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.
- 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