Learning & Development Manager i/c of Quality

Job description / Role

Key tasks
Learning & Development
- Collaborates with management team to ensure departmental orientation processes are in place and ambassadors receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job.
- Ensure HODs use all available on the job training tools for ambassadors; supervise on-going training initiatives, record them and conducts training, when needed.
- Ensures coordination and facilitation of new hire orientation program to generate a positive first impression for ambassadors and emphasize the importance of guest service in company culture.
- Ensures attendance by all new hires and participation of the leadership team in training programs.
- Develop an effective annual Training Plan which meets the needs of ambassadors as outlined in Annual Appraisal and PDP and which assists the hotel achieve its goals and objectives.
- Liaise with Department Heads on regular basis regarding specific training requirements within their Departments and regarding attendance at planned training courses and develop training actions as required.
- With support of Director of T&C, structure and monitor the Hotel's annual training budget and ensure all training expenses are kept in line with this budget, adjusting planned expenses / actions in line with changing hotel requirements.
- Identify from Guest Feedback, Voice of Guest, Guest Satisfaction Survey and other sources the potential training needs and actions where required.
- Publish an annual and quarterly calendar of training courses and ensure maximum attendance through clear communication to and liaison with Department Heads on a regular basis.
- Develop, source and conduct training courses scheduled in the training calendar.
- Provide an advice service to both managers and ambassadors on training opportunities, career choices, qualifications and other T&C issues.
- Develop effective links with partnership organizations such as Universities and Colleges, Training Providers, other Training Managers, etc.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records of all training activities.
- Ensure all requests for training by ambassadors are responded to in a timely manner and follow up is conducted where appropriate.
- Monitor the effectiveness of pre- and post-course briefings to ensure maximum benefit from training courses and identify future training needs.
- Monitor department training and on job training (dept induction, dept trainers, dept processes) and ensure consistency and quality of training.

Quality & Guest Experience
- Create quality awareness and communicates quality requirements, policies and procedures to all.
- Be a Brand and Quality Ambassador, consistently achieving high performance results, positive and proactively promoting the business values and vision.
- Promote the achievement of quality and performance improvement throughout the organization.
- Bringing together the heads of different areas and conducting the group to formulate and agree on comprehensive quality procedures to improve our guest satisfaction results and our online reputation.
- Schedule and monitor audits of the various areas. These audits will be conducted according to the standards operating procedure of the Sofitel Dubai Downtown, and LQA standards.
- Implement programs that allow the continuous improvement of processes.
- Participate in the Orientation course explaining the operation of the main programs of Quality of the hotel: TrustYou, LQA, and Social Media Reputation.
- Occasionally participate in the operations briefing, presenting the daily results of TRUSTYOU, all comments published in electronic media, report of incidents and comments in TRIPADVISOR.
- Generate and share the daily guest satisfaction report, which must be accompanied by all surveys and comments in electronic media generated on the day before the report is sent.
- Attend randomly to the monthly meetings of the different departments to talk about guest satisfaction and the standards operating procedures.
- Provide training to new hired leaders regarding our SOPs, P&P and brand standards.
- Support training that is completely customized to each department with the aims to improve existing processes and/or guest satisfaction.
- Be the liaison between LQA and the property, analyzing data and formulating action plans with each department after each audit.
- Continuously analyze the existing processes and standards of the property, translating them in to service flow, steps of service, and identifying gaps in the customer journey.
- Enforcing the Language of Luxury that is relevant to each department.
- Assists in selecting new hires that will support the service culture. Can be involved in the interview process where needed.
- Analyze and share the top industry trends to ensure that best practices are being engaged.
- Other tasks as assigned

Requirements

Skills
Level of Education Bachelor / Licence
- Areas of study Hospitality

Professional experiences
- 1 to 2 years

Languages essential
- English

Essential and optional requirements
- Previous experience of leadership in the area of Quality, L&D or similar
- Knowledge of luxury hotel standards
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to train and develop team members
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and take initiative
- Excellent organizational skills
- Analytical skills
- Computer skills (Pack Office, Oasys, Edoc, FMC)

About the Company

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