
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Role wording
Valet duties
Secure and courteous vehicle handling, coordinate controlled keys and parking locations, and produce timely luggage or arrival assistance.
Receive and return vehicles through the approved handover. Record condition and guest instructions. Secure keys and parking locations. Drive only authorised vehicles and routes. Report collision, damage or defect immediately.
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What the contract builder captures
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Specific clauses
What is added to the finished contract
The valet may drive only authorised vehicles within the approved route; unsafe vehicles, road journeys and liability admissions require management direction.
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 driving eligibility.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering guest vehicles and keys.
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