White Rhino Hotel General manager Job in Nyeri Kenya

The White Rhino Hotel is located in Nyeri County. 

It has been in operation since 1913 and has a rich heritage dating back to the colonial times when the white settlers established it to be their choice for accommodation and entertainment. 

The hotel has an expansive F & B set up with accommodation, conferencing facilities and ongoing room expansion slated for opening in the last quarter of 2014.

Vacancy: General Manager
 

Purpose of the Job: The General Manager’s main purpose is to oversee Hotel functions ranging from guest satisfaction, operations to budgets. This is a senior leadership position reporting to the Operations Director and we seek to recruit a dynamic and innovative professional. 

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Increase management’s effectiveness by communicating values, strategies, and objectives; assigning accountabilities; planning, monitoring and developing incentives.
• Coordinating efforts by establishing procurement, production, marketing, field, and technical services policies and practices and coordinating actions with corporate staff.
• Building company image by collaborating with customers, government, community organizations, and employees and enforcing ethical business practices.
• Maintaining quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards of operations.
• Developing a climate for offering information and enabling training for the staff to ensure that the company goals & objectives are met.
• Developing strategic plan by studying Technological, Environmental and Economic opportunities.
• Accomplish objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and results measurements; allocating resources; reviewing progress and making mid-course corrections.
• Maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices and participating in professional societies.
• Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as required.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Hospitality / Hotel Management or any other related field.
• Masters in Hotel management or related field is a definite advantage
• Should have served as a General Manager or an equivalent senior management position ¡n a 3 star and above rated hotel for a minimum of 3 years
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Must demonstrate ability to lead teams and work under pressure
• Impeccable integrity

To Apply:
 

Qualified candidates, who are highly motivated, have experience and eager to commit to The White Rhino Hotel strategic initiatives are invited to submit their application indicating their current salary, a detailed CV, names of 3 references by 9th May 2014 to: jobs@whiterhinohotel.com

White Rhino Hotel is an equal opportunity employer