Front Desk Agent
Company: WoodSpring Suites Prattville
Location: Prattville
Posted on: February 16, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Directs and controls the
activities in the lobby and front desk area to ensure that guests
receive outstanding customer service according to Brand Standards
policy. Provides friendly and responsive front desk service to
guests, while also ensuring that guest payments are collected and
processed in a reliable and timely manner. Greets guests, assists
them with check-ins and check-outs, registers and assigns rooms,
issues room keys/cards, transmits and receives messages, keeps
records of occupied rooms and guest accounts, makes and confirms
reservations, presents statement to and collects payments from
departing guests. Ensures that all service provided is consistently
prompt and courteous, designed to meet high standards of quality to
ensure guest satisfaction and repeat business. Inspects guest rooms
and public spaces to ensure compliance with Brand Standards and to
confirm rooms and property are guest ready. Responds to any/all
emergency situations (police, fire, emergency responder, weather,
building – electrical outage, water line breaks, etc.) in a timely
manner. Essential Functions: Organizes, confirms, processes, and
conducts all guest check-ins/check-outs, room reservations,
requests, changes, and cancellations; greets, registers, and
assigns rooms to guests. Secures payment; verifies and adjust
billing. Verifies customers' credit, and establishes how the
customer will pay for the accommodation. Computes bills, collects
payments, and makes change for guests. Provides leadership to the
team with ongoing training and coaching; leads by example. Keeps
abreast of hotel policies concerning room/sign rates, group and
other discounts, and special offerings. Issues room keys,
identifies and explains room features to guests. Supplies guests
with directions and information regarding property amenities,
services, hours of operation and local areas of interest. Keeps
records of room availability and guests' accounts. Performs
bookkeeping activities such as making cash deposits, completing
daily audit, running reports, posting payments to guest folios.
Responds to guest comments or complaints, referring customers to
General Manager as necessary. Prepares housekeeping duty rosters
for move-out and stay-over cleans. Inspects/stocks housekeeping
carts for service preparedness. Inspects rooms and public areas to
accepted health and safety standards for pest control. Creates an
operating environment that assures consistent guest satisfaction,
meets with and solicit comments from guests on a regular basis to
determine their level of satisfaction with guest services and
facilities. Maintains proficiency in all location computer and
software systems. Assists other employees in completing their
respective duties, as necessary, to achieve guest ready rooms,
public areas, and outstanding customer service. Responds to
emergency situations. Other duties as assigned. Essential Functions
are not all inclusive; other duties may be assigned. Competencies:
Action Oriented – Demonstrates a commitment to effective job
performance by taking action on one’s own and following through to
get the job done. Effectively manages multiple priorities with a
results-oriented sense of urgency. Adaptability and flexibility –
Displays the capability to adapt to new, different, and changing
requirements. Conflict Management – Successfully mediates conflict
between individuals and groups; can negotiate consensus and
agreement and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and
obtain cooperation of parties involved. Dependability and
reliability– Displays responsible behaviors at work: attendance and
punctuality, attention to details, following directions, and
fulfilling obligations. Integrity – Displays strong moral
principles and work ethic. Behaving ethically, acting fairly, and
taking responsibility. Interpersonal Skills – Displays the skills
to work effectively with others. Professionalism – Maintaining a
professional presence. Demonstrating self-control, maintaining a
professional demeanor and a positive attitude.
Skills/Qualifications: Good people skills for dealing with both
staff and guests. Must have computer skills; the ability to access
and accurately input information in to a computer system including
Microsoft Office Suite and the Hotel PMS system. Friendly,
cooperative manner and patience in dealing with unreasonable
requests or rude customers Must maintain a professional appearance
and demeanor. Self-starter with the ability to prioritize and
handle multiple projects and meet deadlines under pressure, with
strong organizational time management skills and problem solving
skills. Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here
are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing
the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to
stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or
controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop,
kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific
vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance
vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the
ability to adjust focus. Frequently bends, kneels, crouches.
Repetitive movement of hands, arms and legs, sweeping, vacuuming,
mopping, wiping, pushing, lifting. The employee must occasionally
lift and/or move up to 25 pounds Job Types: Full-time,
Part-time
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