At Kimpton it all starts with our culture, which is focused on supporting our employees' personal and professional growth. We believe that if we take care of our employees they will be able to take care of our guests, ensuring the satisfaction of our investors and our future. Our culture inspires confidence and leads to caring service that comes straight from the heart.

We also are a socially responsible employer and citizen thanks to our Kimpton EarthCare and Kimpton Cares programs. Kimpton EarthCare is our industry-leading environmental program in which we have adopted eco-friendly operational practices and products to do our part in supporting a sustainable world.

"Fortune Magazine named Kimpton one of the 100 Best Places to Work For in 2013!"

Ideal candidates for a room service job have at least one year of experience working in a restaurant, especially as a server

• Room service attendants must have excellent people skills in order to communicate politely and professionally with guests and determine whether guests have everything they need during their hotel stay. They must pay attention to detail in order to deliver precisely what the guest has ordered.
  Attendants must take pride in their personal appearance and maintain the established uniform of the hotel. They also must be capable of standing or walking for long periods of time, as well as be able to push heavy carts.

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Responsibilities

• Room service attendants in hotels of all sizes deliver food, drinks, silverware and condiments to guest rooms to fulfill guest orders. The room service attendant wheels the tray into the guest room with the guest's approval, sets up the table, opens platters and identifies each portion. The attendant may check back later to remove the cart.
  Responsible for taking guest orders by phone. Must be familiar with the hotel menu to answer any guest questions, such as those concerning food allergies.
  Room service attendants also may deliver packages that arrive for a guest and take care of guests' dry cleaning orders.
  When they are not delivering items to guest rooms, room service attendants may be responsible for stocking supplies for orders.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Receive and take guest orders and process in a timely manner through whatever systems are currently used.
Prepare and serve meal accompaniments to guests.
Perform side work.
Open bottled wine for guests.
Perform set up and breakdown of various stations (i.e., deli, dessert, coffee, espresso)
Assist with orders to go, as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Communicate with support crew and management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
None. Direct bus persons on duty.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
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 regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, or telephone. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10-25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those and employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

(Please note: management reserves the right to change, modify, and/or alter any of the duties listed above to meet business demands).