The rooms side of a hotel
- Receptionist — check-in, check-out, bills and the phone.
- Housekeeper or room attendant — rooms turned round to standard, usually to a target per shift.
- Concierge — reservations, recommendations and everything a guest cannot sort out alone.
- Night manager or night porter — the building and the guests overnight.
- Front office or housekeeping manager — the rota, the standards and the team.
The restaurant, bar and kitchen jobs in a hotel are listed under their own sections on Covers, because the work is the same wherever the kitchen is.
What to check in the advert
- For housekeeping, whether pay is by the hour or by the room. Per-room pay must still reach the minimum wage for every hour worked.
- The shift pattern: earlies, lates, nights, or a rotation of all three.
- Whether live-in accommodation is offered, and what is deducted for it. There is a legal cap on how much accommodation can count towards the minimum wage.
- Whether you share in the service charge from the restaurant and bar.
What it must pay
From 1 April 2026 the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over is £12.71 an hour. It is £10.85 for 18 to 20 year olds, and £8.00 for 16 and 17 year olds and for apprentices. That is the floor for every hour you work, including any trial shift that is really work.
The rates, on gov.uk National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates
Every job on Covers states its pay, because the database will not publish one that does not. Once there are four live listings for a role, its pay page shows the median of what venues are actually offering.
Night work
Night workers should not work more than 8 hours in any 24 on average, and are entitled to a free health assessment before starting nights and regularly after. An advert for a night role should say the shift length.
Night working rules, on gov.uk Night working hours