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Reception Manager

Salary Range
£24,000 - £26,000
£2,000 - £2,167 / mo

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Location Base
Thirsk, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Guest Services Manager

Location: Woodland Lakes Lodges, North Yorkshire YO7 4NJ

Hours of work: Permanent contract - 40 hours per week

Salary: Up to £24,000 dependant on experience

What we need in a nutshell

We’re looking for a confident and capable Reception Manager to lead and motivate the team that looks after our guests from the moment they arrive. You’ll be the first point of call for all holiday makers and owners ensuring that the experience is outstanding.

Who are we?

We’re a dynamic and growing company, shaking up the Great British holiday at our 27 award-winning UK resorts.

Woodland Lakes Lodges is an award-winning holiday park in an idyllic location on the outskirts of Thirsk. Here, our guests relax, enjoy nature and soak up the views. Want to find out more about our holidays? Check out our website: http://www.awayresorts.co.uk.

What you’ll be doing

Working as part of our team of holiday heroes, reporting to the Guest Experience Manager you will be running the Guest Services team.

For you, this includes:

  • Spending lots of your time with guests, meeting and greeting to check them into their accomodation
  • You will be responsible for managing holiday bookings.
  • Resolving customer complaints
  • Liaising with and helping out colleagues onsite to ensure that our guests experience is always excellent

One more thing…holidays happen at holiday times, so you may need to work your magic on bank holidays and weekends too.

Skills, experience and qualities you’ll need

If you can demonstrate the following, we’d love to hear from you:

  • Outstanding people skills – friendly, patient and always ready to help
  • Previous Management or Supervisors experience
  • Exceptional organisation skills and able to keep a good few plates spinning
  • A solid understanding of budgeting and finance
  • Experience in a customer-facing or sales role

It’s the icing on the cake if you have experience in the holiday sector specifically, but don’t worry if you haven’t, we provide plenty of training.

It’s about your values too. We have a can-do, fun-loving, people-centred ethos here at Away Resorts, which is captured by our holiday heroes’ mantra of Attentive Amazing Lovers - have a read about it hereand decide if it describes you.

Want to join our team? Here’s how to apply

Just click on the Apply Now button and follow the instructions. To find out more about what it’s like to work for Away Resorts, check us out at www.awayresorts.co.uk/careers.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £24,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Free parking
  • On-site parking
  • Referral programme

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Thirsk, YO7 4NJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

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Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Reception Manager roles across Woodland Lakes Lodges's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £24,000 - £26,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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