This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The role
The French Polisher is responsible for restoring, polishing, and maintaining wooden furniture, fixtures, and fittings across the hotel to ensure the highest standards of presentation for our guests.
Key Responsibilities
Carry out French polishing, restoration, and finishing of wooden furniture, doors, panels, and fittings throughout the hotel.
Repair scratches, dents, and surface damage to maintain the quality and appearance of hotel furnishings.
Apply traditional and modern polishing techniques including staining, waxing, lacquering, and varnishing.
Maintain and restore antique or high-value furniture and wooden fixtures.
Ensure all work areas, tools, and materials are kept clean and organised.
Respond promptly to maintenance requests.
Work closely with the Engineering and Housekeeping teams to ensure guest areas remain in excellent condition.
Report potential hazards and ensure compliance with all hotel health and safety standards.
Assist with refurbishment projects and preventative maintenance works when required.
If you’re our ideal French Polisher, you will have;
Minimum 1 to 2 years’ experience in five-star hotel or similar capacity in service industry
Strong technical knowledge of French polishing techniques and wood finishing.
Attention to detail and high standards of workmanship.
Ability to restore and maintain fine furniture and decorative woodwork.
Good problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
Positive attitude, reliability, and flexibility.
About us
Located in the heart of Kensington, the Royal Garden Hotel is a five-star luxury property overlooking Kensington Palace and Gardens, and only moments from London’s most iconic landmarks. Just a five-minute walk from High Street Kensington underground station, the hotel blends an exceptional location with world-class hospitality.
At Royal Garden Hotel, we take pride in creating memorable guest moments through tailored luxury experiences, delivered by a warm, friendly, and empowered team. More than just a workplace, we provide an environment where team members can build rewarding careers, supported by dedicated learning and development opportunities.
Benefits
Enjoy a complimentary guest experience stay at our hotel
Indulge in free meal featuring a healthy and balanced menu, complete with hot and cold buffet options.
Social Events including Festive Lunch, Annual Team Member party, Gala dinners and monthly team appreciation events
Get a 50% discount in our Food & Beverage outlets
Refer a Friend incentives
Enhanced annual leave
Opportunities for career advancement and development
1 day per year to volunteer for a cause you support
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• Whether you have a disability for which the organisation needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process;
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We collect personal information about candidates from the following sources, in each case where relevant:
a) You, the candidate
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Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record, in HR management systems and on other IT systems (including email).
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We will use the personal information we collect about you solely for the purposes of keeping your CV on our database and/or your application, namely to assess your skills, qualifications, and suitability for the relevant roles, to carry out background and reference checks, communicate with you about the recruitment process, keep records related to our hiring processes and comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
The Royal Garden Hotel has a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from job applicants allows the hotel to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a candidate's suitability for employment and decide to whom to offer a job. The organisation may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to and defend against legal claims.
We process health information if we need to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process for candidates who have a disability. This is to carry out its obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.
For some roles, the hotel seeks information about criminal convictions and offences. Where the hotel seeks this information, it does so to establish whether an individual has committed an unlawful act or been involved in dishonesty or other improper conduct for the purposes of preventing or detecting unlawful acts.
The hotel will not use your data for any purpose other than the recruitment exercise for which you have applied.
Who has access to data?
Your information will be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the People & Culture team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers with a vacancy and team members, if access to the data is necessary for the performance of their roles.
The hotel will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and it makes you an offer of employment. The hotel will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you (with your consent), employment background check providers to obtain necessary background checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service to obtain necessary criminal records checks where applicable.
Your data may be transferred outside the UK to obtain approval for salary reviews or in the recruitment of senior roles from our owning company. Data is transferred outside the UK on the basis of [specify relevant safeguards in line with our data protection policy.
How does the organisation protect data?
The organisation takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties. For how long does the organisation keep data? If your application for employment is unsuccessful, the organisation will hold your data on file for 6 months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. [If you agree to allow the hotel to keep your personal data on file, the organisation will hold your data on file for a further 6 months for consideration for future employment opportunities]. At the end of that period or once you withdraw your consent, your data is deleted or destroyed.
If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. The periods for which your data will be held will be provided to you in our Data retention policy.
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