Hotel Duty Manager | Co. Kilkenny

Red D are recruiting a Hotel Duty Manager for a beautiful four-star hotel in Co. Kilkenny.

This Hotel Duty Manager role is ideal for someone who enjoys being visible on the floor, supporting teams and making sure the day-to-day hotel operation runs well. You’ll work across front office, food and beverage, events and general hotel operations, helping to maintain standards and ensure customers receive a warm, professional experience throughout their stay.

As Hotel Duty Manager, you’ll be part of the management team and will support the smooth running of the hotel across busy shifts, with a strong focus on service, communication and operational consistency.

The Role

As Hotel Duty Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

• Managing the day-to-day hotel operation while on duty
• Supporting front office, food and beverage, events and accommodation teams
• Ensuring strong service standards across all customer-facing areas
• Handling customer feedback and resolving issues professionally
• Supporting opening, closing and shift handover procedures
• Ensuring health, safety and hotel standards are followed
• Assisting with team supervision, training and motivation
• Working closely with senior management to keep the operation running well

The Person

The ideal Hotel Duty Manager will have:

• Previous hotel supervisory or duty management experience
• A strong four-star hotel background, ideally in Ireland
• Good operational awareness across rooms and food and beverage
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• Confidence managing busy shifts
• A calm, hands-on approach
• Strong attention to detail
• Flexibility around shifts and weekends

Why this role?

This is a lovely opportunity for a Hotel Duty Manager to join a beautiful four-star hotel in Co. Kilkenny with a strong team, good standards and plenty of variety across the operation.

We can only consider candidates with full, unrestricted permission to live and work in the EU. UK passport holders are also welcome to apply.

About Red D Recruitment

Red D Recruitment specialises in senior hospitality recruitment across Ireland and the UK. We recruit General Managers, Managing Directors, CEOs, COOs, CFOs and CPOs, along with Director-level leaders across Operations, Rooms, Food & Beverage, Sales & Marketing, Revenue, Engineering, Finance, Events and People & Culture.

Within workplace catering, Red D appoints Operations Directors, Catering General Managers, Hospitality Managers and Events Managers. We also recruit senior kitchen talent including Executive Head Chefs, Head Chefs, Executive Sous Chefs, Head Pastry Chefs and Michelin-level culinary teams.