Dakota Hotels are coming to Newcastle city centre in early 2025 and we are seeking exciting vacancy for the role of Night Duty Manager. As the Night DM, this role is to ensure the smooth running of the entire hotel during night time hours and the implementation of night time procedures, as well as ensuring the safety of our guests. In the absence of the Senior Night Manager, you would be the shift leader throughout the night.
The start date for this role is 24th February 2025, with interviews taking place from January 2025.
CONTRACT AND PAY RATE
The gross annual salary is £28,000.
The role carries a permanent contract of a minimum of 38 hours per week and typical shifts will be working any 4 nights out of 7, this role will include working weekends.
PRIMARY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting directly to the Senior Night Manager, you will support in the leadership of the nights team as delegated. For some nights duinrg the week you will be the senior on duty and in charge of the night shift. Leadership responsibilities include delivering one-on-one training to new team members and completing their New Start Training Plan, managing workload through the shift, as well as ongoing performance management.
Responsible for carrying out Reception duties checking guests in and out, supporting the Bar where required, ensuring the correct running of the Night Audit, banking, and completion of the Nights Cleaning Checklist.
Knowledge of alcohol licensing and taking charge of the night shift during these hours ensuring we are adhering to legislation laws, keep the premises and our guests safe and secure, with the ability of being able to deescalate any security matters.
As the allocated Duty Manager, this role carries the responsibility of overseeing the smooth running of the entire hotel during night time hours and the implementation of night time procedures, as well as ensuring the safety of our guests.
During night shift, be proactive in dividing time between managing the Reception Desk, vigilantly carrying out property walks, and overseeing the tasks being completed by the Nights Porters.
BENEFITS
In addition to being part of a culture infused with positivity and opportunity for ongoing development, tangible benefits you could enjoy when you join our team include:
ABOUT DAKOTA HOTELS
Dakota is a growing UK-based lifestyle brand, known for our stylish hotels, bustling brasserie Grills and upscale cocktail Bars. Dakota’s story started with two boutique hotels on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in South Queensferry, and Glasgow, in Eurocentral. We have now expanded into prime city centre locations in Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester, with Newcastle coming in 2025 and more in our pipeline.
Dakota is synonymous for delivering attentive and genuine guest service. We attract hard-working individuals who are passionate about working to the highest standards and have been voted within The Caterer’s Top 15 Best Employers in Hospitality for the last five years in a row. We were also featured within the Top 10 employers in the 2024 Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK, as well as being awarded the Spotlight Award for Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ employees.
As recent winners of The Cateys ‘People Team of the Year’, we have award-winning internal training programmes within Dakota Academy fostering continuous development and ongoing training. As a result, over 75% of our leaders have been promoted internally and, for four consecutive years, a member of our team has won a prestigious Acorn Award awarded by The Caterer to the ‘Top 30 under 30’ in the industry, demonstrating our success in developing talent.
Eurocentral | Edinburgh | Glasgow | Leeds | Manchester | Newcastle
Dakota Hotels are coming to Newcastle city centre in early 2025.
Ideally situated by the Gateshead Millennium Bridge on the quayside, our hotel will boast 118 bedrooms including stunning 33 suites. Dakota Newcastle will host our renowned Bar & Grill, Champagne Room, Cigar Terrace, and an events space for up to 60.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
The successful applicant will have/be:
A minimum of one years’ experience working as Duty Manager/Fire Warden in charge of running the nights shift for a hotel nights environment and one years experience at supervisor level or above.
A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a hotel environment.
Be computer literate, with experience using a property management system such as Opera or Shiji with the ability to learn, however full training will be given.
Great communicator and a genuine people person.
APPLY
Please send us your up to date CV.
Visit our Careers page to learn about current opportunities and find your #DreamRolesAtDakota – we’d love to hear from you!
For more information on our luxury hotel, please visit our:
Dakota Hotels are coming to Newcastle city centre in early 2025 and we are seeking exciting vacancy for the role of Night Duty Manager. As the Night DM, this role is to ensure the smooth running of the entire hotel during night time hours and the implementation of night time procedures, as well as ensuring the safety of our guests. In the absence of the Senior Night Manager, you would be the shift leader throughout the night.
The start date for this role is 24th February 2025, with interviews taking place from January 2025.
CONTRACT AND PAY RATE
The gross annual salary is £28,000.
The role carries a permanent contract of a minimum of 38 hours per week and typical shifts will be working any 4 nights out of 7, this role will include working weekends.
PRIMARY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting directly to the Senior Night Manager, you will support in the leadership of the nights team as delegated. For some nights duinrg the week you will be the senior on duty and in charge of the night shift. Leadership responsibilities include delivering one-on-one training to new team members and completing their New Start Training Plan, managing workload through the shift, as well as ongoing performance management.
Responsible for carrying out Reception duties checking guests in and out, supporting the Bar where required, ensuring the correct running of the Night Audit, banking, and completion of the Nights Cleaning Checklist.
Knowledge of alcohol licensing and taking charge of the night shift during these hours ensuring we are adhering to legislation laws, keep the premises and our guests safe and secure, with the ability of being able to deescalate any security matters.
As the allocated Duty Manager, this role carries the responsibility of overseeing the smooth running of the entire hotel during night time hours and the implementation of night time procedures, as well as ensuring the safety of our guests.
During night shift, be proactive in dividing time between managing the Reception Desk, vigilantly carrying out property walks, and overseeing the tasks being completed by the Nights Porters.
BENEFITS
In addition to being part of a culture infused with positivity and opportunity for ongoing development, tangible benefits you could enjoy when you join our team include:
ABOUT DAKOTA HOTELS
Dakota is a growing UK-based lifestyle brand, known for our stylish hotels, bustling brasserie Grills and upscale cocktail Bars. Dakota’s story started with two boutique hotels on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in South Queensferry, and Glasgow, in Eurocentral. We have now expanded into prime city centre locations in Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester, with Newcastle coming in 2025 and more in our pipeline.
Dakota is synonymous for delivering attentive and genuine guest service. We attract hard-working individuals who are passionate about working to the highest standards and have been voted within The Caterer’s Top 15 Best Employers in Hospitality for the last five years in a row. We were also featured within the Top 10 employers in the 2024 Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK, as well as being awarded the Spotlight Award for Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ employees.
As recent winners of The Cateys ‘People Team of the Year’, we have award-winning internal training programmes within Dakota Academy fostering continuous development and ongoing training. As a result, over 75% of our leaders have been promoted internally and, for four consecutive years, a member of our team has won a prestigious Acorn Award awarded by The Caterer to the ‘Top 30 under 30’ in the industry, demonstrating our success in developing talent.
Eurocentral | Edinburgh | Glasgow | Leeds | Manchester | Newcastle
Dakota Hotels are coming to Newcastle city centre in early 2025.
Ideally situated by the Gateshead Millennium Bridge on the quayside, our hotel will boast 118 bedrooms including stunning 33 suites. Dakota Newcastle will host our renowned Bar & Grill, Champagne Room, Cigar Terrace, and an events space for up to 60.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
The successful applicant will have/be:
A minimum of one years’ experience working as Duty Manager/Fire Warden in charge of running the nights shift for a hotel nights environment and one years experience at supervisor level or above.
A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a hotel environment.
Be computer literate, with experience using a property management system such as Opera or Shiji with the ability to learn, however full training will be given.
Great communicator and a genuine people person.
APPLY
Please send us your up to date CV.
Visit our Careers page to learn about current opportunities and find your #DreamRolesAtDakota – we’d love to hear from you!
For more information on our luxury hotel, please visit our: