Evening Turndown Housekeeper

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a city business hotel in Germiston. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Location: Germiston, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries

• Grade 10 or matric
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season

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

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

• Write how many rooms you usually cleaned per shift. Head housekeepers care about pace as much as quality.
• Mention seasonal availability for December and Easter. Coastal and lodge properties hire heavily before those peaks.