Guest Experience Manager - Fitzroy Street Department: Site - Office Buildings Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Fitzroy Street (Site) Compensation: £30,000 - £35,000 / year Description MAPP is the UK's leading specialist in commercial property and asset management, with over £30bn+ of property under management for a variety of UK and overseas Fund Managers, REITs and other property owners.
MAPP believes that property management can be a force for good.
That's why we make buildings work, not just for profit, but for people and the planet too.
MAPP has created V1.0, V2.0, V3.0 and V4.0 framework of Property Management, to help clients and occupiers navigate the new landscape, and to ensure we deliver a fully integrated and holistic approach.Most job descriptions read like a recipe without a clear picture of what the final product looks like.
We want to give you a picture of who we are and the role we are looking to fill.
If this position excites you, and you think you could make a difference at MAPP, do apply, even if you don't satisfy every single criterion.
We want to work with people who are awesome in an organisation that makes a difference, do a job that adds value and be rewarded for all our effort in a great place to work.
At MAPP, we want to make the real estate industry a career path where everyone feels both welcome and wanted.
We're proud of our progress so far, but we're constantly reevaluating how we can make sure the best people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, background or neurodiversity, can see themselves excelling at MAPP.
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We were the first national real estate consultancy in the UK to become a B Corp.
We want you to learn and grow, to challenge yourself and be the best you can be.
As an organisation, we are growing, and have done so for the last five years.
We promote about 10% of our office-based roles in a year.
We have fun together with events and opportunities to connect, grow and learn with charity days and fundraising events for our communities, as well as study days that broaden our professional horizons.
This role gives you the opportunity to be a part of our effort to do something a little bit special in property management, and we would love for you to apply.
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Title, Team and Role Summary Title : Guest Experience ManagerTeam : Site - Fitzroy StreetWho Does This Role Report Into?
Building ManagerRole Summary / Purpose and ScopeArguably the most important appointment of the building, a front of house role that gives the building personality and puts life and soul into everyday occupation for our guests, additionally assisting and supporting Facilities Manager in all aspects of service delivery.
Skills, Knowledge and Values Skills (People & Technical) Delivering a Warm WelcomeEnsuring a warm welcome full of your character for everyone who comes through the doors, forging relationships, remembering names, and implementing little touches that make people smile and (fleetingly) forget the pressures on them;Owning and embracing the welcome experience and front of house areas, driving standards to make the spaces sparkling, comfortable, welcoming, memorable and useful - whether lobbies, WCs, showers, cycle stores or smokers' areas - being house proud and thinking about whether these spaces are working for their customers;Delivering outstanding biophilia - whilst signature plants in eye-catching containers matter and seasonal floral arrangements are expected, you will develop planting strategies which support health and wellbeing, promoting cleaner air and delineating zones for different purposes such as reflection and decompression space from other more heavily trafficked areas.
Mastering cost effective finishing touches from local social enterprises wherever possible - flowers, fragrance, magazines, toiletries, umbrellas, chargers, wall mounted bike repair kits, emergency kits - to name a few;Being eagle-eyed about attention to detail such as signage (a friendly tone, with top notch presentation), user interface of iPad visitor entry experience or app-based access control, wallpaper or background screens/screensavers on visitor iPad and FOH screens;Demonstratively ensuring all service partner staff are customer friendly, implementing skills and behaviour training when needed.
Outstanding Front of HousePursuing outstanding occupier satisfaction in the handling of their guests, employees and client events.
You need to be the one who everyone remembers (for the right reasons).
Implementing outstanding reception procedures - call handling, service desk requests, key handling, post and deliveries, bookings of amenity space, problem handling, emergency notifications.Promoting the adoption of technology wherever possible to create a frictionless pathway through the building.
Visitor books and plastic passes are a thing of the past.
You will select or promote mobile app visitor management which automatically integrate with access control systems for those who prefer technology and manage alternative systems for those who prefer human contact instead.
Reporting service failures to the Help Desk and owning their resolution.
Communicating progress updates and managing the ticketing process in any designated system.Maintaining a list of small repairs or decorative items that need repair, to ensure sufficient budget is allowed for by the FM or BM and see these items resolved as soon as the budget permits.
Zero tolerance to damage or poor standards.Managing and training own cover - ensuring cover upholds the same standards and experience.Creating and providing information and training on new changes and building services updates for your FOH team, so everyone is a building expert.Being considered the 'go to' person and recognised as a role model for patience and empathy both internally and externally.
Ambassador for Amenities and ServicesYou are the Building Champion
By being an advocate for the occupiers at every step, you'll help the rest of the team keep the customer at the heart of everything we do.It's all about the people in the building.
You need to forge friendly but trusting relationships with them.
Seek opportunities to engage with tenants/ occupiers and get a true understanding of their needs and where building services can help.Regularly reviewing all building amenities and engage with occupiers through meetings and surveys to identify changes in requirements.
For example, implementing storage for foldable bikes, charging for e-bikes and scooters, dog bowls or changing straighteners to airwraps.
Trends change quickly and need to be planned in.Stand in the customers' shoes to think about what they might need - identifying space in the building for a drying room, a hanging rail in a changing room, or a tumble dryer for cyclists' towels for example.
Unless it works for you, it won't really work for them.Continually and constructively challenging the 'norms' and processes that affect customer experiences, developing new and creative solutions that meet tenants changing expectations to deliver the best possible service.Identifying initiatives such as lunchtime run or yoga clubs and other social opportunities, such as book clubs, salsa lessons, networking drinks for people to meet or experience downtime.Install and maintain community boards to showcase local amenities that people should know about - for example, green spaces, reflection spaces, new shops or restaurants, great selfie spots, local events, social enterprises, volunteering opportunities, uplifting news from local community.
Make people love where they come to work.
Secure a budget to mark seasonal events in style and appropriate to the building and its people.
Ranging from sweets on the desk to mark Easter or Valentines for example, or floral displays in PRIDE colours, Christmas decorations or other key events which reflect the demographic or occupier profile in the building.
Liaise with other GXMs across the network to explore services and amenities offered elsewhere.
Regularly present ideas to our occupiers' nominated representatives to obtain agreement, permission to proceed through the service charge or to encourage separate funding Contact and CommunicationWith responsibility for populating Locale (or similar customer contact platform), maintaining access, loading documents, keeping contact information up to date, and actively using the platform to provide occupiers with useful building information, content and workplace insight.
Creating and managing content for the building's social channels on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Use the variety of available channels to share great content, some of which will be provided centrally as part of MAPP's engagement campaigns, but the platforms must be used to develop and maintain the personality of the building.Using the social channels to promote local F&B options, offers and menus.Maintaining the building's website ensuring content is up to date, and working with appointed design agency to keep it relevant, engaging and offering a great user experience.Where required, present analytics for the digital layer.Managing content on digital screens, liaising with the provider to host content, creating content .
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