Housekeeper at HCS Africa

Our Client, a 5 star Hotel seeks to recruit a Housekeeper.

The role will include all day to day aspects of cleaning, laundry, hotel housekeeping supplies in public and private rooms, assessing maintenance needs and liaising with maintenance Department.

 Key Responsibilities

• Daily briefings of the Housekeeping team.
• Daily inspection of the public areas and employees locker rooms.
• Coordinating the preventive maintenance schedule of rooms and public areas with the Maintenance department.
• Ensure the rooms are made as per the company standards.
• Preparation of Annual Housekeeping budget.
• Maintain par stock of guest supplies, cleaning supplies, linen and Uniforms.
• Organize inventories with Accounts and general store for Linen, uniform and fixed Assets.
• Pay particular attention while organizing pest eradication activities and fumigation.
• Prepare reports for Management information.
• Assist Procurement department in selecting supplies for items related to Housekeeping.
• Attending and resolving guest complaints relating to Housekeeping.
• Organize on-job training and evaluate its effectiveness.
• Recommend recruitment of new personnel.
• Ensuring compliance to sanitation, hygiene, health and safety legislation and organisational and quality requirements and working policies and procedures.

Skills & Qualifications

• A holder of a Degree/Diploma in Hospitality Management or its equivalent.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in all aspects of Housekeeping in a large facility required, with at least 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Ability to maintain a budget
• Capable of using independent judgment/solid decision making skills ability
• Self-motivated to accomplish goals, with a strong sense of responsibility.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, diverse environment
• Proven leadership, developer and delegation skills with an ability to lead employees to achieve the departmental goals
• Excellent problem solver and decision make
• Exceptional attention to detail.