Evening Turndown Housekeeper – Fixed-Term

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a game lodge in George. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

Location: George, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date

• Grade 10 or matric
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift

• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate
• Experience with industrial laundry machines

• Staff accommodation at remote lodges
• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen
• Share of the service charge or guest tips
• Uniform supplied and laundered

• If you worked in a star-graded hotel, say which grading. It tells them the standard you already know.
• Write how many rooms you usually cleaned per shift. Head housekeepers care about pace as much as quality.