Job Ref: JI20086
Branch: Leonardo Hotel London Heathrow Airport
Location: Leonardo Hotel London Heathrow Airport
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 30/07/2023
Closing date: 01/09/2023
Be Yourself – Be a Bold Team Player– Be Leonardo
As a Linen Porter, you’ll be right in the heart of the hotel, so we want you to take pride in everything you’ll be doing to support the Head Housekeeper and keep things running like clockwork. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! You’ll be making sure that linen is fully stocked and distributed among the departments and working as part of a vibrant team to exceed our guests’ expectations.
Here are some of the key responsibilities for a Linen Porter:
- Assisting with guests’ requests: you’ll make every stay memorable by supporting with VIP rooms, baby cots, etc.
- Communicating and collaborating with the Housekeeping Supervisors
- Ensuring linen chutes and linen stores are tidy and fit for use
If you’re our ideal Linen Porter you will:
- Be yourself!
- Bring your positive energy to work with you every day
- Build a great rapport with the team members around you?
Why come join us?
We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community. In our business, your hard work and pace is valued so it’s our role to keep you at the top of your game as a Hospitality professional! Our “GROWonline” learning portal ensures you develop the knowledge and skills you need, along with regular coaching and training from your manager. Our regular Learning Bites, “Come Join Us Guest Care” training and Wellness webinars all help your progress with us. With support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality!
Our Story
Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels across the UK Ireland and have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to join us!
Some of the perks our colleagues enjoy include:
- Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
- Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
- Free hot meals whilst on duty
- Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
- We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
- The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
- Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression
Adjacent to Heathrow Airport, this modern hotel is 2 miles from Junction 4 of the M4 motorway. Relaxed, colourful rooms have triple-glazed windows, free Wi-Fi and 32-inch HDTVs, plus tea and coffeemaking facilities. Some offer runway views. A breakfast buffet is available for a fee. Amenities include a bar with a sundeck, and a restaurant serving modern British dishes. There's also a fitness centre and 11 meeting rooms, plus an airport shuttle (fee) and parking.
At Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.
Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels here in the UK Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993! With approximately 4,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.
As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and Willing.
At Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrations!
We also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off!