Beach Guru

Job Description/Specification:

Minor Hotels is seeking a Beach Guru to support its beach and recreational facilities by maintaining high cleanliness standards, assisting guests, and ensuring that daily recreation operations run smoothly.

This opportunity is suitable for candidates interested in beach operations, hotel recreation, and guest services. The role combines facility maintenance, guest assistance, equipment management, and support for sports and leisure activities.

The Beach Guru plays an important part in creating a welcoming environment for hotel guests. The successful candidate must be organised, attentive to detail, and able to provide courteous service while completing daily operational tasks.

Key Responsibilities

Maintaining Beach and Recreation Facilities

The Beach Guru is responsible for keeping recreation areas, workstations, and back offices clean, organised, and ready for guest use.

Key duties include:

• Cleaning and maintaining the entire recreation area and associated back offices.

• Completing daily cleaning activities and assigned weekly and monthly maintenance tasks.

• Following the Recreation Department's standard operating procedures and task lists.

• Setting up workstations with the necessary supplies.

• Keeping work areas clean and tidy throughout each shift.

• Ensuring that all equipment is properly cleaned, stored, and secured when not in use.

• Completing daily task lists and operational checklists.

The role requires consistent attention to cleanliness, organisation, and facility presentation.

Supporting Guests and Recreation Services

Providing excellent customer service is a central part of the position. The Beach Guru must remain calm, professional, and courteous while responding to guest needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting guests with requests promptly and professionally.

• Providing amenities to hotel and club guests according to established procedures.

• Ensuring guest amenities are available whenever required.

• Maintaining a good understanding of recreation facilities, activities, and events.

• Sharing accurate information about the hotel's sports and leisure services.

• Supporting guests who use recreational equipment and facilities.

A friendly approach and the ability to anticipate guest needs help create a positive experience.

Equipment, Supplies and Operational Support

The Beach Guru helps ensure that recreation operations have the equipment and supplies needed for daily activities.

Duties include:

• Transporting towels to and from the laundry.

• Monitoring towel stock to maintain adequate operational supplies.

• Ensuring equipment remains clean, secure, and properly stored.

• Following the correct accounting procedures when collecting or charging recreation fees.

• Supporting other recreation duties as assigned by management.

The employee may also be required to provide lateral support in other hotel departments or assist with overnight cleaning when necessary.

Teamwork and Revenue Support

The position involves working closely with colleagues across different hotel departments. The Beach Guru is expected to maintain positive working relationships, participate in work-related project teams, and support the overall performance of the recreation department.

Driving departmental revenue is also part of the role. This includes understanding the hotel's leisure products and services and supporting the promotion of available recreation activities and facilities.

Qualifications and Skills

The supplied job description does not specify formal educational qualifications or a minimum number of years of experience.

Candidates interested in this opportunity should be prepared to demonstrate:

• Strong customer service and communication skills.

• Good organisational abilities and attention to detail.

• The ability to follow operational procedures and daily checklists.

• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn, hotel recreation facilities and activities.

• A professional and courteous approach to guest interactions.

• The ability to work effectively with other hotel departments.

• Flexibility to undertake additional duties as required by management.

• An understanding of basic cash-handling and fee-accounting procedures, or the ability to learn them.

About Minor Hotels

Minor Hotels is an international hotel owner, operator, and investor with a portfolio of more than 530 properties across over 50 countries. Its brands include Anantara, Avani, Elewana, Oaks, NH Hotels, NH Collection, nhow, and Tivoli.

The group operates across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Europe, and South America, offering a range of hospitality experiences for different types of travellers.

Is This Beach Guru Role Right for You?

This position may suit candidates who enjoy working outdoors, interacting with hotel guests, and supporting beach and recreation operations. People who take pride in cleanliness, organisation, and reliable service may find this role a good fit.

Candidates who are adaptable, work well in a team, and are willing to support different operational tasks can contribute positively to the guest experience and the hotel's recreation services.

The supplied job description does not specify the exact hotel location, salary, working hours, or application deadline.