Location: Yorkshire
YHA Yorkshire, Peaks and Cities Welcomes You to a Unique Place of Work!
Looking for opportunities to travel and work in hospitality? Our new Regional Relief Team Members will be supporting multiple hostels across Yorkshire, the Peak District, Manchester and Liverpool.
YHA York is home to the exciting Regional Relief Team Member role for the Yorkshire, Peak District and North West cities (Manchester and Liverpool).
If you love variety, travel, challenge and team-work this role is perfect for you! From dramatic coastline to bustling cities, high peaks to wild moorland, the Yorkshire, Peaks and Cities region has everything.
You will be supporting and leading across departments: serving meals, welcoming guests, housekeeping, cooking meals, delivering activities and much, much more.
With on-the-job training provided across the region, you will become familiar with all of our sites, whether at the role's base at YHA York, at YHA Castleton Losehill Hall, YHA Whitby, YHA Ilam Hall, YHA Ravenstor, YHA Boggle Hole, YHA National Forest, YHA Manchester, YHA Grinton Lodge, YHA Malham, YHA Hartington Hall or YHA Liverpool Albert Dock, you will be part of a dynamic and energised region, working to support hostel teams in amazing UK locations!
Our teams are friendly, committed and hard-working.
When working away from the home-hostel, accommodation will be provided, butown transport is essential, with mileage claimable.
Our hostel locations hugely range, and some are not easily accessible via public transport.
At YHA Yorkshire, Peaks and Cities, we believe in valuing our team members and ensuring they have access to great perks:
• Competitive hourly rate:We offer a pay of £12.21 in line with National Living Wage and applies to all, including those under the age of 21,this role is flexible, 15-42.5 hours per week, temporary contract
• Staff accommodation is available at a rate of £69.83 per week
• Exclusive benefits:Enjoy access to YHA's staff discount and cashbackportal, allowing you to save on your everyday purchases.
• Free YHA Membership:Receive a complimentary YHA Membership each year.
• Travel and adventure: Discover new places with 10 free hostel stays per year for you and up to 3 friends or family.
Why work for YHA?
Join our team and enjoy a range of exclusive staff benefits that support your well-being and career growth:
• 10 nights free hostel stays per year for you and up to 3 friends or family.
• Access to YHA’s staff discount and cash back portal.
• Free YHA Membership each year.
• Access to support via our Employee Assistance Program.
There are many more benefits to working for YHA so please visit our YHA Jobs website for more information.
What will you be doing as a Hospitality Team Member?
We are a friendly team and will provide the training required for you to undertake the role.
However, there is plenty for you to get stuck into from day one, including:
• Providing great customer service to all our customers, members and guests.
• Working on reception, offering insights about the hostel and the local area.
Ensuring every guest feels informed and welcomed
• Using our systems for efficient guest check-ins and check-outs, food and beverage sales and service.
• Carrying out housekeeping duties, ensuring a comfortable, clean environment for all visitors.
• Assisting in the preparation of food and serving food and drinks with genuine warmth, hospitality, and pride that will influence in more sales.
What Skills and Experience do you need to be a Hospitality Team Member?
Our Hospitality Team Members undertake a wide range of customer facing duties within the hostel, delivering an excellent service to all guests and visitors.
To provide this service to our guests we are looking for the following qualities in our Hospitality Team Members:
• Experience of working face to face with customers.
• Experience of working in a team - can help others to achieve a common goal.
• Excellent timekeeping, with flexibility to cover different shifts - punctual, can work to deadlines.
• Ability to manage varying pressures, include peaks in workload demands - can prioritise, able to deal with conflicting duties.
• Knowledge and understanding of the core purpose of YHA - what YHA does and how we….