Guest Services Representative
Department of the Air Force
Summary
About the position: This position will be assigned to the Langley Inn on Langley AFB, VA. This is a Flexible position that has no guaranteed hours per week but employee can be scheduled for up to 40 hours per week. The primary purpose of this position is to provide front desk, guest services support for lodging operations.
Duties
- Receives and confirms room reservations by letter, telephone, email, or personal contact.
- Registers and assigns rooms to guests, makes and issues room keys, and may escort guests to rooms as needed.
- Ensures that only authorized patrons use government sponsored quarters.
- Calculates and posts charges to patrons' accounts and balances totals with control records.
- Accepts payment, makes change, and presents departing guests checkout statements.
- Prepares and safeguards cash receipts, prepares daily cashier's report, daily activity report, and may prepare consolidated daily activity report.
- Maintains current checkout list.
- Maintains and sells sundry sales items to patrons.
- Maintains a professional appearance and demeanor at all times.
- Ensures required information is received from guest and entered into guest folio.
- Prints backup reports from property management system.
- Ensures housekeeping status of rooms is updated.
- Records and notifies appropriate person/organization of maintenance problems reported by guests.
- Ensure front desk area and lobby remains clean.
- Process Night Audit procedures and close credit card machines nightly.
- Maintains the lost and found program.
- Ensures that customer service is the first priority.
- Drives government vehicles in the course of regular duties.
- If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12989395
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Your resume and supporting document will be evaluated against the qualifications of the position. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination has been made that you have inflated your responses to meet the position’s qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.
Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.,) for professional and personal references on your resume.
Required Documents
- Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference – MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,).
- The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your application by the closing date of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement.
- If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
- Other accepted documents to support a qualification and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Statement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certification Proof of Marriage Status Resume Separation Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility.
- If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
- NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
- Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
- You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
- You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
About this role
The Guest Services Representative position with the Department of the Air Force is based in Langley AFB, Virginia. About the position: This position will be assigned to the Langley Inn on Langley AFB, VA. The role pays $15.00 per hour.
Day to day, the work involves receives and confirms room reservations by letter, telephone, email, or personal contact. The full list of duties, conditions, and required documents appears in the official announcement linked on this page.
Who should apply
Review the announcement's Qualifications section closely, since it defines exactly what federal administrative work experience this Guest Services Representative position requires. Match your federal resume directly to the announcement's wording so a reviewer can confirm each requirement in writing. For this Guest Services Representative position with the Department of the Air Force in Langley AFB, Virginia, confirm you meet each requirement before applying.
How competitive it is
Paying $15.00 per hour, this is an accessible entry point into federal employment and a realistic first federal job for many applicants. Based in Langley AFB, Virginia, it competes within that local market, which can mean lighter competition than major metropolitan postings. The announcement closes on June 29, 2026, and federal postings can close early once enough applications arrive, so applying promptly is wise.
This overview is general guidance from Job Army to help you understand the role. Always read the official announcement for exact duties, qualifications, and requirements before applying.