Evening Turndown Housekeeper

You'll turn rooms around at a conference hotel in Somerset West so every guest walks into a room that feels new. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a conference hotel on the Somerset West side of Western Cape.

• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board

• Well groomed
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Grade 10 or matric
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season

• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate
• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience

• Share of the service charge or guest tips
• Uniform supplied and laundered
• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen

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